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Tara Elizabeth Watson

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First Name:Tara
Middle Name:Elizabeth
Last Name:Watson
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RePEc Short-ID:pwa238
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Twitter: @taraelizwatson
Terminal Degree:2003 Department of Economics; Harvard University (from RePEc Genealogy)

Affiliation

(1%) National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
http://www.nber.org/
RePEc:edi:nberrus (more details at EDIRC)

(99%) Economics Department
Williams College

Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States)
http://econ.williams.edu/
RePEc:edi:edwilus (more details at EDIRC)

Research output

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Working papers

  1. Lucie Schmidt & Lara Shore-Sheppard & Tara Watson, 2025. "Does Old Age Social Security Help Children? The Impact of Social Security on Grandchild Resources," NBER Working Papers 33381, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  2. Emily A. Beam & Yusufcan Masatlioglu & Tara Watson & Dean Yang, 2022. "Loss Aversion or Lack of Trust: Why Does Loss Framing Work to Encourage Preventative Health Behaviors?," NBER Working Papers 29828, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  3. Kristin F. Butcher & Kelsey Moran & Tara Watson, 2021. "Immigrant Labor and the Institutionalization of the U.S.-born Elderly," NBER Working Papers 29520, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  4. Lucie Schmidt & Lara Shore-Sheppard & Tara Watson, 2021. "The Effect of Safety Net Generosity on Maternal Mental Health and Risky Health Behaviors," NBER Working Papers 29258, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  5. Lucie Schmidt & Lara Shore-Sheppard & Tara Watson, 2019. "The Impact of Expanding Public Health Insurance on Safety Net Program Participation: Evidence from the ACA Medicaid Expansion," NBER Working Papers 26504, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  6. Lucie Schmidt & Lara Shore-Sheppard & Tara Watson, 2019. "The Impact of the ACA Medicaid Expansion on Disability Program Applications," NBER Working Papers 26192, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  7. Tiffany Chou & Adam Looney & Tara Watson, 2017. "Measuring Loan Outcomes at Postsecondary Institutions: Cohort Repayment Rates as an Indicator of Student Success and Institutional Accountability," NBER Working Papers 23118, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  8. Lucie Schmidt & Lara Shore-Sheppard & Tara Watson, 2013. "The Effect of Safety Net Programs on Food Insecurity," NBER Working Papers 19558, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  9. Tara Watson, 2013. "Enforcement and immigrant location choice," Working Papers 13-10, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
  10. Tara Watson, 2010. "Inside the Refrigerator: Immigration Enforcement and Chilling Effects in Medicaid Participation," NBER Working Papers 16278, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  11. Tara Watson & Sara McLanahan, 2009. "Marriage Meets the Joneses: Relative Income, Identity, and Marital Status," NBER Working Papers 14773, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  12. Tara Watson, 2009. "Inequality and the Measurement of Residential Segregation by Income In American Neighborhoods," NBER Working Papers 14908, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  13. Tara Watson & Angela Fertig, 2008. "Minimum Drinking Age Laws and Infant Health Outcomes," NBER Working Papers 14118, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

Articles

  1. Lucie Schmidt & Lara Shore-Sheppard & Tara Watson, 2025. "Did Welfare Reform End the Safety Net as We Knew It? The Record since 1996," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 39(1), pages 101-128, Winter.
  2. Lucie Schmidt & Lara Shore-Sheppard & Tara Watson, 2024. "Safety-Net Program Spillovers and Administrative Burden," National Tax Journal, University of Chicago Press, vol. 77(1), pages 199-221.
  3. Kristin F. Butcher & Lucie Schmidt & Lara Shore‐Sheppard & Tara Watson, 2023. "Living with children and food insecurity in seniors," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 45(1), pages 234-261, March.
  4. Lucie Schmidt & Lara Shore‐Sheppard & Tara Watson, 2023. "The Effect of Safety Net Generosity on Maternal Mental Health and Risky Health Behaviors," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 42(3), pages 706-736, June.
  5. Beam, Emily A. & Masatioglu, Yusufcan & Watson, Tara & Yang, Dean, 2023. "Loss aversion or lack of trust: Why does loss framing work to encourage preventive health behaviors?," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 104(C).
  6. Kristin F. Butcher & Kelsey Moran & Tara Watson, 2022. "Immigrant labor and the institutionalization of the U.S.‐born elderly," Review of International Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 30(5), pages 1375-1413, November.
  7. Lucie Schmidt & Lara D. Shore-Sheppard & Tara Watson, 2020. "The Impact of the ACA Medicaid Expansion on Disability Program Applications," American Journal of Health Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 6(4), pages 444-476.
  8. Lucie Schmidt & Lara Shore-Sheppard & Tara Watson, 2016. "The Effect of Safety-Net Programs on Food Insecurity," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 51(3), pages 589-614.
  9. Tara Watson, 2014. "Inside the Refrigerator: Immigration Enforcement and Chilling Effects in Medicaid Participation," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association, vol. 6(3), pages 313-338, August.
  10. Tara Watson, 2013. "Immigrants as a potential source of growth for New England’s highly skilled workforce," New England Public Policy Center Policy Brief, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
  11. Tara Watson & Sara McLanahan, 2011. "Marriage Meets the Joneses: Relative Income, Identity, and Marital Status," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 46(3), pages 482-517.
  12. Patricia Beeson & Lara Shore-Sheppard & Tara Watson, 2010. "Local Fiscal Policies and Urban Wage Structures," Public Finance Review, , vol. 38(5), pages 540-584, September.
  13. Tara Watson, 2009. "Inequality And The Measurement Of Residential Segregation By Income In American Neighborhoods," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 55(3), pages 820-844, September.
  14. Fertig, Angela R. & Watson, Tara, 2009. "Minimum drinking age laws and infant health outcomes," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 28(3), pages 737-747, May.
  15. Tara Watson, 2007. "The Geography of American Poverty: Is There a Need for Place‐Based Policies? by Mark D. Partridge and Dan S. Rickman," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 47(5), pages 1002-1004, December.
  16. Watson, Tara, 2006. "Public health investments and the infant mortality gap: Evidence from federal sanitation interventions on U.S. Indian reservations," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 90(8-9), pages 1537-1560, September.
  17. Morrison, Steven A & Winston, Clifford & Watson, Tara, 1999. "Fundamental Flaws of Social Regulation: The Case of Airplane Noise," Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 42(2), pages 723-743, October.

Books

  1. Watson, Tara & Thompson, Kalee, 2022. "The Border Within," University of Chicago Press Economics Books, University of Chicago Press, edition 1, number 9780226270227.

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NEP Fields

NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 13 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.
  1. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (6) 2008-06-27 2019-09-09 2019-10-28 2019-12-23 2021-09-27 2022-04-25. Author is listed
  2. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (5) 2009-03-07 2019-09-09 2019-10-28 2021-12-20 2025-02-10. Author is listed
  3. NEP-IAS: Insurance Economics (3) 2019-09-09 2019-10-28 2019-12-23
  4. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (3) 2009-04-25 2013-11-16 2021-12-20
  5. NEP-AGE: Economics of Ageing (2) 2021-12-20 2025-02-10
  6. NEP-MIG: Economics of Human Migration (2) 2013-11-16 2021-12-20
  7. NEP-AGR: Agricultural Economics (1) 2013-10-25
  8. NEP-CBE: Cognitive and Behavioural Economics (1) 2022-04-25
  9. NEP-EDU: Education (1) 2017-02-19
  10. NEP-EXP: Experimental Economics (1) 2022-04-25
  11. NEP-GEO: Economic Geography (1) 2009-04-25
  12. NEP-HAP: Economics of Happiness (1) 2009-04-25
  13. NEP-INT: International Trade (1) 2021-12-20
  14. NEP-ISF: Islamic Finance (1) 2021-09-27
  15. NEP-LMA: Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages (1) 2019-12-23
  16. NEP-LTV: Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty (1) 2009-03-07
  17. NEP-ORE: Operations Research (1) 2019-10-28
  18. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (1) 2025-02-10
  19. NEP-REG: Regulation (1) 2008-06-27
  20. NEP-UPT: Utility Models and Prospect Theory (1) 2022-04-25

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