Ben Sprung-Keyser

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Affiliation

Wharton School of Business
University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)
http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/
RePEc:edi:wsupaus (more details at EDIRC)

Citations

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Blog mentions

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1. Nathaniel Hendren & Ben Sprung-Keyser, 2020. "A Unified Welfare Analysis of Government Policies," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 135(3), pages 1209-1318.

   Mentioned in:

   1. Where Governments Should Spend More
      by Steve Cecchetti and Kim Schoenholtz in Money, Banking and Financial Markets on 2020-12-09 12:53:36

Working papers

1. Robert W. Hahn & Nathaniel Hendren & Robert D. Metcalfe & Ben Sprung-Keyser, 2024. "A Welfare Analysis of Policies Impacting Climate Change," NBER Working Papers 32728, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

   Cited by:

   1. Robert Metcalfe & Sefi Roth, 2025. "Making the Invisible Visible: The Impact of Revealing Indoor Air Pollution on Behavior and Welfare," Framed Field Experiments 00819, The Field Experiments Website.
   2. Swati Dhingra & Fjolla Kondirolli & Stephen Machin, 2025. "Citizen training and the urban waste footprint," CEP Discussion Papers dp2124, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
      • Dhingra, Swati & Kondirolli, Fjolla & Machin, Stephen, 2025. "Citizen Training and the Urban Waste Footprint," IZA Discussion Papers 18124, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
   3. Metcalfe, Robert & Roth, Sefi, 2025. "Making the invisible visible: the impact of revealing indoor air pollution on behavior and welfare," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 128514, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
   4. Bryan Bollinger & Kenneth Gillingham & A. Justin Kirkpatrick, 2025. "Valuing Solar Subsidies," NBER Working Papers 33368, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
      • Bryan Bollinger & Kenneth Gillingham & A. Justin Kirkpatrick, 2025. "Valuing Solar Subsidies," CESifo Working Paper Series 11627, CESifo.
   5. Johannes Emmerling & Frank Venmans & David Reinstein & Ben Balmford, 2025. "Evaluation Summary and Metrics: "A Welfare Analysis of Policies Impacting Climate Change"," The Unjournal Evaluations 2025-21, The Unjournal.
   6. Andor, Mark Andreas & Hümmecke, Eva & Memmen, Marvin, 2024. "Präferenzen und Einstellungen zu vieldiskutierten verkehrspolitischen Maßnahmen: Ergebnisse der dritten Welle des RWI Klima-Mobilitäts-Panels aus dem Jahr 2022," RWI Materialien 169, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung.
   7. Andor, Mark A. & Dehos, Fabian T. & Gillingham, Kenneth T. & Hansteen, Sven & Tomberg, Lukas, 2025. "Public transport pricing: An evaluation of the 9-Euro ticket and an alternative policy proposal," Economics of Transportation, Elsevier, vol. 42(C).
   8. Peter Levell & Martin O'Connell & Kate Smith, 2025. "The welfare effects of price shocks and household relief packages: evidence from an energy crisis," IFS Working Papers W25/03, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
   9. Owen Kay & Michael David Ricks, 2025. "Time-Limited Subsidies: Optimal Taxation with Implications for Renewable Energy Subsidies," Working Papers 2530, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

2. Ben Sprung-Keyser & Sonya Porter, 2023. "The Economic Geography of Lifecycle Human Capital Accumulation: The Competing Effects of Labor Markets and Childhood Environments," Working Papers 23-54, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau.

   Cited by:

   1. Raj Chetty & Will S. Dobbie & Benjamin Goldman & Sonya Porter & Crystal Yang, 2024. "Changing Opportunity: Sociological Mechanisms Underlying Growing Class Gaps and Shrinking Race Gaps in Economic Mobility," NBER Working Papers 32697, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
      • Raj Chetty & Will Dobbie & Benjamin Goldman & Sonya R. Porter & Crystal S. Yang, 2024. "Changing Opportunity: Sociological Mechanisms Underlying Growing Class Gaps and Shrinking Race Gaps in Economic Mobility," Working Papers 24-38, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau.

3. William C. Boning & Nathaniel Hendren & Ben Sprung-Keyser & Ellen Stuart, 2023. "A Welfare Analysis of Tax Audits Across the Income Distribution," NBER Working Papers 31376, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
   • William C Boning & Nathaniel Hendren & Ben Sprung-Keyser & Ellen Stuart, 2025. "A Welfare Analysis of Tax Audits Across the Income Distribution," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 140(1), pages 63-112.

   Cited by:

   1. Jarkko Harju & Kaisa Kotakorpi & Tuomas Matikka & Annika Nivala, 2024. "How Do Firms Respond to Risk-based Tax Audits?," Working Papers 22, Finnish Centre of Excellence in Tax Systems Research.
      • Harju, Jarkko & Kotakorpi, Kaisa & Matikka, Tuomas & Nivala, Annika, 2024. "How Do Firms Respond to Risk-based Tax Audits?," Working Papers 165, VATT Institute for Economic Research.
   2. Demetrio Guzzardi & Salvatore Morelli, 2024. "A New Geography of Inequality: Top incomes in Italian Regions and Inner Areas," LEM Papers Series 2024/16, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy.
      • Demetrio Guzzardi & Salvatore Morelli, 2024. "A New Geography of Inequality:Top incomes in Italian Regions and Inner Areas," CSEF Working Papers 718, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy.
      • Guzzardi, Demetrio & Morelli, Salvatore, 2024. "A New Geography of Inequality: Top Incomes in Italian Regions and Inner Areas," SocArXiv b2yue, Center for Open Science.
   3. Kastoryano, Stephen, 2025. "The Unintended Consequences of Tax Code Complexity," IZA Discussion Papers 17722, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
   4. Simon Columbus & Lars P. Feld & Matthias Kasper & Matthew D. Rablen, 2023. "Behavioural Responses to Unfair Institutions: Experimental Evidence on Rule Compliance, Norm Polarisation, and Trust," CESifo Working Paper Series 10591, CESifo.
      • Columbus, Simon & Feld, Lars P. & Kasper, Matthias & Rablen, Matthew D., 2023. "Behavioural Responses to Unfair Institutions: Experimental Evidence on Rule Compliance, Norm Polarisation, and Trust," IZA Discussion Papers 16346, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
   5. Christiansen, Tobias Gabel, 2024. "Dynamic effects of tax audits and the role of intentions," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 234(C).
   6. Jess Grana & India Lindsay & Lucia Lykke & Max McGill & Alexander McGlothlin & Leigh Nicholl & Alan Plumley, 2025. "The specific indirect effect of IRS audits," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 32(4), pages 995-1029, August.
   7. Columbus, Simon & Feld, Lars P. & Kasper, Matthias & Rablen, Matthew D., 2025. "Institutional rules and biased rule enforcement," Freiburg Discussion Papers on Constitutional Economics 25/1, Walter Eucken Institut e.V..
   8. Battaglini, Marco & Guiso, Luigi & Lacava, Chiara & Miller, Douglas L. & Patacchini, Eleonora, 2025. "Refining public policies with machine learning: The case of tax auditing," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 249(PC).
      • Battaglini, Marco & Guiso, Luigi & Lacava, Chiara & Miller , Douglas L. & Patacchini, Eleonora, 2023. "Refining Public Policies with Machine Learning: The Case of Tax Auditing," CEPR Discussion Papers 17796, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
      • Marco Battaglini & Luigi Guiso & Chiara Lacava & Douglas L. Miller & Eleonora Patacchini, 2022. "Refining Public Policies with Machine Learning: The Case of Tax Auditing," NBER Working Papers 30777, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

4. Nathaniel Hendren & Ben Sprung-Keyser, 2022. "The Case for Using the MVPF in Empirical Welfare Analysis," NBER Working Papers 30029, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

   Cited by:

   1. Benjamin Collier & Sabrina T. Howell & Lea Rendell, 2024. "After the Storm: How Emergency Liquidity Helps Small Businesses Following Natural Disasters," Working Papers 24-20, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau.
   2. Britta Rude, 2024. "Middle-run educational impacts of comprehensive early childhood interventions: evidence from a pioneer program in Chile," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 37(2), pages 1-30, June.
   3. Spencer Bastani, 2025. "The marginal value of public funds: a brief guide and application to tax policy," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 32(4), pages 919-956, August.
   4. Jean Tirole & Paul-Henri Moisson & Pierre Dubois, 2023. "The (Ir)Relevance of the Cooperative Form," Working Papers hal-04963853, HAL.
      • Tirole, Jean & Moisson, Paul-Henri & Dubois, Pierre, 2023. "The (Ir)Relevance of the Cooperative Form," TSE Working Papers 23-1453, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE).
   5. Goetz, Alexander & Mayr, Harald & Schubert, Renate, 2024. "One thing leads to another: Evidence on the scope and persistence of behavioral spillovers," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 236(C).
   6. Christiansen, Tobias Gabel, 2024. "Dynamic effects of tax audits and the role of intentions," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 234(C).
   7. Montpetit, Sébastien & Beaureard, Pierre-Loup & Carrer, Luisa, 2024. "A welfare analysis of universal childcare: Lessons from a Canadian reform," CLEF Working Paper Series 73, Canadian Labour Economics Forum (CLEF), University of Waterloo.
   8. Almlund, Mathilde & Andersen, Torben M., 2025. "Ranking public expenditure programs," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 250(C).
   9. Katarzyna Bilicka & Michael Devereux & İrem Güçeri & Katarzyna Anna Bilicka & Michael P. Devereux & Irem Guceri, 2024. "Tax Policy, Investment and Profit Shifting," CESifo Working Paper Series 11458, CESifo.
      • Katarzyna A. Bilicka & Michael P. Devereux & İrem Güçeri, 2024. "Tax Policy, Investment and Profit Shifting," NBER Working Papers 33132, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
   10. Bastani, Spencer, 2023. "The marginal cost of public funds: A brief guide," Working Paper Series 2023:14, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy.
       • Spencer Bastani, 2023. "The Marginal Cost of Public Funds: A Brief Guide," CESifo Working Paper Series 10322, CESifo.
   11. Joaquín Herrera & Martin González-Rozada & Hernan Ruffo, 2025. "The Fiscal Costs of Unemployment Insurance," Department of Economics Working Papers 2025_09, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella.

5. Ben Sprung-Keyser & Nathaniel Hendren & Sonya Porter, 2022. "The Radius of Economic Opportunity: Evidence from Migration and Local Labor Markets," Working Papers 22-27, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau.

   Cited by:

   1. Riley Wilson, 2023. "The Isolated States of America: Home State Bias and the Impact of State Borders on Mobility," CESifo Working Paper Series 10724, CESifo.
   2. Hershbein, Brad & Stuart, Bryan A., 2023. "Place-based consequences of person-based transfers: Evidence from recessions," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 224(C).
      • Brad Hershbein & Bryan Stuart, 2022. "Place-Based Consequences of Person-Based Transfer: Evidence from Recessions," Working Papers 22-08, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
      • Brad J. Hershbein & Bryan A. Stuart, 2022. "Place-Based Consequences of Person-Based Transfers: Evidence from Recessions," Upjohn Working Papers 22-362, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
   3. Ben Sprung-Keyser & Sonya Porter, 2023. "The Economic Geography of Lifecycle Human Capital Accumulation: The Competing Effects of Labor Markets and Childhood Environments," Working Papers 23-54, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau.
   4. Autor, David & Dorn, David & Hanson, Gordon, 2023. "Trading Places: Mobility Responses of Native and Foreign-Born Adults to the China Trade Shock," CEPR Discussion Papers 18178, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
      • David Autor & David Dorn & Gordon H. Hanson, 2023. "Trading Places: Mobility Responses of Native and Foreign-Born Adults to the China Trade Shock," NBER Working Papers 30904, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
      • David Autor & David Dorn & Gordon Hanson, 2025. "Trading Places: Mobility Responses of Native- and Foreign-Born Adults to the China Trade Shock," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 78(1), pages 10-36, January.
      • Autor, David & Dorn, David & Hanson, Gordon H., 2024. "Trading Places: Mobility Responses of Native and Foreign-Born Adults to the China Trade Shock," IZA Discussion Papers 17213, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
      • David Autor & David Dorn & Gordon H. Hanson, 2023. "Trading places: Mobility responses of native and foreign-born adults to the China trade shock," POID Working Papers 074, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
   5. Benjamin Goldman & Jamie Gracie & Sonya R. Porter, 2024. "Who Marries Whom? The Role of Segregation by Race and Class," Working Papers 24-30, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau.
   6. Alastair Langtry, 2025. "More connection, less community: network formation and local public goods provision," Papers 2504.06872, arXiv.org.

6. Nathaniel Hendren & Ben Sprung-Keyser, 2019. "A Unified Welfare Analysis of Government Policies," NBER Working Papers 26144, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

   Cited by:

   1. Martha J Bailey & Hilary Hoynes & Maya Rossin-Slater & Reed Walker, 2024. "Is the Social Safety Net a Long-Term Investment? Large-Scale Evidence From the Food Stamps Program," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 91(3), pages 1291-1330.
      • Martha J. Bailey & Hilary W. Hoynes & Maya Rossin-Slater & Reed Walker, 2020. "Is the Social Safety Net a Long-Term Investment? Large-Scale Evidence from the Food Stamps Program," NBER Working Papers 26942, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
   2. David S. Lee & Pauline Leung & Christopher J. O'Leary & Zhuan Pei & Simon Quach, 2019. "Are Sufficient Statistics Necessary? Nonparametric Measurement of Deadweight Loss from Unemployment Insurance," Working Papers 2019-3, Princeton University. Economics Department..
      • David S. Lee & Pauline Leung & Christopher J. O'Leary & Zhuan Pei & Simon Quach, 2019. "Are Sufficient Statistics Necessary? Nonparametric Measurement of Deadweight Loss from Unemployment Insurance," NBER Working Papers 25574, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
      • Lee, David S. & Leung, Pauline & O'Leary, Christopher J. & Pei, Zhuan & Quach, Simon, 2019. "Are Sufficient Statistics Necessary? Nonparametric Measurement of Deadweight Loss from Unemployment Insurance," IZA Discussion Papers 12154, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
      • David S. Lee & Pauline Leung & Christopher J. O’Leary & Zhuan Pei & Simon Quach, 2021. "Are Sufficient Statistics Necessary? Nonparametric Measurement of Deadweight Loss from Unemployment Insurance," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 39(S2), pages 455-506.
   3. Pfeiffer, Friedhelm & Stichnoth, Holger, 2020. "Fiscal and individual rates of return to university education with and without graduation," ZEW Discussion Papers 20-016, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
      • Friedhelm Pfeiffer & Holger Stichnoth, 2021. "Fiscal and individual rates of return to university education with and without graduation," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(16), pages 1432-1435, September.
      • Friedhelm Pfeiffer & Holger Stichnoth, 2021. "Fiscal and individual rates of return to university education with and without graduation," Post-Print hal-03565062, HAL.
   4. Joseph P. Newhouse, 2020. "An Ounce of Prevention," NBER Working Papers 27553, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
      • Joseph P. Newhouse, 2021. "An Ounce of Prevention," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 35(2), pages 101-118, Spring.
   5. Jacob E. Bastian, 2024. "The EITC in rural and economically distressed areas: More bang per buck?," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 31(1), pages 136-159, February.
   6. Gemmell, Norman, 2021. "Economic Lessons for Tax Policy Advisers," Working Paper Series 21109, Victoria University of Wellington, Chair in Public Finance.
   7. Petit, Gillian & Tedds, Lindsay M., 2020. "Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA+) of the Current System of Income and Social Supports in British Columbia," MPRA Paper 105942, University Library of Munich, Germany.
   8. Anna Aizer & Shari Eli & Adriana Lleras-Muney & Keyoung Lee, 2020. "Do Youth Employment Programs Work? Evidence from the New Deal," NBER Working Papers 27103, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
   9. Elira Kuka & Na’ama Shenhav, 2023. "Long-Run Effects of Incentivizing Work After Childbirth," Working Paper Series 2023-27, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
      • Elira Kuka & Na'ama Shenhav, 2020. "Long-Run Effects of Incentivizing Work After Childbirth," NBER Working Papers 27444, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
      • Elira Kuka & Na'ama Shenhav, 2020. "Long-Run Effects of Incentivizing Work After Childbirth," Working Papers 2020-10, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy.
      • Elira Kuka & Na'ama Shenhav, 2024. "Long-Run Effects of Incentivizing Work after Childbirth," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 114(6), pages 1692-1722, June.
   10. Joshua D. Gottlieb & Maria Polyakova & Kevin Rinz & Hugh Shiplett & Victoria Udalova, 2020. "Who Values Human Capitalists' Human Capital? Healthcare Spending and Physician Earnings," Working Papers 20-23, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau.
   11. Michel Strawczynski, 2020. "Optimal EITC in the Presence of Cultural Barriers for Labor Market Participation," Journal of Labor Research, Springer, vol. 41(3), pages 233-259, September.
   12. Bastian, Jacob E. & Jones, Maggie R., 2021. "Do EITC expansions pay for themselves? Effects on tax revenue and government transfers," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 196(C).
   13. Janet Currie, 2020. "Child health as human capital," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 29(4), pages 452-463, April.

Articles

1. William C Boning & Nathaniel Hendren & Ben Sprung-Keyser & Ellen Stuart, 2025. "A Welfare Analysis of Tax Audits Across the Income Distribution," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 140(1), pages 63-112.
   • William C. Boning & Nathaniel Hendren & Ben Sprung-Keyser & Ellen Stuart, 2023. "A Welfare Analysis of Tax Audits Across the Income Distribution," NBER Working Papers 31376, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
   See citations under working paper version above.
2. Nathaniel Hendren & Ben Sprung-Keyser, 2020. "A Unified Welfare Analysis of Government Policies," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 135(3), pages 1209-1318.

   Cited by:

   1. Paulo M.M. Rodrigues & João Nicolau, 2020. "Measuring wage inequality under right censoring," Working Papers w202008, Banco de Portugal, Economics and Research Department.
      • Jo~ao Nicolau & Pedro Raposo & Paulo M. M. Rodrigues, 2020. "Measuring wage inequality under right censoring," Papers 2004.12856, arXiv.org.
      • João Nicolau & Pedro Raposo & Paulo M. M. Rodrigues, 2023. "Measuring wage inequality under right censoring," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 61(2), pages 377-401, April.

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1. NEP-GEO: Economic Geography (2) 2022-10-10 2023-12-04. Author is listed
2. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (2) 2023-07-24 2024-08-26. Author is listed
3. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (2) 2022-10-10 2023-12-04. Author is listed
4. NEP-ACC: Accounting and Auditing (1) 2023-07-24
5. NEP-ENE: Energy Economics (1) 2024-08-26
6. NEP-ENV: Environmental Economics (1) 2024-08-26
7. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (1) 2019-08-19
8. NEP-IAS: Insurance Economics (1) 2019-08-19
9. NEP-IUE: Informal and Underground Economics (1) 2023-07-24
10. NEP-LMA: Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages (1) 2023-12-04
11. NEP-MIG: Economics of Human Migration (1) 2022-10-10
12. NEP-PUB: Public Finance (1) 2023-07-24
13. NEP-REG: Regulation (1) 2024-08-26

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