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Workplace:	Department of Policy Analysis and Management, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2009

1. Differences in the U.S. Trends in the Prevalence of Obesity Based on Body Mass Index and Skinfold Thickness
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. Measuring Inequality Using Censored Data: A Multiple Imputation Approach
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
   Also in ISER working papers, Institute for Social and Economic Research (2009) View citations
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies (2009)
   Working Papers, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (2009) View citations
   Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research (2009) View citations

2008

3. Consistent Cell Means for Topcoded Incomes in the Public Use March CPS (1976-2007)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies (2008) View citations
4. Estimating Trends in U.S. Income Inequality Using the Current Population Survey: The Importance of Controlling for Censoring
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations
   Also in ISER working papers, Institute for Social and Economic Research (2008) View citations
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008) View citations
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2008) View citations
5. Measuring Labor Earnings Inequality Using Public-Use March Current Population Survey Data: The Value of Including Variances and Cell Means When Imputing Topcoded Values
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008)
6. Trends in the Relative Household Income of Working-Age Men with Work Limitations: Correcting the Record Using Internal Current Population Survey Data
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations
7. Using Internal Current Population Survey Data to Reevaluate Trends in Labor Earnings Gaps by Gender, Race, and Education Level
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies

2007

8. How the Distribution of After-Tax Income Changed over the 1990s Business Cycle: A Comparison of the United States, Great Britain, Germany and Japan
   SOEPpapers, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)
   Also in Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center (2006) View citations
9. Using the P90/P10 Index to Measure U.S. Inequality Trends with Current Population Survey Data: A View From Inside the Census Bureau Vaults
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies
   Also in ISER working papers, Institute for Social and Economic Research (2007)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2007) View citations
   Working Papers, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (2007)
   Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research (2007)
10. Who Gets What from Employer Pay or Play Mandates?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2006

11. Beyond BMI: The Value of More Accurate Measures of Fatness and Obesity in Social Science Research
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2008)
12. Income Inequality in the 1990s: Comparing the United States, Great Britain and Germany
    Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research View citations
13. The Importance of Objective Health Measures in Predicting Early Receipt of Social Security Benefits: The Case of Fatness
    Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center View citations

2005

14. The Contribution and Potential of Data Harmonization for Cross-National Comparative Research
    Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research View citations

2004

15. A Cross-National Comparison of the Employment for Men With Disabilities: The United States and Germany in the 1980s and 1990s”
    Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center
16. Income Inequality in the 1990s: Re-Forging a Lost Relationship?
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations
17. Obesity, Disability, and Movement Onto the Disability Insurance Rolls
    Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center View citations
18. Where in the World is the Middle Class? A Cross-National Comparison of the Vanishing Middle Class using Kernel Density Estimates
    ISER working papers, Institute for Social and Economic Research View citations

2003

19. Dynamic Modeling of the SSDI Application Timing Decision: The Importance of Policy Variables
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
20. Left behind: SSI in the era of welfare reform
    Working Papers in Applied Economic Theory, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco View citations
21. Option Value and Dynamic Programming Model Estimates of Social Security Disability Insurance Application Timing
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations

2002

22. How Exits from the Labor Force of Death Impact Household Incomes: A Four Country Comparison of Public and Private Income Support
    Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center View citations
23. Self-reported work limitation data: what they can and cannot tell us
    Working Papers in Applied Economic Theory, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco View citations
24. The Supplemental Security Income program
    Working Papers in Applied Economic Theory, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
    Also in Working Papers in Applied Economic Theory, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (2000) View citations
    See also Chapter (2003)

2001

25. Economic outcomes of working-age people with disabilities over the business cycle: an examination of the 1980s and 1990s
    Working Papers in Applied Economic Theory, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco View citations
26. Long-term Labor Force Exit and Economic Well-being: A Cross-National Comparison of Public and Private Income Support
    Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center
    See also Journal Article in Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly Journal of Economic Research (2001)
27. The employment of working-age people with disabilities in the 1980s and 1990s: what current data can and cannot tell us
    Working Papers in Applied Economic Theory, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco View citations
28. Tracking the Household Income of SSDI and SSI Applicants
    Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center View citations
29. United States disability policy in a changing environment
    Working Papers in Applied Economic Theory, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

2000

30. Microdata Panel Data and Public Policy: National and Cross-National Perspectives
    Center for Policy Research Working Papers, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University

1998

31. Microeconometric Analysis of the Retirement Decision: United States
    OECD Economics Department Working Papers, OECD, Economics Department
32. The Microeconomics of the Retirement Decision in the United States
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations

1997

33. Implementing Pro-Work Policies for Older Americans in the Twenty-First Century
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations
34. Labor Earnings Mobility and Inequality in the United States and Germany During the Growth Years of the 1980s
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in International Economic Review (1997)
35. Pro-Work Policy Proposals for Older Americans in the 21st Century
    Center for Policy Research Policy Briefs, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University View citations

1996

36. The timing of disability insurance application: a choice-based semiparametric hazard model
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations

1994

37. Relative Inequality and Poverty in Germany and the United States Using Alternative Equivalence Scales
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations
    See also Journal Article in Review of Income and Wealth (1996)
38. Social Security Reform: A Budget Neutral Approach to Reducing Older Women's Disproportional Risk of Poverty
    Center for Policy Research Policy Briefs, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University View citations

1993

39. Changing Policy Signals: How To Increase Work Effort At Older Age
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics
40. Plans And Preferences Of Older American Workers
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics
41. Towards Pro-Work Policies And Programs For Older Americans
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations

Undated

42. How people with disabilities fare when public policies change
    Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Papers, University of Wisconsin Institute for Research on Poverty View citations
43. Public policies for the working poor: The earned income tax credit versus minimum wage legislation
    Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Papers, University of Wisconsin Institute for Research on Poverty View citations

Journal Articles

2009

1. USING THE P90/P10 INDEX TO MEASURE U.S. INEQUALITY TRENDS WITH CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY DATA: A VIEW FROM INSIDE THE CENSUS BUREAU VAULTS
   Review of Income and Wealth, 2009, 55, (1), 166-185

2008

2. Beyond BMI: The value of more accurate measures of fatness and obesity in social science research
   Journal of Health Economics, 2008, 27, (2), 519-529 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2006)
3. Generalised percentile ratios as robust measures of labour earnings inequality
   International Journal of Data Analysis Techniques and Strategies, 2008, 1, (2), 117-125

2007

4. Comparing Economic Outcomes of Populations with Disabilities - A Method for Comparing the Economic Outcomes of the Working-Age Population with Disabilities in Germany and United States
   Schmollers Jahrbuch : Journal of Applied Social Science Studies / Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, 2007, 127, (2), 227-258
5. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MINIMUM-WAGE INCREASES IN REDUCING POVERTY: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
   Contemporary Economic Policy, 2007, 25, (2), 262-281 View citations
6. The Expanded Cross-National Equivalent File: HILDA Joins Its International Peers
   Australian Economic Review, 2007, 40, (2), 208-215
7. Winners and Losers over the 1990s Business Cycles in Germany, Great Britain, Japan, and the United States
   Schmollers Jahrbuch : Journal of Applied Social Science Studies / Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, 2007, 127, (1), 75-84 View citations

2006

8. Levels and Long-Term Trends in Earnings Inequality: Overcoming Current Population Survey Censoring Problems Using the GB2 Distribution
   Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2006, 24, 57-62 View citations

2005

9. Income Inequality and Health: A Cross-Country Analysis
   Schmollers Jahrbuch : Journal of Applied Social Science Studies / Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, 2005, 125, (1), 109-118 View citations

2004

10. Dynamic programming model estimates of Social Security Disability Insurance application timing
    Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2004, 19, (6), 671-685 View citations
11. Long term trends in earnings inequality: what the CPS can tell us
    Economics Letters, 2004, 82, (2), 295-299 View citations

2002

12. Policy Watch: U.S. Disability Policy in a Changing Environment
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2002, 16, (1), 213-224 View citations

2000

13. A Reassessment of the New Economics of the Minimum Wage Literature with Monthly Data from the Current Population Survey
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2000, 18, (4), 653-80 View citations
14. Book reviews
    Journal of Economics, 2000, 71, (1), 80-107
15. Recent declines in work and income among men with disabilities
    FRBSF Economic Letter, 2000, (Sep 22)
16. Who Minimum Wage Increases Bite: An Analysis Using Monthly Data from the SIPP and the CPS
    Southern Economic Journal, 2000, 67, (1), 16-40 View citations

1999

17. Testing the Significance of Income Distribution Changes over the 1980s Business Cycle: A Cross-National Comparison
    Journal of Applied Econometrics, 1999, 14, (3), 253-72 View citations

1998

18. Disability and work: the experiences of American and German men
    Economic Review, 1998, 17-29 View citations
19. Long-Term Labor Force Exit and Economic Well-Being: A Cross-National Comparison of Public and Private Income Support
    Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly Journal of Economic Research, 2001, 70, (1), 146-152
    See also Working Paper (2001)

1997

20. A Comparison of Alternative Measures of Economic Well-Being for Germany and the United States
    Review of Income and Wealth, 1997, 43, (2), 153-71 View citations
21. A Cross-National Comparison Of Permanent Inequality In The United States And Germany
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1997, 79, (1), 10-17 View citations
22. A new look at the distributional effects of economic growth during the 1980s: a comparative study of the United States and Germany
    Economic Review, 1997, 18-31
23. Labor Earnings Mobility and Inequality in the United States and Germany during the Growth Years of the 1980s
    International Economic Review, 1997, 38, (4), 775-94 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1997)
24. Recounting winners and losers in the 1980s: A critique of income distribution measurement methodology
    Economics Letters, 1997, 54, (1), 35-40

1996

25. Relative Inequality and Poverty in Germany and the United States Using Alternative Equivalence Scales
    Review of Income and Wealth, 1996, 42, (4), 381-400 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1994)
26. Who gets what from minimum wage hikes: A re-estimation of Card and Krueger's distributional analysis in "Myth and Measurement: The New Economics of the Minimum Wage."
    Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1996, 49, (3), 547-552 View citations

1995

27. The importance of employer accommodation on the job duration of workers with disabilities: A hazard model approach
    Labour Economics, 1995, 2, (2), 109-130 View citations

1993

28. Ageing and economic welfare: Paul Johnson and Jane Falkingham, (Sage Publications, London, 1992) ISBN 8039-8248-8, [UK pound]10.95
    Labour Economics, 1993, 1, (1), 115-117
29. The effect of creaming on placement rates under the Job Training Partnership Act
    Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1993, 46, (4), 613-624 View citations

1992

30. Transfer spending, taxes, and the American welfare state: Wallace C. Peterson, (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston-Dordrecht-London, 1991), pp. xv+176, ISBN 0-7923-9077-6
    European Journal of Political Economy, 1992, 8, (1), 145-147

1991

31. United States Public Policy and the Elderly: The Disproportionate Risk to the Well-Being of Women
    Journal of Population Economics, 1991, 4, (3), 217-31 View citations

1990

32. Disentangling the Effect of Arthritis on Earnings: A Simultaneous Estimate of Wage Rates and Hours Worked
    Applied Economics, 1990, 22, (10), 1291-1309 View citations
33. Economic Burdens of Marital Disruptions: A Comparison of the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany
    Review of Income and Wealth, 1990, 36, (4), 319-33 View citations

1989

34. Work and Health after Retirement: A Competing Risks Model with Semiparametric Unobserved Heterogeneity
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1989, 71, (1), 46-53 View citations

1986

35. Do retirement dreams come true? The effect of unanticipated events on retirement plans
    Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1986, 39, (4), 518-526 View citations
36. Social security in Panama: A multiperiod analysis of income distribution
    Journal of Development Economics, 1986, 21, (1), 53-64
37. Testing the relationship between work and health: A bivariate hazard model
    Economics Letters, 1986, 20, (4), 383-386 View citations

1984

38. The importance of the measure of health in empirical estimates of the labor supply of older men
    Economics Letters, 1984, 16, (3-4), 375-380 View citations

1983

39. The Effect of Retirement on Income Distribution: A Comprehensive Income Approach
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1983, 65, (4), 653-58

1982

40. Labor-Market Experience of the Almost Old and the Implications for Income Support
    American Economic Review, 1982, 72, (2), 304-08
41. Social Security, Preretirement Labor Supply, and Saving: A Confirmation and a Critique
    Journal of Political Economy, 1982, 90, (3), 643-46 View citations

1981

42. Disentangling the Annuity from the Redistributive Aspects of Social Security in the United States
    Review of Income and Wealth, 1981, 27, (4), 401-21 View citations

1980

43. The early acceptance of social security: An asset maximization approach
    Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1980, 33, (4), 484-492 View citations

1978

44. A Time-Series Analysis on Social Security and Its Effect on the Market Work of Men at Younger Ages
    Journal of Political Economy, 1978, 86, (4), 701-15 View citations

Chapters

2003

1. The Supplemental Security Income Program
   A chapter in Means-Tested Transfer Programs in the United States, 2003, pp 79-140 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2002)

1999

2. Economic analysis of transfer programs targeted on people with disabilities
   Chapter 51 in Handbook of Labor Economics, 1999, vol. 3, Part C, pp 3417-3528 View citations

1985

3. Estimating Changes in Well-Being Across Life: A Realized vs. Comprehensive Income Approach
   A chapter in Horizontal Equity, Uncertainty, and Economic Well-Being, 1985, pp 69-90 View citations

1984

4. Raising the Normal Retirement Age under Social Security: A Life-Cycle Analysis
   A chapter in Economic Transfers in the United States, 1984, pp 359-380

1983

5. The Effect of Pension Plans on the Pattern of Life Cycle Compensation
   A chapter in The Measurement of Labor Cost, 1983, pp 395-420 View citations