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Working Papers

2012

1. Evaluating Student Outcomes at For-Profit Colleges
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. The Evolution of the Black-White Test Score Gap in Grades K-3: The Fragility of Results
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2011

3. A Theory of Monitoring and Internal Labor Markets
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
   Also in Discussion Papers, School of Economics, The University of New South Wales (2011) View citations (1)
   Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics (2011) View citations (1)
4. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN THE LABOR MARKET: THEORY AND EMPIRICS
   Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Literature (2012)
5. Why Is an Elite Undergraduate Education Valuable? Evidence from Israel
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
   Also in Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics (2010)
   See also Journal Article in Labour Economics (2011)

2010

6. Measurement Matters: Perspectives on Education Policy from an Economist and School Board Member
   Carlo Alberto Notebooks, Collegio Carlo Alberto
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Perspectives (2010)
7. School Entry, Educational Attainment and Quarter of Birth: A Cautionary Tale of LATE
   Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (8)
8. Social Ties and the Job Search of Recent Immigrants
   CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (7)
   Working papers, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics (2010)
   Carlo Alberto Notebooks, Collegio Carlo Alberto (2010)
   Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2010) View citations (2)
9. The Consequences of Teenage Childbearing: Consistent Estimates When Abortion Makes Miscarriage Nonrandom
   Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (1)
10. Worker Sorting, Taxes and Health Insurance Coverage
    Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007)
    Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics (2005)

2009

11. The Role of Social Ties in the Job Search of Recent Immigrants
    CLSRN Working Papers, UBC Department of Economics View citations (10)

2006

12. Education and Labor-Market Discrimination
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
    Also in Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics (2006) View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2011)
13. THE RETURN TO ENGLISH IN A NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRY: RUSSIAN IMMIGRANTS AND NATIVE ISRAELIS IN ISRAEL
    Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (2)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006)
    Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics (2006)
    See also Journal Article in The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (2009)
14. The Consequences of Teenage Childbearing
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (20)

2005

15. Racial Discrimination in Labor Markets with Posted Wage Offers
    Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2005)

2004

16. Does School Integration Generate Peer Effects? Evidence from Boston's Metco Program
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations (54)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2004)
17. The Effect of the Payroll Tax on Earnings: A Test of Competing Models of Wage Determination
    Econometric Society 2004 North American Winter Meetings, Econometric Society
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2003) View citations (5)

2003

18. The Pricing of Job Characteristics When Markets Do Not Clear: Theory and Implications
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)

2002

19. How Important are Classroom Peer Effects? Evidence from Boston's Metco Program
    Upjohn Working Papers and Journal Articles, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research View citations (22)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2002) View citations (11)

2000

20. Language-Skill Complementarity: Returns to Immigrant Language Acquisition
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
    Also in Boston University - Institute for Economic Development, Boston University, Institute for Economic Development (1999) View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article in Labour Economics (2003)

1993

21. Ability Bias, Discount Rate Bias and the Return to Education
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (52)
22. Bilateral Search as an Explanation for Labor Market Segmentation and Other Anomalies
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)

1992

23. Does the Human-Capital/Educational-Sorting Debate Matter for Development Policy?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1994)
24. Labor Market Segmentation Theory: Reconsidering the Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (24)
25. Labor Market Segmentation, Wage Dispersion and Unemployment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)

1991

26. An Analysis of the Nature of Unemployment in Sri Lanka
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)

1989

27. Employee Crime and the Monitoring Puzzle
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (44)
28. Employee Crime, Monitoring, and the Efficiency Wage Hypothesis
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

1988

29. The Effects of Hours Constraints on Labor Supply Estimates
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (1991)

1987

30. A Goodness of Fit Test of Dual Labor Market Theory
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
31. Constraints on the Choice of Work Hours: Agency vs. Specific-Capital
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
32. Neoclassical and Sociological Perspectives on Segmented Labor Markets
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
33. Why Was there Mandatory Retirement? or the Impossibility of Efficient Bonding Contracts
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1986

34. Are Efficiency Wages Efficient?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
35. Labor Market Segmentation and the Union Wage Premium
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (1988)

1985

36. A Test of Dual Labor Market Theory
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (63)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1985)
37. Testing Dual Labor Market Theory: A Reconsideration of the Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)

Undated

38. Are All Economic Hypotheses False?
    J. Bradford De Long's Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley, Economics Department
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1992)

Journal Articles

2012

1. Racial Discrimination in the Labor Market: Theory and Empirics
   Journal of Economic Literature, 2012, 50, (4), 959-1006 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2011)
2. Trends in Self-reported Spontaneous Abortions: 1970–2000
   Demography, 2012, 49, (3), 989-1009

2011

3. Education and Labor Market Discrimination
   American Economic Review, 2011, 101, (4), 1467-96 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2006)
4. Why is an elite undergraduate education valuable? Evidence from Israel
   Labour Economics, 2011, 18, (6), 767-777 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2011)

2010

5. Measurement Matters: Perspectives on Education Policy from an Economist and School Board Member
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2010, 24, (3), 167-82
   See also Working Paper (2010)

2009

6. The Return to English in a Non-English Speaking Country: Russian Immigrants and Native Israelis in Israel
   The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2009, 9, (1), 50 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2006)

2007

7. Inference with Difference-in-Differences and Other Panel Data
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2007, 89, (2), 221-233 View citations (120)

2005

8. Racial Discrimination in Labor Markets with Posted Wage Offers
   American Economic Review, 2005, 95, (4), 1327-1340 View citations (19)
   See also Working Paper (2005)

2004

9. Does School Integration Generate Peer Effects? Evidence from Boston's Metco Program
   American Economic Review, 2004, 94, (5), 1613-1634 View citations (42)
   See also Working Paper (2004)
10. Property taxes and property values: evidence from Proposition
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2004, 55, (3), 439-457 View citations (9)
11. THE PRICING OF JOB CHARACTERISTICS WHEN MARKETS DO NOT CLEAR: THEORY AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS
    International Economic Review, 2004, 45, (4), 1111-1128 View citations (28)

2003

12. Language-skill complementarity: returns to immigrant language acquisition
    Labour Economics, 2003, 10, (3), 265-290 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper (2000)
13. Wage announcements with a continuum of worker type
    Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 2003, (71-72), 223-244

2001

14. Bargaining Piecemeal or All at Once?
    Economic Journal, 2001, 111, (473), 526-40 View citations (11)
15. Does Growing up with a Parent Absent Really Hurt?
    Journal of Human Resources, 2001, 36, (2), 253-273 View citations (29)

1998

16. Relative Wages, Wage Growth, and Quit Behavior
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1998, 16, (2), 367-91 View citations (28)
17. The Effect of Trade Liberalization on Wages and Employment: The Case of New Zealand
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1998, 16, (4), 792-814 View citations (3)
18. The effect of minimum-wage laws on the distribution of employment: theory and evidence
    Journal of Public Economics, 1998, 69, (1), 67-82 View citations (38)
19. Why are Canadian and US Unemployment Rates So Highly Correlated?
    Canadian Public Policy, 1998, 24, (s1), 56-71 View citations (2)

1996

20. Hours Constraints and the Wage/Hours Locus
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1996, 29, (s1), 71-75 View citations (9)

1995

21. Partnerships as Insurance Devices: Theory and Evidence
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1995, 26, (4), 614-629 View citations (19)
22. The Causes of Hours Constraints: Evidence from Canada
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1995, 28, (4a), 914-28 View citations (18)

1994

23. Does the Human-Capital/Educational-Sorting Debate Matter for Development Policy?
    American Economic Review, 1994, 84, (1), 353-58 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper (1992)

1992

24. Are All Economic Hypotheses False?
    Journal of Political Economy, 1992, 100, (6), 1257-72 View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper
25. Constraints on the Choice of Work Hours: Agency Versus Specific-Capital
    Journal of Human Resources, 1992, 27, (4), 661-678 View citations (11)

1991

26. Persistent Wage Dispersion and Involuntary Unemployment
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1991, 106, (1), 181-202 View citations (26)
27. The Contractors' Game
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1991, 22, (3), 329-338 View citations (22)
28. The Effect of Hours Constraints on Labor Supply Estimates
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1991, 73, (4), 605-11 View citations (30)
    See also Working Paper (1988)

1990

29. Efficiency Wage Models of Unemployment: A Second View
    Economic Inquiry, 1990, 28, (2), 296-306 View citations (6)

1989

30. Why was there mandatory retirement?
    Journal of Public Economics, 1989, 39, (1), 127-136 View citations (5)

1988

31. Efficient Estimation of Structural Hedonic Systems
    International Economic Review, 1988, 29, (1), 157-66 View citations (38)
32. Job Signalling and Welfare Improving Minimum Wage Laws: Reply
    Economic Inquiry, 1988, 26, (3), 533-36 View citations (1)
33. Labor Market Segmentation and the Union Wage Premium
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1988, 70, (3), 527-30 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper (1986)
34. The Reemergence of Segmented Labor Market Theory
    American Economic Review, 1988, 78, (2), 129-34 View citations (16)

1987

35. An economic model of the intake disposition of juvenile offenders
    Journal of Public Economics, 1987, 32, (1), 79-99
36. Pareto Improving Minimum Wage Laws
    Economic Inquiry, 1987, 25, (1), 145-58 View citations (11)

1986

37. A Language Theory of Discrimination
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1986, 101, (2), 363-82 View citations (78)
38. Human Capital versus Sorting: The Effects of Compulsory Attendance Laws
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1986, 101, (3), 609-24 View citations (34)
39. Returns to Schooling, Implicit Discount Rates and Black-White Wage Differentials
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1986, 68, (1), 41-47 View citations (14)

1985

40. A Test of Dual Labor Market Theory
    American Economic Review, 1985, 75, (4), 792-805 View citations (83)
    See also Working Paper (1985)

Chapters

2007

1. Introduction to Poverty and Discrimination
   A chapter in Poverty and Discrimination, 2007 View citations (12)

1991

2. Undocumented Mexican-born Workers in the United States: How Many, How Permanent?
   A chapter in Immigration, Trade and the Labor Market, 1991, pp 77-100 View citations (11)