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Working Papers

2009

1. Why Pay Taxes When No One Else Does?
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

2008

2. Ethnicity, Assimilation and Harassment in the Labor Market
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
3. Gender and Ethnicity in Post-Conflict Kosovo
   Working Papers, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)
4. Good Governance and Good Aid Allocation
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
   Also in Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics (2006)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2009)
5. Poverty and Governance: The Contest for Aid
   Working Papers, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)
   See also Journal Article in Review of Development Economics (2009)
6. Rationality as a barrier to peace: Micro-evidence from Kosovo
   Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2007)
   HiCN Working Papers, Households in Conflict Network (2007)
   See also Journal Article in Comparative Economic Studies (2009)
7. Was the Mandal Commission Right? Living Standard Differences between Backward Classes and Other Social Groups in India
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
   Also in CEDI Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Economic Development and Institutions(CEDI), Brunel University (2008)

2006

8. A Note on Decomposing Differences in Poverty Incidence Using Regression Estimates: Algorithm and Example
   Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2006) View citations
9. A Note on Poverty in Kosovo
   Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics
   Also in William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School (2005)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of International Development (2006)
10. Decentralizing Aid with Interested Parties
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations
    Also in Working Papers, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (2006) View citations
11. Ethnic Conflict and Economic Disparity: Serbians and Albanians in Kosovo
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2005) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Comparative Economics (2006)
12. Immigration Amnesty and Immigrant's Earnings
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics
13. Migrants, Ethnicity and Strategic Assimilation
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics
14. Poverty in Rural India: Ethnicity and Caste
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations
15. SELF-SELECTION AND WAGES DURING VOLATILE TRANSITION
    CEDI Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Economic Development and Institutions(CEDI), Brunel University
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Comparative Economics (2007)
16. The Hope for Hysteresis in Foreign Aid
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics
17. The Influence of Stocks and Flows on Migrants’ Location Choices
    CEDI Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Economic Development and Institutions(CEDI), Brunel University View citations
18. Wage Growth and Inequality Change During Rapid Economic Transition
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics
19. Where to Work? The Role of the Household in Explaining Gender Differences in Labour Market Outcomes
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
    Also in Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics (2006)

2005

20. Contests, NGOs and Decentralizing Aid
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Review of Development Economics (2006)
21. Ethnic Conflict and Economic Disparity: Serbians & Albanians in Kosovo
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School
22. The Informal Sector During Crisis and Transition
    Working Papers, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations

2004

23. Ethnic Networks and International Trade
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2004) View citations
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2004) View citations
24. Russian Cities in Transition: The Impact of Market Forces in the 1990s
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics
    Also in William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School (2004)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2004)
25. SELF-SELECTION AND EARNINGS DURING VOLATILE TRANSITION
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School View citations
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2004) View citations
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics (2004) View citations
26. The Influence of Others on Migration Plans
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2004) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Review of Development Economics (2006)
27. Understanding the Development of Fundamentalism
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
    Also in Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics (2002)
    See also Journal Article in Public Choice (2007)
28. Who Is the Enemy?
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2004)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2004)
    See also Journal Article in Defence and Peace Economics (2007)

2003

29. Does the Glass Ceiling Exist? A Cross-National Perspective on Gender Income Mobility
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
    Also in Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics (2003) View citations

2002

30. Caste, Ethnicity and Poverty in Rural India
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2002) View citations
31. Decomposing Inequality Change in East Germany During Transition
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations
32. Decomposing Male Inequality Change in East Germany During Transition
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
33. Economic Strain, Ethnic Concentration and Attitudes Towards Foreigners in the European Union
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
    Also in Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics (2002) View citations
34. Enclaves, Language and the Location Choice of Migrants
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2002) View citations
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics (2002) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Population Economics (2005)
35. Gender Differences in German Upward Income Mobility
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2002)
36. Government and Cities: Contests and the Decentralization of Decision Making
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
    Also in Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics (2002)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2002) View citations
37. Herd Effects or Migration Networks? The Location Choice of Mexican Immigrants in the U.S
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2002) View citations
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2002) View citations
38. Immigrants and Unemployment in the European Community: From the Eyes of Natives
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
39. Rent Seeking in Hierarchical Firms
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics
40. Self-Employment and Wage Earning: Hungary During Transition
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2002)
41. THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF KOSHER WARS
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics

2000

42. Return Migrants From Egypt: How Long Did They Stay Abroad?
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics
43. Sibling Rivalry in Educational Attainment: The German Case
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
    Also in Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics (2000) View citations
    See also Journal Article in LABOUR (2001)
44. The Gender Wage Gap and Discrimination, East Germany 1990-1997
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article in Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly Journal of Economic Research (2001)
45. What Are Migration Networks?
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2000) View citations

1999

46. Does Background Matter? The Transmission of Human Capital from a Planned to a Market Economy
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations
47. Is Child Like Parent? Educational Attainment and Ethnic Origin
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (1999) View citations
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1996) View citations
48. LIBERALIZATION POLICY: ‘FITS & STARTS' OR GRADUAL CHANGE IN INDIA
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics
49. Returns to Returning
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Population Economics (2000)
50. Switching Models with Self-Selection: Self-Employment in Hungary
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations
51. The Political Economy of Russian City Growth
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article in Economic Development and Cultural Change (2002)

1998

52. A Comparison of Sales Taxes
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations
53. Corruption, Tax Evasion and the Laffer Curve
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in Public Choice (2000)
54. Decomposing Revenue Effects of Tax Evasion, Base Broadening and Tax Rate Reduction
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations
55. Foreign Aid and Fiscal Behavior in a Bounded Rathionality Model: Different Policy Regimes
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in Empirical Economics (1999)
56. Mobility Where Mobility is Illegal: Migration and City Growth in the Soviet Union
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics
57. Returns to Returning: Who Went Abroad and What Does it Matter?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
58. Temporary Migrants From Egypt: How Long Do They Stay Abroad?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1998) View citations
59. Value Added Tax Evasion, Auditing and Transactions Matching
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations
60. What Was Protected? Measuring India's Tariff Barriers 1968-1992
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article in Indian Economic Review (1998)

1997

61. Does Familiarity Breed Contempt?
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics
62. Published and Realized Tariffs: the Weak Link
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics
63. Revenue Motives and Trade Liberalization in an Endogenous Tariff Model
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics
64. Schooling, Parents and Country
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly Journal of Economic Research (1997)
65. What Difference Does a Country Make? Earnings by Soviets in the Soviet Union and in the United States
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance (1997)

1996

66. Immigrants and Unemployment in the European Community
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations
67. Small Firms in India: A Discussion of Some Issues
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations
68. Trade Liberalization Policy in India
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations
69. Trade Protection in India: Economics vs. Politics?
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations
70. Unemployment and Attitudes Towards Foreigners in the European Union: A Statistical Analysis
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations
71. Urban to Urban Migration: Soviet Patterns and Post-Soviet Implications
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations
72. Who Matters Most? The Effect of Parent's Schooling on Children's Schooling
    Departmental Working Papers, Rutgers University, Department of Economics View citations

1985

73. Distribution and Development Effects of Tariff Subsidy Policies in a Small, Open Dual Economy
    IIMA Working Papers, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Research and Publication Department
74. Poverty, Inequality and Development in Dual Economies with Urban Informal Sector
    IIMA Working Papers, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Research and Publication Department

Journal Articles

2009

1. Good governance and good aid allocation
   Journal of Development Economics, 2009, 89, (1), 12-18
   See also Working Paper (2008)
2. Measuring ethnic linkages among migrants
   International Journal of Manpower, 2009, 30, (1/2), 56-69
3. Poverty and Governance: The Contest for Aid
   Review of Development Economics, 2009, 13, (s1), 382-392
   See also Working Paper (2008)
4. Rationality as a Barrier to Peace: Micro-evidence from Kosovo
   Comparative Economic Studies, 2009, 51, (2), 242-264
   See also Working Paper (2008)

2008

5. POVERTY IN RURAL INDIA: CASTE AND TRIBE
   Review of Income and Wealth, 2008, 54, (1), 50-70 View citations

2007

6. Self-selection and wages during volatile transition
   Journal of Comparative Economics, 2007, 35, (3), 612-629 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2006)
7. Understanding the development of fundamentalism
   Public Choice, 2007, 132, (3), 257-271
   See also Working Paper (2004)
8. WHO IS THE ENEMY?
   Defence and Peace Economics, 2007, 18, (6), 469-484
   See also Working Paper (2004)

2006

9. A note on poverty in Kosovo
   Journal of International Development, 2006, 18, (8), 1177-1187
   See also Working Paper (2006)
10. Contests, NGOs, and Decentralizing Aid
    Review of Development Economics, 2006, 10, (2), 285-296 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2005)
11. Ethnic conflict and economic disparity: Serbians and Albanians in Kosovo
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2006, 34, (4), 754-773 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2006)
12. The Influence of Others on Migration Plans
    Review of Development Economics, 2006, 10, (4), 652-665 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2004)

2005

13. Enclaves, language, and the location choice of migrants
    Journal of Population Economics, 2005, 18, (4), 649-662 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2002)
14. Self-Employment and Wage Earning in Hungary
    Review of Development Economics, 2005, 9, (2), 150-165 View citations

2002

15. The Political Economy of Russian City Growth
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2002, 50, (3), 491-508 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1999)

2001

16. Sibling Rivalry in Educational Attainment: The German Case
    LABOUR, 2001, 15, (2), 237-255 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2000)

2000

17. Corruption, Tax Evasion and the Laffer Curve
    Public Choice, 2000, 105, (1-2), 61-78 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1998)
18. Decomposing Revenue Effects of Tax Evasion and Tax Structure Changes
    International Tax and Public Finance, 2000, 7, (2), 177-194
19. Returns to returning
    Journal of Population Economics, 2000, 13, (1), 57-79 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1999)
20. Schooling, Parents and Country
    Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly Journal of Economic Research, 1997, 66, (1), 180-186 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1997)
21. Siblings, Their Sex Composition and Educational Attainment in Germany
    Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly Journal of Economic Research, 1999, 68, (2), 215-221 View citations
22. The Gender Wage Gap and Discrimination, East Germany 1990-1997
    Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly Journal of Economic Research, 2001, 70, (1), 123-127
    See also Working Paper (2000)

1999

23. Foreign aid and fiscal behavior in a bounded rationality model: Different policy regimes
    Empirical Economics, 1999, 24, (1), 121-134 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1998)
24. Mobility where mobility is illegal: Internal migration and city growth in the Soviet Union
    Journal of Population Economics, 1999, 12, (1), 117-134 View citations

1998

25. Manabendu Chattopadhyay, Praditp Maiti, and Mihir Rakshit (Eds.), Planning and Economic Policy in India: Evaluation and Lessons for the Future
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1998, 26, (2), 393-394
26. What Was Protected? Measuring India's Tariff Barriers 1968-1997
    Indian Economic Review, 1998, 33, (2), 119-152
    See also Working Paper (1998)

1997

27. What difference does a country make? Earnings by Soviets in the Soviet Union and in the United States
    The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 1997, 37, (Supplement 1), 345-360 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1997)

1996

28. Revenue Motives and Trade Liberalization
    Review of International Economics, 1996, 4, (3), 276-81 View citations

1994

29. Labor Market Effects of Immigration in the United States and Europe: Substitution vs. Complementarity
    Journal of Population Economics, 1994, 7, (2), 157-75 View citations
30. Reply to White, 'foreign aid, taxes and public investment: A further comment'
    Journal of Development Economics, 1994, 45, (1), 165-167

1993

31. Reply to Tran-Nam Binh and Mark McGillivray, 'foreign aid, taxes and public investment: A comment'
    Journal of Development Economics, 1993, 41, (1), 177-178 View citations
32. The Samuel Gompers Papers, Volume 4: A National Labor Movement Takes Shape, 1895?98. Edited by Stuart B. Kaufman, Peter J. Albert, and Grace Palladino. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1991. Pp. xxvii, 592. $49.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 1993, 53, (02), 439-440

1992

33. Small firm "presence" in Indian manufacturing
    World Development, 1992, 20, (9), 1377-1389 View citations

1990

34. Allocating Jobs under a Minimum Wage: Queues vs. Lotteries
    The Economic Record, 1990, 66, (194), 186-94 View citations
35. Financial Development and the Price of Services
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1990, 38, (2), 341-52 View citations
36. Foreign aid, taxes, and public investment
    Journal of Development Economics, 1990, 34, (1-2), 355-369 View citations
37. New directions or not: USAID in Latin America
    World Development, 1990, 18, (5), 723-732 View citations
38. Some determinants of foreign aid to India, 1960-1985
    World Development, 1990, 18, (3), 431-442
39. The Samuel Gompers Papers. Vol. 3: Unrest and Depression, 1891?1894. Edited by Stuart B. Kaufman and Peter J. Albert. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1989. Pp. xxxii, 764. $49.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 1990, 50, (02), 494-495

1989

40. Subsidy Policies with Capital Accumulation: Maintaining Employment Levels
    Journal of Population Economics, 1989, 2, (4), 301-18 View citations

1988

41. The Stahl-Alexeev paradox: A note
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1988, 44, (1), 189-191

1987

42. Employment, output and the choice of techniques: The trade-off revisited
    Journal of Development Economics, 1987, 25, (2), 321-327 View citations
43. Financial repression and the relative price of non-traded goods
    Economics Letters, 1987, 25, (1), 31-34
44. Optimal Policies in a Dual Economy with Open Unemployment and Surplus Labour
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1987, 39, (2), 378-87 View citations
45. The earnings effects of labor organizations in 1890
    Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1987, 40, (4), 516-527 View citations

1985

46. A Note on Optimal Policies in Dual Economies
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1985, 100, (5), 1067-71 View citations
47. Multinational firms and government policy
    Economics Letters, 1985, 17, (4), 395-399 View citations

1984

48. COMMENT ON GLENDAY AND JENKINS: THE PRIVATE COST OF LABOR ADJUSTMENT
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 1984, 2, (4), 37-38