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25+
Publications

Peer-reviewed articles, working papers, policy briefs, technical reports since 2018.

NBER
Working paper

WP #35110 — AI occupational exposure scores, 2026.

4
Research areas

Technology, Workforce & Disability, Education & Assessment, Global Inclusion.

170+
Country network

Special Olympics evaluation spans more than 170 countries.

Topic 01

Technology & AI

How AI changes employment measurement — stability of occupational exposure scores and policy under model uncertainty.
3.6×
Exposure divergence
2026

How (un)Stable Are LLM Exposure Scores?

AI occupational exposure scores diverge 3.6× across major LLMs — some occupations flip sign entirely.

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77pt

Maximum divergence

Yin, Vu & Persico. First empirical audit of AI occupational exposure-score stability across GPT-4, Claude, Gemini, and Llama on 95 occupations.

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2026

The Adaptive Precision Framework

A policy-design response to unstable AI measurement: continuous recalibration rather than freezing on a single model's guess.

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APF

Policy under model change

Companion brief to NBER WP #35110. How to structure education, hiring, and workforce policy so evolving AI estimates don't lock you in.

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Exposure across 95 occupations

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Figure 3: E1 exposure across 95 occupations
Topic 02

Workforce & Disability

Our largest portfolio: subminimum-wage transition, VR ROI, competitive integrated employment, apprenticeship-model design.
−12.4%
Welfare dependence change
2026

Labor Market Effects of Subminimum Wage Elimination

First national quasi-experimental analysis (15 states, 2009–24). No aggregate job loss for workers with disabilities.

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15

States, 2009–2024

Yin, Seo & Vu. Labour Economics 100 (102884). Uses DOL administrative records and CPS data to estimate effects of Section 14(c) elimination.

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2026

Making Time Count in Vocational Rehabilitation

Economics of VR time-use: which counselor activities produce which labor-market outcomes.

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ROI

Time-use payoffs

Yin & Guerrero, forthcoming in Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin. Structural analysis of VR counselor time-use against closure outcomes.

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2026

Something EPIC in Virginia

Flagship policy brief on Virginia's 14(c) transition progress — the evidence base behind EPIC.

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$4.29M

Federal model project

Paired with the Virginia EPIC project page. Comprehensive state-level synthesis of wages, employment, welfare, and provider transformation.

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More in this topic
2025
The Hidden Market: Disability Employment & the Gap We Aren't Measuring
RISEI Lab · Research brief
Brief
2025
The Uneven Playing Field of Workforce Participation
Yin et al. · Research report
Report
2025
The Economic Imperative of Vocational Rehabilitation
Yin et al. · Peer-reviewed
Journal
2024
Lead or Fall Behind: Competitive Integrated Employment Policy
RISEI Lab · Policy recommendations
Brief
2024
Racial Disparities in Vocational Rehabilitation
RISEI Lab · Equity analysis
Brief
2024
Serving All Consumers in Vocational Rehabilitation
RISEI Lab · Equity brief
Brief
Topic 03

Education & Assessment

Accessibility features in digital assessment, NAEP process-data methods, and hybrid learning outcomes for students with disabilities.
NAEP
Process-data methodology
2025

NAEP Process Data & Accessibility

Using click-stream data from digital assessments to analyze how accessibility features affect math outcomes.

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IES

Innovation grant

The methodological foundation of the NAEP project. Process data reveals which accessibility features actually get used — and by whom.

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2024

One Size Does Not Fit All

Why differentiated accessibility in digital assessment matters — and how one-size-fits-all defaults disadvantage some learners.

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Differentiated design

Companion brief to the NAEP work. Argues for accessibility design that varies by learner characteristics rather than a single default.

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2023

Online Learning Outcomes

Hybrid and online learning access for students with disabilities — who benefits, who doesn't, and why.

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Access

Hybrid & online

Yin et al. Report on differential outcomes in hybrid and online learning environments, with implications for post-pandemic policy.

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More in this topic
2023
Purchasing Power & Education Access in Boston
Yin et al. · Research brief
Brief
Topic 04

Global Inclusion

Special Olympics evaluation network across 170+ countries — unified sports, high-school completion, and community attitudes at global scale.
170+
Countries in network
2024

Unified Sports & Social Inclusion

Multi-country peer-reviewed evidence on unified sports outcomes — attitudes, behaviors, community effects.

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SOI

Special Olympics International

Cross-country analysis of unified sports outcomes. Peer-reviewed article with Yin as lead author and multi-institution co-authors.

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2024

Special Olympics & HS Completion

Longitudinal analysis of whether Special Olympics participation is associated with improved high-school completion.

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Longitudinal

Completion outcomes

Second peer-reviewed paper from the Special Olympics evaluation network, focused on high-school completion among participants with intellectual disabilities.

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2024

Stronger Together

Cross-agency and cross-country transition models — the theory of change that prefigures Maine Pathways to Partnerships.

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Cross-agency

Transition models

Policy brief synthesizing what works across cross-agency transition programs — connecting domestic and international evidence for youth with disabilities.

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