Research
Selected Publications
Courtemanche, C., Tchernis, R., and X. Zhou (2019), "Maternal Work Hours and Childhood Obesity: Evidence Using Instrumental Variables Related to Sibling School Eligibility," Journal of Human Capital, 13 (4), pp. 553-584.
Nguimkeu, P., Denteh, A., and R. Tchernis (2019), "On the Estimation of Treatment Effects with Endogenous Misreporting," Journal of Econometics, 208, pp. 487-506.
Courtemanche, C., Tchernis, R., and B. Ukert. (2018), "The Effect of Smoking on Obesity: Evidence from a Randomized Trial," Journal of Health Economics, 57, pp. 31-44.
Qiu, Q., Sung, J., Davis, GW, and R. Tchernis. (2018), "Using Spatial Factor Analysis to Measure Human Development," Journal of Development Economics, 132, pp. 130-149.
Almada, L., McCarthy, I., and R. Tchernis. (2016), "What can we learn about the effects of food stamps on obesity in the presence of misreporting?," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 98(4), pp. 997-1017.
Millimet, D. and R. Tchernis. (2013), "Estimation of Treatment Effects Without an Exclusion Restriction: with an Application to the Analysis of the School Breakfast Program," Journal of Applied Econometrics, Vol. 28 (6), pp. 982-1017. (Stata code is available here.)
Millimet, D., R. Tchernis, and M. Husain. (2010), "School Nutrition Programs and the Incidence of Childhood Obesity," Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 640-654.
Buchinsky, M., Fougere D., Kramarz I., and R. Tchernis. (2010), "Interfirm Mobility, Wages, and the Returns to Seniority and Experience in the U.S.," Review of Economic Studies, 77(3) pp. 972-1001.
Millimet, D. and R. Tchernis. (2009), "On the Specification of Propensity Scores: with Applications to the Analysis of Trade Policies," Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 397-415.
Millimet, D. and R. Tchernis (2008), "Estimating High-Dimensional Demand Systems in the Presence of Many Binding Non-Negativity Constraints," Journal of Econometrics, vol. 147, pp. 384-395.
Hogan J.W., and R. Tchernis (2004), ''Bayesian Factor Analysis for Spatially Correlated Data, with Application to Deriving Indices of Deprivation from Area-level Census Data,'' Journal of the American Statistical Association, vol. 99, no. 466, pp. 314-324.
Please see my CV for the full list of publications
Working Papers:
Measuring the Spatial Distribution of Health Rankings in the United States, with Will Davis and Zander Gordan.
Behavioral Welfare Economics and Risk Preferences: A Bayesian Approach, with Sherry Gao and Glenn Harrison.