Gabriel L. Schwartz

Examines which types of law enforcement agencies are responsible for fatal police violence deaths. Finds that states vary widely in terms of which agencies are actually committing lethal violence.

Finds a link between eviction & cognitive development, with children evicted in late elementary school scoring worse on 4 different cognitive tests than similar peers–the equivalent of up to a year of schooling.

Explores the rise of school segregation across the US since the early 1990s, when the Supreme Court made it easier for districts to be released from integration orders. Finds that this had a particularly damaging impact on Black students' health in the South, where segregation rebounded faster after orders lapsed.

Examines whether evictions impact patients' healthcare and healthcare costs. Shows that low-income evicted patients experience impaired healthcare access - including being more likely to lose their Medicaid coverage and to not fill their prescriptions - while simultaneously generating more healthcare spending.

Examines whether living in a segregated neighborhood as a child - a key manifestation of structural racism - affects the long-term health of Black children as they grow into adulthood. Finds health disadvantages even years later, in young adulthood.

Examines rates of fatal police violence experienced by Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI).

Examines whether states' eviction moratoria in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic were effective at preventing COVID-19 cases and deaths.