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Working Papers

2012

1. Dynamically Consistent Noise Infusion and Partially Synthetic Data as Confidentiality Protection Measures for Related Time Series
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies

2011

2. Estimating Measurement Error in SIPP Annual Job Earnings: A Comparison of Census Bureau Survey and SSA Administrative Data
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (8)
3. Towards Unrestricted Public Use Business Microdata: The Synthetic Longitudinal Business Database
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies
   See also Journal Article in International Statistical Review (2011)

2010

4. National Estimates of Gross Employment and Job Flows from the Quarterly Workforce Indicators with Demographic and Industry Detail
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Econometrics (2011)

2009

5. A Formal Test of Assortative Matching in the Labor Market
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
   Also in Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies (2009) View citations (1)

2007

6. Access Methods for United States Microdata
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (1)
7. Technology and the Demand for Skill: An Analysis of Within and Between Firm Differences
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations (9)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (14)

2006

8. Confidentiality Protection in the Census Bureau Quarterly Workforce Indicators
   Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Technical Papers, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau View citations (4)
9. The LEHD Infrastructure Files and the Creation of the Quarterly Workforce Indicators
   Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Technical Papers, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau View citations (18)
   Also in Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Technical Papers, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau (2002) View citations (26)
   See also Chapter (2009)

2004

10. Are Good Workers Employed by Good Firms? A Simple Test of Positive Assortative Matching Models
    Econometric Society 2004 North American Winter Meetings, Econometric Society View citations (12)
11. Integrated Longitudinal Employee-Employer Data for the United States
    Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Technical Papers, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau View citations (32)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2004)
12. Multiply-Imputing Confidential Characteristics and File Links in Longitudinal Linked Data
    Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Technical Papers, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau View citations (3)
13. New Approaches to Confidentiality Protection Synthetic Data, Remote Access and Research Data Centers
    Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Technical Papers, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau View citations (3)

2003

14. Synthetic Data and Confidentiality Protection
    Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Technical Papers, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau
15. The Measurement of Human Capital in the U.S. Economy
    Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Technical Papers, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau View citations (31)
16. The Sensitivity of Economic Statistics to Coding Errors in Personal Identifiers
    Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Technical Papers, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Business & Economic Statistics (2005)

2002

17. Changing the Boundaries of the Firm: Changes in the Clustering of Human Capital
    Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Technical Papers, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau
18. Computing Person and Firm Effects Using Linked Longitudinal Employer-Employee Data
    Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Technical Papers, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau View citations (84)
19. The Creation of the Employment Dynamics Estimates
    Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Technical Papers, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau View citations (1)
20. The Relation among Human Capital, Productivity and Market Value: Building Up from Micro Evidence
    Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Technical Papers, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau
    See also Chapter (2005)
21. Unlocking the Information in Integrated Social Data
    Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Technical Papers, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau
    See also Journal Article in New Zealand Economic Papers (2002)

2001

22. Within and Between Firm Changes in Human Capital, Technology, and Productivity Preliminary and incomplete
    Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Technical Papers, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau View citations (9)

2000

23. The Tail of Two Countries: Minimum Wages and Employment in France and the United States
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations (16)

1999

24. Executive Compensation: Six Questions that Need Answering
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (33)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Perspectives (1999)
25. Minimum Wages and Employment in France and the United States
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (42)
    Also in Papiers du Laboratoire de Microéconomie Appliquée, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1) (1998) View citations (6)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1999) View citations (24)

1998

26. The Relative Importance of Employer and Employeee Effects on Compensation: a Comparison of France and the United States
    Papiers du Laboratoire de Microéconomie Appliquée, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of the Japanese and International Economies (2001)

1997

27. Internal and External Labor Markets: An Analysis of Matched Longitudinal Employer-Employee Data
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Chapter (1998)
28. Minimum Wages and Youth Employment in France and the United States
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (51)
    See also Chapter (2000)
29. Moment Estimation with Attrition
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
    Also in Working Papers, Centre de Recherche en Economie et Statistique (1997) View citations (3)
30. The Costs of Hiring and Separations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article in Labour Economics (2003)
31. The Entry and Exit of Workers and the Growth of Employment: An Analysis of French Establishments
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (3)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1996) View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (1999)

1996

32. Compensation Structure and Product Market Competition
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (38)
    See also Journal Article in Annales d'Economie et de Statistique (1996)

1995

33. A La Recherche des Moments Perdus: Covariance Models for Unbalanced Panels with Endogenous Death
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
34. High-Wage Workers and High-Wage Firms
    Cahiers de recherche, Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en économie quantitative, CIREQ View citations (1)
    Also in CIRANO Working Papers, CIRANO (1994) View citations (145)
    Cahiers de recherche, Universite de Montreal, Departement de sciences economiques (1995) View citations (2)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1994) View citations (20)
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (1999)
35. Product Quality and Worker Quality
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1995)
    See also Journal Article in Annales d'Economie et de Statistique (1996)

1992

36. A Test of Negotiation and Incentive Compensation Models Using Longitudinal French Enterprise Data
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)

1991

37. The Effects of Product Market Competition on Collective Bargaining Agreements: The Case of Foreign Competition in Canada
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1993)

1990

38. PRODUCT MARKET COMPETITION, UNION ORGANIZING ACTIVITY, AND THE EMPLOYER RESISTANCE
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations (4)
39. Product Market Competition, Union Organizing Activity, and Employer Resistence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
40. The Effects of International Competiton on Collective Bargaining Outcomes: A Comparison of the United States and Canada
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
    See also Chapter (1991)
41. The Internationalization of the U.S. Labor Market
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
42. The NBER Immigration, Trade, and Labor Markets Data Files
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)

1989

43. Collective Bargaining and the Division of the Value of the Enterprise
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. (1987) View citations (12)
44. Does Performance-Based Managerial Compensation Affect Subsequent Corporate Performance?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
45. The Effects of Human Resource Management Decisions on Shareholder Value
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Industrial and Labor Relations Review (1990)

1988

46. Market Structure, Strike Activity, and Union Wage Settlements
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)

1986

47. Intertemporal Labor Supply and Long Term Employment Contracts
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1987)
48. On the Covariance Structure of Earnings and Hours Changes
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (1989)

1984

49. Intertemporal Substitution in the Presence of Long Term Contracts
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. View citations (6)

1980

50. Anticipated Unemployment, Temporary Layoffs and Compensating Wage Differentials
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. View citations (3)
    See also Chapter (1981)

1979

51. Estimating the Union-Non-union Wage Differential: A Statistical Issue
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Economica (1980)
52. Unemployment and Compensating Wage Differentials
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. View citations (10)

1977

53. An Econometric Model of the U.S. Market for Higher Education
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. View citations (1)

Undated

54. Accounting Profits, Market Profits, and the Compensation of Regular Employees
    ILADES-Georgetown University Working Papers, Ilades-Georgetown University, Universidad Alberto Hurtado/School of Economics and Bussines

Journal Articles

2012

1. Did the Housing Price Bubble Clobber Local Labor Market Job and Worker Flows When It Burst?
   American Economic Review, 2012, 102, (3), 589-93

2011

2. National estimates of gross employment and job flows from the Quarterly Workforce Indicators with demographic and industry detail
   Journal of Econometrics, 2011, 161, (1), 82-99 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper (2010)
3. Towards Unrestricted Public Use Business Microdata: The Synthetic Longitudinal Business Database
   International Statistical Review, 2011, 79, (3), 362-384
   See also Working Paper (2011)

2007

4. Business volatility, job destruction and unemployment - discussion
   Proceedings, 2007, (Nov)

2006

5. Wages, Mobility and Firm Performance: Advantages and Insights from Using Matched Worker-Firm Data
   Economic Journal, 2006, 116, (512), F245-F285 View citations (26)

2005

6. Human Capital and Worker Productivity: Direct Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data
   Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 2005, (79-80), 323-338 View citations (1)
   See also Chapter (2010)
7. Rejoinder
   Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2005, 23, 162-165
8. The Sensitivity of Economic Statistics to Coding Errors in Personal Identifiers
   Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2005, 23, 133-152 View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper (2003)

2004

9. Integrated Longitudinal Employer-Employee Data for the United States
   American Economic Review, 2004, 94, (2), 224-229 View citations (21)
   See also Working Paper (2004)

2003

10. The costs of hiring and separations
    Labour Economics, 2003, 10, (5), 499-530 View citations (77)
    See also Working Paper (1997)

2002

11. Unlocking the information in integrated social data
    New Zealand Economic Papers, 2002, 36, (1), 9-31
    See also Working Paper (2002)

2001

12. Moment Estimation With Attrition: An Application to Economic Models
    Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2001, 96, 1223-1231 View citations (5)
13. The Relative Importance of Employer and Employee Effects on Compensation: A Comparison of France and the United States
    Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2001, 15, (4), 419-436 View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper (1998)

2000

14. Politiques salariales et performances des entreprises: une comparaison France/États-Unis
    Économie et Statistique, 2000, 332, (1), 27-38 View citations (9)

1999

15. Econometric analyses of linked employer-employee data
    Labour Economics, 1999, 6, (1), 53-74 View citations (23)
16. Executive Compensation: Six Questions That Need Answering
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1999, 13, (4), 145-168 View citations (30)
    See also Working Paper (1999)
17. High Wage Workers and High Wage Firms
    Econometrica, 1999, 67, (2), 251-334 View citations (400)
    See also Working Paper (1995)
18. The Entry And Exit Of Workers And The Growth Of Employment: An Analysis Of French Establishments
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1999, 81, (2), 170-187 View citations (66)
    See also Working Paper (1997)

1996

19. Compensation Structure and Product Market Competition
    Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 1996, (41-42), 207-217 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (1996)
20. Employer Size and the Wage Structure in U.S. Manufacturing
    Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 1996, (41-42), 323-367
21. La microéconomie de la gestion des ressources humaines: Etudes multinationales des pratiques d'entreprise
    Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 1996, (41-42), 1-9, pp. 11-19
22. Les politiques salariales: individus et entreprises
    Revue Économique, 1996, 47, (3), 611-622 View citations (1)
23. Product Market Competition Wages and Productivity: International Evidence from Establishment-Level Data
    Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 1996, (41-42), 219-253 View citations (6)
24. Product Quality and Worker Quality
    Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 1996, (41-42), 299-322 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper (1995)

1994

25. Comments: Gross worker and job flows in Europe by M. Burda and C. Wyplosz
    European Economic Review, 1994, 38, (6), 1316-1320

1993

26. The Effects of Product Market Competition on Collective Bargaining Agreements: The Case of Foreign Competition in Canada
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1993, 108, (4), 983-1014 View citations (132)
    See also Working Paper (1991)

1990

27. Does performance-based managerial compensation affect corporate performance?
    Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1990, 43, (3), 52-73 View citations (39)
28. The effects of human resource management decisions on shareholder value
    Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1990, 43, (3), 203-236 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper (1989)
29. The quality dimension of army retention: A comment
    Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 1990, 33, (1), 257-261

1989

30. On the Covariance Structure of Earnings and Hours Changes
    Econometrica, 1989, 57, (2), 411-45 View citations (341)
    See also Working Paper (1986)
31. The Effect of Wage Bargains on the Stock Market Value of the Firm
    American Economic Review, 1989, 79, (4), 774-800 View citations (50)

1988

32. Disaggregated Wage Developments
    Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1988, 19, (1), 313-346 View citations (3)

1987

33. Intertemporal Labor Supply and Long-term Employment Contracts
    American Economic Review, 1987, 77, (1), 50-68 View citations (44)
    See also Working Paper (1986)

1985

34. Estimating Gross Labor-Force Flows
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 1985, 3, (3), 254-83 View citations (97)

1984

35. Do Minority-White Unemployment Differences Really Exist?
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 1984, 2, (1), 64-72 View citations (16)

1982

36. Job queues and the union status of workers
    Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1982, 35, (3), 354-367 View citations (60)

1980

37. Estimating the Union/Non-union Wage Differential: A Statistical Issue
    Economica, 1980, 47, (185), 73-79
    See also Working Paper (1979)

Books

1991

1. Immigration, Trade and the Labor Market
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (290)

Edited books

1991

1. Immigration, Trade, and the Labor Market
   National Bureau of Economic Research Books, University of Chicago Press

Chapters

2010

1. Human Capital and Worker Productivity: Direct Evidence from LInk Employer-Employee Data
   A chapter in Contributions in Memory of Zvi Griliches, 2010, pp 323-338 View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article in Annales d'Economie et de Statistique (2005)

2009

2. Comment on "Regional difference-in-differences in France using the German annexation of Alsace-Moselle in 1870-1918"
   A chapter in NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics 2008, 2009, pp 306-309
3. The LEHD Infrastructure Files and the Creation of the Quarterly Workforce Indicators
   A chapter in Producer Dynamics: New Evidence from Micro Data, 2009, pp 149-230 View citations (23)
   See also Working Paper (2006)
4. The Link between Human Capital, Mass Layoffs, and Firm Deaths
   A chapter in Producer Dynamics: New Evidence from Micro Data, 2009, pp 447-472 View citations (9)
5. Wage Structure and Labor Mobility in the United States
   A chapter in The Structure of Wages: An International Comparison, 2009, pp 81-100 View citations (2)

2005

6. The Relation among Human Capital, Productivity, and Market Value: Building Up from Micro Evidence
   A chapter in Measuring Capital in the New Economy, 2005, pp 153-204 View citations (30)
   See also Working Paper (2002)

2000

7. Minimum Wages and Youth Employment in France and the United States
   A chapter in Youth Employment and Joblessness in Advanced Countries, 2000, pp 427-472 View citations (22)
   See also Working Paper (1997)

1999

8. The analysis of labor markets using matched employer-employee data
   Chapter 40 in Handbook of Labor Economics, 1999, vol. 3, Part B, pp 2629-2710 View citations (134)

1998

9. Internal and External Labor Markets: An Analysis of Matched Longitudinal Employer-Employee Data
   A chapter in Labor Statistics Measurement Issues, 1998, pp 357-370
   See also Working Paper (1997)

1995

10. International Differences in Executive and Managerial Compensation
    A chapter in Differences and Changes in Wage Structures, 1995, pp 67-104 View citations (34)

1991

11. Appendix: The NBER Immigration, Trade, and Labor Markets Data Files
    A chapter in Immigration, Trade and the Labor Market, 1991, pp 407-421 View citations (3)
12. Introduction and Summary
    A chapter in Immigration, Trade and the Labor Market, 1991, pp 1-26 View citations (4)
13. The Effect of Policy Restrictions on Capital and Labor Flows in Mexico
    A chapter in Immigration, Trade and the Labor Market, 1991, pp 101-119
14. The Effects of International Competition on Collective Bargaining Outcomes: A Comparison of the United States and Canada
    A chapter in Immigration, Trade and the Labor Market, 1991, pp 343-367 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper (1990)

1981

15. Anticipated Unemployment, Temporary Layoffs, and Compensating Wage Differentials
    A chapter in Studies in Labor Markets, 1981, pp 141-186 View citations (42)
    See also Working Paper (1980)