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Working Papers

2009

1. Dynamics of the Gender Gap for Young Professionals in the Corporate and Financial Sectors
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2007

2. Long-Run Changes in the U.S. Wage Structure: Narrowing, Widening, Polarizing
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
3. The Race between Education and Technology: The Evolution of U.S. Educational Wage Differentials, 1890 to 2005
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2006

4. The Homecoming of American College Women: The Reversal of the College Gender Gap
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Perspectives (2006)
5. The Polarization of the U.S. Labor Market
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2006)

2005

6. Experimental Analysis of Neighborhood Effects
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See also Journal Article in Econometrica (2007)
7. Rising Wage Inequality: The Role of Composition and Prices
   Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2005) View citations
8. The Evolution of the Mexican-Born Workforce in the United States
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See also Chapter (2007)
9. Trends in U. S. Wage Inequality: Re-Assessing the Revisionists
   Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2005) View citations

2004

10. Beyond Treatment Effects: Estimating the Relationship Between Neighborhood Poverty and Individual Outcomes in the MTO Experiment
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. View citations
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2004) View citations
11. MOVING TO OPPORTUNITY AND TRANQUILITY: NEIGHBORHOOD EFFECTS ON ADULT ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND HEALTH FROM A RANDOMIZED HOUSING VOUCHER EXPERIMENT
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. (2004) View citations
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Center for Health and Wellbeing. (2004) View citations
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2004) View citations
12. Neighborhood Effects on Crime for Female and Male Youth: Evidence from a Randomized Housing Voucher Experiment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2005)
13. YOUTH CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR IN THE MOVING TO OPPORTUNITY EXPERIMENT
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Center for Health and Wellbeing. View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. (2004) View citations
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. (2004) View citations

2003

14. Mass Secondary Schooling and the State
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
15. The "Virtues" of the Past: Education in the First Hundred Years of the New Republic
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2002

16. Comparative Advantage, Learning, and Sectoral Wage Determination
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in CIRANO Working Papers, CIRANO (2002) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Labor Economics (2005)

2001

17. Bullets Don't Got No Name: Consequences of Fear in the Ghetto
    JCPR Working Papers, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Center for Health and Wellbeing. (2001) View citations

2000

18. Moving to Opportunity in Boston: Early Results of a Randomized Mobility Experiment
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. View citations
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2000) View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2001)
19. The Early Impacts of Moving to Opportunity in Boston
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Center for Economic Policy Studies. View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Center for Health and Wellbeing. (2000)
20. The Power of the Pill: Oral Contraceptives and Women's Career and Marriage Decisions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (2002)

1999

21. Education and Income in the Early 20th Century: Evidence from the Prairies
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
22. Prevailing Wage Laws and Construction Labor Markets
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Industrial and Labor Relations Review (2001)
23. The High-pressure U.S. Labor Market of the 1990s
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. View citations
    See also Journal Article in Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (1999)
24. The Returns to Skill in the United States across the Twentieth Century
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
25. Wage Dynamics: Reconciling Theory and Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1999)

1998

26. Human Capital and Social Capital: The Rise of Secondary Schooling in America, 1910 to 1940
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
27. The Shaping of Higher Education: The Formative Years in the United States, 1890 to 1940
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Perspectives (1999)

1997

28. A Distinctive System: Origins and Impact of U.S. Unemployment Compensation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Chapter (1998)
29. Computing Inequality: Have Computers Changed the Labor Market?
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. View citations
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1997) View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1998)
30. Why the United States Led in Education: Lessons from Secondary School Expansion, 1910 to 1940
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1996

31. Searching for the Effect of Immigration on the Labor Market
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1996)
32. The Origins of Technology-Skill Complementarity
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1998)
33. Wage Subsidies for the Disadvantaged
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
34. What We Know and Do Not Know About the Natural Rate of Unemployment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1996) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Perspectives (1997)

1995

35. The Decline of Non-Competing Groups: Changes in the Premium to Education, 1890 to 1940
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1993

36. A Comparison of Changes in the Structure of Wages
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
37. A Comparison of Changes in the Structure of Wages in Four OECD Countries
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations
    See also Chapter (1995)
38. An Evaluation of Recent Evidence on the Employment Effects of Minimum and Subminimum Wages
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
39. Comment on David Neumark and William Wascher, 'Employment Effects of Minimum and Subminimum Wages: Panel Data on State Minimum Wage Laws'
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. View citations

1992

40. Does Unmeasured Ability Explain Inter-Industry Wage Differentials?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Review of Economic Studies (1992)
41. Rising Inequality? Changes in the Distribution of Income and Consumption in the 1980s
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1992)
42. The Effect of the Minimum Wage on the Fast Food Industry
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. View citations
    Also in Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research (1992) View citations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1992) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Industrial and Labor Relations Review (1992)

1991

43. CHANCES IN THE STRUCTURE OF WAGES IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research
    Also in Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. (1991) View citations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1991) View citations
44. Changes in Relative Wages, 1963-1987: Supply and Demand Factors
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research (1991) View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1992)
45. Layoffs and Lemons
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. (1989) View citations
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1989) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Labor Economics (1991)
46. ON THE LABOR MARKET EFFECTS OF IMMIGRATION AND TRADE
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1991) View citations
    See also Chapter (1992)
47. THE COMPANY YOU KEEP: THE EFFECTS OF FAMILY AND NEIGHBORHOOD ON DISADVANTAGED YOUNTHS
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1991) View citations
48. THE EFFECT OF THE NEW MINIMUM WAGE LAW IN A LOW-WAGE LABOR MARKET
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. (1991) View citations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1991) View citations
49. Unemployment Insurance, Recall Expectations, And Unemployment Outcomes
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1990)

1990

50. Changes in the Structure of Wages: The U.S. versus Japan
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
51. The Impact of the Potential Duration of Unemployment Benefits on the Duration of Unemployment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. (1988) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (1990)

1989

52. Can Inter-Industry Wage Differentials Justify Strategic Trade Policy?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Chapter (1989)
53. DOES UNMEASURED ABILITY EXPLAIN INTER-INDUSTRY WAGE DIFFERENCES
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations
54. Employee Crime, Monitoring, and the Efficiency Wage Hypothesis
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
55. Workers' Trust Funds and the Logic of Wage Profiles
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1989)

1988

56. Job Queues and Wages: New Evidence on the Minimum Wage and Inter-Industry Wage Structure
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. (1988) View citations

1987

57. Cyclical Unemployment: Sectoral Shifts or Aggregate Disturbances?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1986)
58. Inter-Industry Wage Differences and Theories of Wage Determination
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
59. Interindustry Wage Differences and Industry Characteristics
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1986

60. Are Efficiency Wages Efficient?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
61. Do Deferred Wages Dominate Involuntary Unemployment as a Worker Discipline Device?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
62. Efficiency Wage Theories: A Partial Evaluation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Chapter (1986)
63. Layoffs, Recall and the Duration of Unemployment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

Journal Articles

2008

1. Transitions: Career and Family Life Cycles of the Educational Elite
   American Economic Review, 2008, 98, (2), 363-69
2. Trends in U.S. Wage Inequality: Revising the Revisionists
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2008, 90, (2), 300-323 View citations

2007

3. Experimental Analysis of Neighborhood Effects
   Econometrica, 2007, 75, (1), 83-119 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2005)
4. Long-Run Changes in the Wage Structure: Narrowing, Widening, Polarizing
   Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2007, 38, (2007-2), 135-168 View citations
5. What Does Performance in Graduate School Predict? Graduate Economics Education and Student Outcomes
   American Economic Review, 2007, 97, (2), 512-520 View citations

2006

6. The Homecoming of American College Women: The Reversal of the College Gender Gap
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2006, 20, (4), 133-156 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2006)
7. The Polarization of the U.S. Labor Market
   American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (2), 189-194 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2006)

2005

8. Comparative Advantage, Learning, and Sectoral Wage Determination
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2005, 23, (4), 681-724
   See also Working Paper (2002)
9. Neighborhood Effects on Crime for Female and Male Youth: Evidence from a Randomized Housing Voucher Experiment
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2005, 120, (1), 87-130 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2004)

2003

10. Prison Conditions, Capital Punishment, and Deterrence
    American Law and Economics Review, 2003, 5, (2), 318-343 View citations

2002

11. The Power of the Pill: Oral Contraceptives and Women's Career and Marriage Decisions
    Journal of Political Economy, 2002, 110, (4), 730-770 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2000)

2001

12. Moving To Opportunity In Boston: Early Results Of A Randomized Mobility Experiment
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2001, 116, (2), 607-654 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2000)
13. Prevailing wage laws and construction labor markets
    Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2001, 54, (2), 259-274 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1999)
14. The Legacy of U.S. Educational Leadership: Notes on Distribution and Economic Growth in the 20th Century
    American Economic Review, 2001, 91, (2), 18-23 View citations
15. The shaping of higher education in the United States and New England
    Regional Review, 2001, (Q 4), 5 - 11 View citations

2000

16. Career and Marriage in the Age of the Pill
    American Economic Review, 2000, 90, (2), 461-465 View citations
17. Education and Income in the Early Twentieth Century: Evidence from the Prairies
    The Journal of Economic History, 2000, 60, (03), 782-818 View citations

1999

18. The High-Pressure U.S. Labor Market of the 1990s
    Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1999, 30, (1999-1), 1-88 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1999)
19. The Shaping of Higher Education: The Formative Years in the United States, 1890 to 1940
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1999, 13, (1), 37-62 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1998)
20. Wage Dynamics: Reconciling Theory and Evidence
    American Economic Review, 1999, 89, (2), 69-74 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1999)

1998

21. Commentary: the distribution of income in industrialized countries
    Proceedings, 1998, 33-48 View citations
22. Computing Inequality: Have Computers Changed The Labor Market?
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1998, 113, (4), 1169-1213 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1997)
23. The Origins Of Technology-Skill Complementarity
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1998, 113, (3), 693-732 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1996)
24. The Origins of State-Level Differences in the Public Provision of Higher Education: 1890-1940
    American Economic Review, 1998, 88, (2), 303-08 View citations

1997

25. What We Know and Do Not Know about the Natural Rate of Unemployment
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1997, 11, (1), 51-72 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1996)

1996

26. Searching for the Effect of Immigration on the Labor Market
    American Economic Review, 1996, 86, (2), 246-51 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1996)
27. Technology, Skill, and the Wage Structure: Insights from the Past
    American Economic Review, 1996, 86, (2), 252-57 View citations

1994

28. Active labor market policies to expand employment and opportunity
    Proceedings, 1994, (Jan), 239-322 View citations
29. Comment on "Employment effects of minimum and subminimum wages: Panel data on state minimum wage laws," by David Neumark and William Wascher (46:1, Oct. 1992, p. 55)
    Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1994, 47, (3), 487-512 View citations

1992

30. 'The macroeconomic impact of flexible labor contracts, with an application to Spain': by S. Bentolila and G. Saint-Paul
    European Economic Review, 1992, 36, (5), 1051-1053
31. Changes in Relative Wages, 1963-1987: Supply and Demand Factors
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1992, 107, (1), 35-78 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1991)
32. Does Unmeasured Ability Explain Inter-industry Wage Differentials?
    Review of Economic Studies, 1992, 59, (3), 515-35 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1992)
33. Regional Evolutions
    Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1992, 23, (1992-1), 1-76 View citations
34. Rising Inequality? Changes in the Distribution of Income and Consumption in the 1980's
    American Economic Review, 1992, 82, (2), 546-51 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1992)
35. The effect of the minimum wage on the fast-food industry
    Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1992, 46, (1), 6-21 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1992)

1991

36. Job Queues and Wages
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1991, 106, (3), 739-68 View citations
37. Layoffs and Lemons
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1991, 9, (4), 351-80 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1991)
38. Macroeconomic Performance and the Disadvantaged
    Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1991, 22, (1991-2), 1-74 View citations

1990

39. The impact of the potential duration of unemployment benefits on the duration of unemployment
    Journal of Public Economics, 1990, 41, (1), 45-72 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1990)
40. Unemployment Insurance, Recall Expectations, and Unemployment Outcomes
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1990, 105, (4), 973-1002 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1991)

1989

41. Changes in the structure of wages: The United States vs Japan
    Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 1989, 3, (4), 522-553 View citations
42. Workers' Trust Funds and the Logic of Wage Profiles
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1989, 104, (3), 525-36 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1989)

1988

43. Some Recent Developments in Labor Economics and Their Implications for Macroeconomics
    Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1988, 20, (3), 507-22 View citations
    Also in Proceedings, 1988, 507-530 (1988) View citations

1987

44. The Interjurisdictional Effects of Growth Controls on Housing Prices
    Journal of Law & Economics, 1987, 30, (1), 149-60 View citations

1986

45. Cyclical Unemployment: Sectoral Shifts or Aggregate Disturbances?
    Journal of Political Economy, 1986, 94, (3), 507-22 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1987)

1983

46. Money Market Mutual Funds: An Experiment in Ad Hoc Deregulation: A Note
    Journal of Finance, 1983, 38, (3), 1011-17 View citations

1981

47. Growth Management and Land use Controls: The San Francisco Bay Area Experience
    Real Estate Economics, 1981, 9, (4), 321-344 View citations

Books

1995

1. Differences and Changes in Wage Structures
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

Chapters

2007

1. The Evolution of the Mexican-Born Workforce in the United States
   A chapter in Mexican Immigration to the United States, 2007, pp 13-56 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2005)

1999

2. Changes in the wage structure and earnings inequality
   Chapter 26 in Handbook of Labor Economics, 1999, vol. 3, Part A, pp 1463-1555 View citations

1998

3. A Distinctive System: Origins and Impact of U.S. Unemployment Compensation
   A chapter in The Defining Moment: The Great Depression and the American Economy in the Twentieth Century, 1998, pp 227-264
   See also Working Paper (1997)
4. Reflections on US Labour Market Performance
   A chapter in Unemployment and the Australian Labour Market, 1998 View citations

1995

5. A Comparison of Changes in the Structure of Wages in Four OECD Countries
   A chapter in Differences and Changes in Wage Structures, 1995, pp 25-66 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1993)
6. Introduction and Summary
   A chapter in Differences and Changes in Wage Structures, 1995, pp 1-22 View citations

1992

7. On the Labor Market Effects of Immigration and Trade
   A chapter in Immigration and the Workforce: Economic Consequences for the United States and Source Areas, 1992, pp 213-244 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1991)

1989

8. Can Interindustry Wage Differentials Justify Strategic Trade Policy?
   A chapter in Trade Policies for International Competitiveness, 1989, pp 85-124 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1989)

1986

9. Efficiency Wage Theories: A Partial Evaluation
   A chapter in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 1986, Volume 1, 1986, pp 235-290 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1986)

Editor

1. The Quarterly Journal of Economics
   MIT Press