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Workplace:	Department of Economics, Cornell University, (more information at EDIRC) School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University, (more information at EDIRC) Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2007

1. Earnings Mobility in Argentina, Mexico, and Venezuela: Testing the Divergence of Earnings and the Symmetry of Mobility Hypotheses
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations (6)
2. Labor Retrenchment Laws and their Effect on Wages and Employment: A Theoretical Investigation
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
3. Labor market policy in developing countries: a selective review of the literature and needs for the future
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (7)

2006

4. U.S. Earnings Mobility: Comparing Survey-Based and Administrative-Based Estimates
   Working Papers, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality View citations (1)

2003

5. Francs or Ranks? Earnings Mobility in France, 1967-1999
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (2)

1997

6. A Subgroup Decomposable Measure of Relative Income Mobility
   Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University

1996

7. The Measurement of Income Mobility: An Introduction to the Literature
   Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University

1995

8. Discontinuous Losses from Poverty, Generalized P& Measures and Optimal Transfers to the Poor
   DELTA Working Papers, DELTA (Ecole normale supérieure) View citations (29)

1990

9. Poverty Measures and Anti-Poverty Policy
   DELTA Working Papers, DELTA (Ecole normale supérieure) View citations (19)

1984

10. The Effects of Social Security Reforms on Retirement Ages and RetirementIncomes
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (1984)

1983

11. Economic Incentives to Retire: A Qualitative Choice Approach
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
12. Rewards to Continued Work: The Economic Incentives For Postponing Retirement
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
13. The Economics of Retirement Behavior
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Labor Economics (1984)

1982

14. Economic Determinants of the Optimal Retirement Age: An Empirical Investigation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)

1981

15. The Effects of Pensions and Earnings on Retirement: A Review Essay
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)

Undated

16. Designing Pension systems for Developing Countries
    Pension Research Council Working Papers, Wharton School Pension Research Council, University of Pennsylvania View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2007

1. How much should we care about changing income inequality in the course of economic growth?
   Journal of Policy Modeling, 2007, 29, (4), 577-585 View citations (2)
2. Minimum wages and poverty with income-sharing
   Journal of Economic Inequality, 2007, 5, (2), 135-147 View citations (2)

2006

3. LABOUR MARKET DUALISM IN THE LEWIS MODEL: REPLY
   Manchester School, 2006, 74, (3), 355-359 View citations (1)

2005

4. A welfare economic analysis of labor market policies in the Harris-Todaro model
   Journal of Development Economics, 2005, 76, (1), 127-146 View citations (9)
5. Earnings and Employment Dynamics for Africans in Post-apartheid South Africa: A Panel Study of KwaZulu-Natal1
   Journal of African Economies, 2005, 14, (2), 143-190 View citations (1)

2004

6. DUALISM IN THE LABOR MARKET: A PERSPECTIVE ON THE LEWIS MODEL AFTER HALF A CENTURY
   Manchester School, 2004, 72, (6), 724-735 View citations (5)

2003

7. Household income dynamics: a four-country story
   The Journal of Development Studies, 2003, 40, (2), 30-54 View citations (19)

2002

8. Stochastic dominance in mobility analysis
   Economics Letters, 2002, 75, (3), 333-339 View citations (11)

2000

9. Falling Labor Income Inequality in Korea's Economic Growth: Patterns and Underlying Causes
   Review of Income and Wealth, 2000, 46, (2), 139-59 View citations (30)

1999

10. Measuring Movement of Incomes
    Economica, 1999, 66, (264), 455-71 View citations (38)

1997

11. Discontinuous losses from poverty, generalized P[alpha] measures, and optimal transfers to the poor
    Journal of Public Economics, 1997, 63, (2), 155-175 View citations (4)
12. Wage floors and unemployment: A two-sector analysis
    Labour Economics, 1997, 4, (1), 85-91 View citations (8)

1996

13. The Meaning and Measurement of Income Mobility
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1996, 71, (2), 349-377 View citations (60)

1995

14. Employment and development: A new review of evidence: David Turnham, (OECD, Paris, 1993)
    Journal of Development Economics, 1995, 47, (2), 497-502

1994

15. Changing Labor Market Conditions and Economic Development in Hong Kong, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan, China
    World Bank Economic Review, 1994, 8, (3), 395-414 View citations (11)
16. Data for measuring poverty and inequality changes in the developing countries
    Journal of Development Economics, 1994, 44, (1), 87-102 View citations (12)

1993

17. Inequality in Dual Economy Models
    Economic Journal, 1993, 103, (420), 1228-35 View citations (12)

1992

18. Modern Sector Enlargement or Traditional Sector Enrichment? GNP Effects with Induced Migration
    Journal of Population Economics, 1992, 5, (2), 101-12
19. The balance between industry and agriculture in economic development: Volume 3 - Manpower and training: Sukhamoy Chakravarty, ed., (Published for the International Economic Association by Macmillan, London, 1990)
    Journal of Development Economics, 1992, 39, (2), 418-420

1990

20. Measuring inequality change in an economy with income growth: Reply
    Journal of Development Economics, 1990, 32, (1), 211-213 View citations (1)

1989

21. Changes in Poverty and Inequality in Developing Countries
    World Bank Research Observer, 1989, 4, (2), 167-85 View citations (44)
22. On-the-job search in a labor market model: Ex ante choices and ex post outcomes
    Journal of Development Economics, 1989, 30, (1), 159-178 View citations (21)
23. Wage-setting institutions and economic growth
    World Development, 1989, 17, (9), 1471-1483 View citations (10)

1988

24. Employment and economic growth in Costa Rica
    World Development, 1988, 16, (12), 1493-1509 View citations (3)

1987

25. Measuring inequality change in an economy with income growth
    Journal of Development Economics, 1987, 26, (2), 357-374 View citations (9)

1986

26. Income distribution and economic development: An analytical survey: Jacques Lecaillon, Felix Paukert, Christian Morrison and Dimitri Germidis, (International Labour Office, Geneva, 1984) pp. ix + 212, $17.10
    Journal of Development Economics, 1986, 21, (2), 381-383

1984

27. Employment, Income Distribution and Economic Growth in Seven Small Open Economies
    Economic Journal, 1984, 94, (373), 74-83 View citations (11)
28. The Economics of Retirement Behavior
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1984, 2, (1), 84-105 View citations (23)
    See also Working Paper (1983)
29. The effects of social security reforms on retirement ages and retirement incomes
    Journal of Public Economics, 1984, 25, (1-2), 143-159 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper (1984)

1983

30. Income distribution, structure of the economy and employment: The Philippines, Iran, The Republic of Korea and Malaysia:, London: Croom Helm, 1981. 169 pp., index. $32.00, [UK pound]12.95
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1983, 7, (2), 191-192

1982

31. Income-Generating Functions in a Low Income Country: Colombia
    Review of Income and Wealth, 1982, 28, (1), 71-87 View citations (1)
32. Place-to-Place Migration in Colombia
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1982, 30, (3), 539-58 View citations (7)

1981

33. Poverty, inequality, and development: A distributional approach
    Journal of Policy Modeling, 1981, 3, (3), 295-315 View citations (1)

1980

34. Regional Inequality and Other
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1980, 28, (3), 447-67 View citations (1)
35. Who Benefits from Economic Development? Reply
    American Economic Review, 1980, 70, (1), 257-62 View citations (1)

1979

36. A Welfare Economic Approach to Growth and Distribution in the Dual Economy
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1979, 93, (3), 325-53 View citations (11)
37. Dec.mposing LDC Inequality
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1979, 31, (3), 437-59 View citations (1)
38. Income Inequality in Urban Colombia: A Decomposition Analysis
    Review of Income and Wealth, 1979, 25, (3), 327-41 View citations (13)
39. Place-to-Place Migration: Some New Evidence
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1979, 61, (1), 21-32 View citations (13)

1978

40. On Inequality Comparisons
    Econometrica, 1978, 46, (2), 303-16 View citations (31)

1977

41. Who Benefits from Economic Development?-A Reexamination of Brazilian Growth in the 1960's
    American Economic Review, 1977, 67, (4), 570-82 View citations (1)

1976

42. Labor Force Migration, Unemployment and Job Turnover
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1976, 58, (4), 407-15 View citations (7)

1975

43. Higher Education and Income Distribution in a Less Developed Country
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1975, 27, (2), 245-59 View citations (1)
44. Rural-urban migration, urban unemployment and underemployment, and job-search activity in LDCs
    Journal of Development Economics, 1975, 2, (2), 165-187 View citations (133)

1974

45. The Private Demand for Education in Relation to Labour Market Conditions in Less-Developed Countries
    Economic Journal, 1974, 84, (336), 906-25 View citations (1)
46. The allocation of resources to education in less developed countries
    Journal of Public Economics, 1974, 3, (2), 133-143 View citations (1)

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