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Postal address:	Graduate School of Business Stanford University Stanford, California 94305-5015
Workplace:	Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, (more information at EDIRC) Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace, Stanford University, (more information at EDIRC) National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2007

1. Personnel Economics
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See also Book (1995)
2. Wage Structure, Raises and Mobility: International Comparisons of the Structure of Wages Within and Across Firms
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2003

3. Output-Based Pay: Incentives, Retention or Sorting?
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations

1990

4. The Job as a Concept
   Working Papers, Stanford - Hoover Institution View citations

1984

5. Social Security and Pensions
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1983

6. Incentive Effects of Pensions
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

Journal Articles

2008

1. Tenure and output
   Labour Economics, 2008, 15, (4), 704-723 View citations

2007

2. Personnel Economics: The Economist's View of Human Resources
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2007, 21, (4), 91-114 View citations

2005

3. Entrepreneurship
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2005, 23, (4), 649-680 View citations
4. Lazear Responds to "Why the Annuity of Social Security is Valuable and Why Despite the Annuity Feature African-Americans Do Not Fare Badly," by Jack Needleman
   The Economists' Voice, 2005, 2, (1)
5. Reforming Taxes to Promote Economic Growth
   The Economists' Voice, 2005, 3, (1)
6. The Virtues of Personal Accounts for Social Security
   The Economists' Voice, 2005, 2, (1)

2004

7. Balanced Skills and Entrepreneurship
   American Economic Review, 2004, 94, (2), 208-211 View citations
8. Internal and external labor markets: a personnel economics approach
   Labour Economics, 2004, 11, (5), 527-554 View citations
9. The Peter Principle: A Theory of Decline
   Journal of Political Economy, 2004, 112, (S1), S141-S163 View citations
10. The Structure of Wages and Internal Mobility
    American Economic Review, 2004, 94, (2), 212-216 View citations

2001

11. Educational Production
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2001, 116, (3), 777-803 View citations

2000

12. Economic Imperialism
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2000, 115, (1), 99-146 View citations
13. Performance Pay and Productivity
    American Economic Review, 2000, 90, (5), 1346-1361 View citations
14. The Future of Personnel Economics
    Economic Journal, 2000, 110, (467), F611-39 View citations
15. The Power of Incentives
    American Economic Review, 2000, 90, (2), 410-414 View citations

1999

16. Culture and Language
    Journal of Political Economy, 1999, 107, (S6), S95-S126 View citations
17. Globalisation and the Market for Team-Mates
    Economic Journal, 1999, 109, (454), C15-40 View citations
18. Personnel Economics: Past Lessons and Future Directions: Presidential Address to the Society of Labor Economists, San Francisco, May 1, 1998
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1999, 17, (2), 199-236

1997

19. Incentives in Basic Research
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1997, 15, (1), S167-97 View citations

1995

20. A Jobs-Based Analysis of Labor Markets
    American Economic Review, 1995, 85, (2), 260-65 View citations
21. Bait and Switch
    Journal of Political Economy, 1995, 103, (4), 813-30 View citations

1993

22. The Economics of Professional Etiquette: Discussion
    American Economic Review, 1993, 83, (2), 44

1992

23. Peer Pressure and Partnerships
    Journal of Political Economy, 1992, 100, (4), 801-17 View citations

1991

24. Labor Economics and the Psychology of Organizations
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1991, 5, (2), 89-110 View citations

1990

25. Job Security Provisions and Employment
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1990, 105, (3), 699-726 View citations
26. Male-Female Wage Differentials in Job Ladders
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1990, 8, (1), S106-23 View citations
27. The Introduction of New Products
    American Economic Review, 1990, 80, (2), 421-26 View citations
28. The timing of raises and other payments
    Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 1990, 33, (1), 13-48 View citations

1989

29. Pay Equality and Industrial Politics
    Journal of Political Economy, 1989, 97, (3), 561-80 View citations

1988

30. Symposium on Public and Private Unionization
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1988, 2, (2), 59-62 View citations

1986

31. Estimating the Personal Distribution of Income with Adjustment for Within-Family Variation
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1986, 4, (3), S216-39 View citations
32. Retail Pricing and Clearance Sales
    American Economic Review, 1986, 76, (1), 14-32 View citations
33. Salaries and Piece Rates
    Journal of Business, 1986, 59, (3), 405-31 View citations

1984

34. Illusory Wage Differentials: Reply
    American Economic Review, 1984, 74, (5), 1128
35. Incentives and Wage Rigidity
    American Economic Review, 1984, 74, (2), 339-44
36. Incentives, Productivity, and Labor Contracts
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1984, 99, (2), 275-96 View citations
37. Some Reflections on Melvin W. Reder
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1984, 2, (2), 145-50
38. The Excess Sensitivity of Layoffs and Quits to Demand
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1984, 2, (2), 233-57 View citations

1983

39. A Competitive Theory of Monopoly Unionism
    American Economic Review, 1983, 73, (4), 631-43 View citations
40. Intergenerational Externalities
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1983, 16, (2), 212-28 View citations

1981

41. Agency, Earnings Profiles, Productivity, and Hours Restrictions
    American Economic Review, 1981, 71, (4), 606-20 View citations
42. Rank-Order Tournaments as Optimum Labor Contracts
    Journal of Political Economy, 1981, 89, (5), 841-64 View citations

1980

43. Family Background and Optimal Schooling Decisions
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1980, 62, (1), 42-51 View citations
44. Family Size and the Distribution of Real Per Capita Income
    American Economic Review, 1980, 70, (1), 91-107 View citations
45. Real Income Equivalence among One-Earner and Two-Earner Families
    American Economic Review, 1980, 70, (2), 203-08

1979

46. The Narrowing of Black-White Wage Differentials Is Illusory
    American Economic Review, 1979, 69, (4), 553-64 View citations
47. Why Is There Mandatory Retirement?
    Journal of Political Economy, 1979, 87, (6), 1261-84 View citations

1977

48. Academic Achievement and Job Performance: Note
    American Economic Review, 1977, 67, (2), 252-54 View citations
49. Education: Consumption or Production?
    Journal of Political Economy, 1977, 85, (3), 569-97 View citations

1976

50. Age, Experience, and Wage Growth
    American Economic Review, 1976, 66, (4), 548-58 View citations

Books

2009

1. The Structure of Wages: An International Comparison
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1995

2. Personnel Economics, vol 1
   MIT Press Books, The MIT Press
   See also Working Paper (2007)

Chapters

2007

1. Mexican Assimilation in the United States
   A chapter in Mexican Immigration to the United States, 2007, pp 107-121 View citations

2000

2. Diversity and Immigration
   A chapter in Issues in the Economics of Immigration, 2000, pp 117-142 View citations

1995

3. An Economic Analysis of Works Councils
   A chapter in Works Councils: Consultation, Representation, and Cooperation in Industrial Relations, 1995, pp 27-52 View citations

1994

4. Some Thoughts on Savings
   A chapter in Studies in the Economics of Aging, 1994, pp 143-180 View citations

1990

5. Adjusting to an Aging Labor Force
   A chapter in Issues in the Economics of Aging, 1990, pp 287-316

1988

6. Pensions and Turnover
   A chapter in Pensions in the U.S. Economy, 1988, pp 163-190 View citations

1987

7. Pension Inequality
   A chapter in Issues in Pension Economics, 1987, pp 341-364 View citations
8. Retirement from the labor force
   Chapter 05 in Handbook of Labor Economics, 1987, vol. 1, pp 305-355

1983

9. Pensions as Severance Pay
   A chapter in Financial Aspects of the United States Pension System, 1983, pp 57-90 View citations