Graduate Theses: Recent submissions
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Behavioral Responses to Congestion Pricing in New York City: Mode Shift, Preference Change, and Effect Persistence
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-09)This thesis examines the behavioral impacts of New York City’s congestion pricing policy on weekday peak-hour travel into the pricing zone. Using a two-stage Bayesian Multinomial Logit framework applied to monthly aggregate ... -
Asset Limits, Savings Behavior, and Welfare: Evidence from the SIPP and a Life-Cycle Model
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-09)This paper examines how asset limits in means-tested welfare programs shape household saving behavior. I exploit cross-state variation in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) asset limits by linking these limits ... -
Strain-resolved transcriptomics: exploring functional heterogeneity of the gut microbiota in health and disease
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-09)The gut microbiome plays a critical role in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), yet current analyses treat bacterial species as functionally uniform, ignoring extensive strain-level diversity that may drive disease mechanisms. ...
