Rucker C. Johnson

Assistant Professor
Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley

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“Long-run Impacts of School Desegregation and School Quality on Adult Health ”

“Intergenerational Risks of Criminal Involvement and Incarceration”

“Inequality in Men’s Mortality: The Influence of Childhood SES and Young Adult Neighborhood and Family Factors”

“The Influence of Neighborhood and Family Background on Educational Attainment: Revisited”

“The Lasting Impacts of Childhood Neighborhood & Family on Adult Economic Status and Poverty over the Life Cycle”

“Race Differences in the Incidence & Duration of Exposure to Concentrated Poverty over the Life Course: Upward Mobility or Trapped in the Hood?”

“Risk Preference Formation and Risky Behaviors in Adolescence and Adulthood: The Importance of Neighborhood and Family Background”

“How Much Crime Reduction Does the Marginal Prisoner Buy?” (with Steven Raphael)

“Spatial Mismatch, Local Economic Conditions, and Job Search Outcomes of Welfare Recipients”

“Residential Mobility among Low-Income Women after Welfare Reform” (with Scott Allard and Sheldon Danziger)

“The Persistence of the Black-White Wealth Gap: Effects of Inter-Family Transfers, Portfolio Choice, and Asset Appreciation”