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Working Papers

2010

1. The Role of Financial Literacy in Determining Retirement Plans
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2004

2. The Value of Phased Retirement
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

2003

3. Phasing Into Retirement
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)

2000

4. The Effect of Unions on Employment: Evidence from an Unnatural Experiment in Uruguay
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)

1999

5. Has Job Security Vanished in Large Corporations?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1996

6. Technology and the Wage Structure
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (38)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Labor Economics (2001)

1994

7. Developments in Collective Bargaining in Construction in the 1980s and 1990s
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
8. Updated Notes on the Interindustry Wage Structure
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

1993

9. Post-Retirement Increases in Pensions in the 1980s: Did Plan Finances Matter?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1991

10. Changes in the Cyclical Sensitivity of Wages in the United States, 1891-1987
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1992)
11. Pensions, Bonding, and Lifetime Jobs
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (26)

1989

12. Declining Unionization in Construction: The Facts and the Reasons
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
13. Productivity Levels and Productivity Change Under Unionism
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
14. Relative Wage Variability in the United States, 1860-1983
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (1987)
15. The Pension Cost of Changing Jobs
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
16. Unions and Job Security in the Public Sector
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    See also Chapter (1988)

1988

17. Can Union Labor Ever Cost Less?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1987)
18. Human Resource Policies and Union-Nonunion Productivity Differences
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
19. Why Do Pensions Reduce Mobility?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)

1987

20. Pension Wealth, Age-Wealth Profiles and the Distribution of Net Worth
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    See also Chapter (1989)
21. Pensions and Firm Performance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
22. Unions and Efficiency in Private Sector Construction: Further Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1986

23. Unionization and Productivity in Office Building and School Construction
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)

1985

24. The Effect of Unionism on Productivity in Privately and Publicly Owned Hospitals and Nursing Homes
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
25. Union Work Rules and Efficiency in the Building Trades
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Labor Economics (1986)
26. Unions, Pension Wealth, and Age-Compensation Profiles
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
27. Why Construction Industry Productivity is Declining
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (1985)

1984

28. Post-Retirement Adjustments of Pension Benefits
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)

Journal Articles

2001

1. Technology and the Wage Structure
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2001, 19, (2), 440-83 View citations (21)
   See also Working Paper (1996)

1994

2. Labor market flexibility and unemployment in Chile and Uruguay
   Estudios de Economia, 1994, 21, (esp Year 1994), 127-146 View citations (4)

1992

3. Changes in the Cyclical Sensitivity of Wages in the United States, 1891-1987
   American Economic Review, 1992, 82, (1), 122-40
   See also Working Paper (1991)

1989

4. Why Construction Industry Productivity Is Declining: Reply
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1989, 71, (3), 547-48 View citations (1)

1987

5. Can Union Labor Ever Cost Less?
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1987, 102, (2), 347-73 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (1988)
6. Relative Wage Variability in the United States, 1860-1983
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1987, 69, (4), 617-26
   See also Working Paper (1989)

1986

7. Union Work Rules and Efficiency in the Building Trades
   Journal of Labor Economics, 1986, 4, (2), 212-42 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper (1985)

1985

8. Why Construction Industry Productivity Is Declining
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1985, 67, (4), 661-69 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper (1985)

1984

9. Unionized Construction Workers Are More Productive
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1984, 99, (2), 251-74 View citations (5)

1983

10. Much Ado about Davis-Bacon: A Critical Review and New Evidence
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1983, 26, (3), 707-36 View citations (3)

1981

11. An Empirical Model of Work Attendance
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1981, 63, (1), 77-87 View citations (51)

Chapters

2004

1. Unions and Employment in Uruguay
   A chapter in Law and Employment: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean, 2004, pp 435-496 View citations (13)

1989

2. Pension Wealth, Age-Wealth Profiles, and the Distribution of Net Worth
   A chapter in The Measurement of Saving, Investment, and Wealth, 1989, pp 689-736 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper (1987)

1988

3. Unions and Job Security in the Public Sector
   A chapter in When Public Sector Workers Unionize, 1988, pp 271-304
   See also Working Paper (1989)