Research | Morgan C. Williams, Jr.

Publications

Journal Articles

Police Force Size and Civilian Race

Aaron Chalfin, Benjamin Hansen, Emily K. Weisburst, and Morgan C. Williams Jr. · American Economic Review: Insights, Vol. 4, No. 2 (2022): 139–158

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The Nature, Detection, and Avoidance of Harmful Discrimination in Criminal Justice

Brendan O’Flaherty, Rajiv Sethi, and Morgan C. Williams Jr. · Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 43, No. 1 (2024): 289–320

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Does Proactive Policing Really Increase Major Crime? A Replication Study of Sullivan & O’Keeffe (Nature Human Behavior, 2017)

Aaron Chalfin, David Mitre Becerril, and Morgan C. Williams, Jr. · Journal of Comments and Replications in Economics, Vol. 3 (2024): 1–34

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The Effects of Compulsory Schooling on Health and Hospitalization over the Life Cycle

Markus Gehrsitz and Morgan C. Williams, Jr. · American Journal of Health Economics

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Work in Progress

Gun Violence in Black and White: Evidence from Policy Reform in Missouri

Morgan C. Williams, Jr.

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Body-Worn Cameras and Policing: Benefits and Costs

Morgan C. Williams, Jr., Nathan Weil, Elizabeth A. Rasich, Jens Ludwig, Hye Chang, and Sophia Egrari · NBER Working Paper No. 28622 (2021)

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Searching for a Second Chance: Evidence from New York State “Ban-the-Box” Laws

Jed S. Armstrong, Glenn C. Loury, and Morgan C. Williams, Jr. (2024)

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Do Residency Requirements Improve Policing? Theory and Evidence

Aaron Chalfin and Morgan C. Williams, Jr. (2024)

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Health Insurance and Recidivism: Evidence from New York State Medicaid Policy

Sherry Glied, Renata Howland, and Morgan C. Williams, Jr. (2024)

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Underground Gun Markets and Homicide

Brendan O’Flaherty, Rajiv Sethi, and Morgan C. Williams, Jr. (2024)

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Public Scholarship

Underground: Safer Than the Surface?

Aaron Chalfin, Alex Cholas-Wood, and Morgan C. Williams, Jr. · Vital City (2024)
Crime on the New York City Subway: How Rare is it Really?

Aaron Chalfin, Alex Cholas-Wood, and Morgan C. Williams, Jr. · Vital City (2024)
New York’s Iron Pipeline Problem

Morgan C. Williams, Jr. · Vital City, Special Issue (2024)
Crime Rates During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Proceedings of a Workshop in Brief

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2023) · Washington, DC: The National Academies Press

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When Cities Add Cops, Black Residents Could Have the Most to Gain—and the Most to Lose

Aaron Chalfin, Benjamin Hansen, Emily K. Weisburst, and Morgan C. Williams Jr. · Niskanen Center Research Brief (2021)
Weighing the Impact of Policing

Morgan C. Williams, Jr. · Vital City, Inaugural Issue (2022)