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Working Papers

2012

1. Canadian Inequality: Recent Development and Policy Options
   CLSRN Working Papers, UBC Department of Economics
   See also Journal Article in Canadian Public Policy (2012)
2. Occupational tasks and changes in the wage structure
   Textos para discussão, Escola de Economia de São Paulo, Getulio Vargas Foundation (Brazil) View citations (2)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2011) View citations (19)

2011

3. Weak Identification in Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Designs
   Micro Theory Working Papers, Microeconomics.ca Website View citations (2)

2010

4. Decomposition Methods in Economics
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
   See also Chapter (2011)
5. The Evolution of the Returns to Human Capital in Canada, 1980-2005
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations (2)
   Also in CLSRN Working Papers, UBC Department of Economics (2010) View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article in Canadian Public Policy (2010)
6. Why are the Relative Wages of Immigrants Declining? A Distributional Approach
   CLSRN Working Papers, UBC Department of Economics View citations (3)

2009

7. REGRESSION DISCONTINUITY DESIGNS IN ECONOMICS
   Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. View citations (34)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (34)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Literature (2010)
8. The Evolution of the Returns to Human Capital in Canada, 1980 - 2006
   CLSRN Working Papers, UBC Department of Economics View citations (1)
   Also in UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics (2008) View citations (2)

2008

9. The Regression Discontinuity Design — Theory and Applications
   Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics

2007

10. Performance Pay and Wage Inequality
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations (17)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (20)
    Departmental Working Papers, McGill University, Department of Economics (2006) View citations (22)
11. Regression Discontinuity Designs: A Guide to Practice
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (45)
    Also in NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (50)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Econometrics (2008)
12. The Changing Nature of Wage Inequality
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Population Economics (2008)
13. Unconditional Quantile Regressions
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (19)
    Also in Textos para discussão, Department of Economics PUC-Rio (Brazil) (2006) View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (2009)

2006

14. Effets incitatifs associes a l'aide sociale: approche de discontinuite de la regression
    Direction des etudes analytiques : documents de recherche, Statistics Canada, Direction des etudes analytiques View citations (2)
15. Incentive Effects of Social Assistance: A Regression Discontinuity Approach
    Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch View citations (1)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004) View citations (20)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Econometrics (2008)
16. Post-Secondary Education and Increasing Wage Inequality
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (19)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2006)

2005

17. Comparative Advantage, Learning, and Sectoral Wage Determination
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (19)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2002) View citations (30)
    CIRANO Working Papers, CIRANO (2002) View citations (18)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Labor Economics (2005)

2003

18. Unionization and Wage Inequality: A Comparative Study of the U.S, the U.K., and Canada
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (21)

2001

19. Labour Market Reforms and Changes in Wage Inequality in the United Kingdom and the United States
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
    See also Chapter (2004)

2000

20. Can Falling Supply Explain the Rising Return to College for Younger Men? A Cohort-Based Analysis
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (135)
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2001)
21. Dropout and Enrollment Trends in the Post-War Period: What Went Wrong in the 1970s?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
    See also Chapter (2001)

1999

22. Evolution of the Female Labour Force Participation Rate in Canada, 1976-1994
    CIRANO Project Reports, CIRANO View citations (3)
23. What Is Happening in the Youth Labour Market in Canada?
    CIRANO Working Papers, CIRANO View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in Canadian Public Policy (2000)

1998

24. Changes in the Relative Structure of Wages and Employment: A Comparison of Canada, France and the United States
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (3)
25. Education, Earnings, and the "Canadian G.I. Bill"
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Canadian Journal of Economics (2001)
26. L'évolution du taux d'activité des femmes au Canada, 1976-1994: Une analyse de cohortes
    CIRANO Working Papers, CIRANO
27. Supply Side Hysterisis: The Case of the Canadian Unemployment InsuranceSystem
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    Also in Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics (1997)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2000)

1997

28. Adapting to Circumstances: The Evolution of Work, School, and Living Arrangements Among North American Youth
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (28)
    Also in Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. (1997) View citations (10)
    See also Chapter (2000)
29. Minimum Wages and Youth Employment in France and the United States
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (51)
    See also Chapter (2000)

1996

30. Changes in the Relative Structure of Wages and Employment: A Comparison of the United States, Canada, and France
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (56)
    Also in Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. (1995) View citations (24)
    See also Journal Article in Canadian Journal of Economics (1999)
31. Labor Market Institutions and Gender Differences in Wage Inequality
    Cahiers de recherche, Universite de Montreal, Departement de sciences economiques View citations (1)
    Also in Cahiers de recherche, Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en économie quantitative, CIREQ (1996) View citations (1)
32. Rank Regressions, Wage Distributions and the Gender Gap
    Cahiers de recherche, Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en économie quantitative, CIREQ View citations (30)
    Also in Cahiers de recherche, Universite de Montreal, Departement de sciences economiques (1996) View citations (21)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Human Resources (1998)

1995

33. L'effet d'apprentissage et l'assurance-chomage
    Working Papers, Gouvernement du Canada - Human Resources
34. Labor Market Institutions and the Distribution of Wages, 1973-1992: A Semiparametric Approach
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    Also in Cahiers de recherche, Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en économie quantitative, CIREQ (1994) View citations (85)
    Cahiers de recherche, Universite de Montreal, Departement de sciences economiques (1994) View citations (4)
    Working Papers, California Irvine - School of Social Sciences (1994) View citations (64)
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (1996)

1994

35. Changing Wage Structure and Black-White Differentials Among Men and Women: A Longitudinal Analysis
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
36. Changing Wage Structure and Black-White Wage Differentials: A Longitudinal Analysis
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. View citations (4)
37. Diverging Male Wage Inquality in the United States and Canada, 1981-1988: Do Unions Explain the Difference?
    Working Papers, California Irvine - School of Social Sciences

1993

38. Does Public Health Insurance Reduce Labor Market Flexibility or Encourage the Underground Economy? Evidence from Spain and the United States
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
    See also Chapter (1994)
39. Estimating the effects of Unions on Wage Inequality in a Two-Sector Model with Comparative Advantage and Non- Random Selection
    Cahiers de recherche, Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en économie quantitative, CIREQ View citations (1)
40. Unions and Wages Inequality in Canada and the United States
    Cahiers de recherche, Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en économie quantitative, CIREQ View citations (11)
    See also Chapter (1993)
41. Wage Dispersion, Returns to Skill, and Black-White Wage Differentials
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (19)
    Also in Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. (1993) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Econometrics (1996)

1992

42. Alcohol, Marijuana, and American Youth: The Unintended Effects of Government Regulation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
43. Appendix Table for: Alcohol, Marijuana and American Youth: The Unintented Consequences of Government Regulation
    Working Papers, California Irvine - School of Social Sciences

1991

44. The Effects of Product Market Competition on Collective Bargaining Agreements: The Case of Foreign Competition in Canada
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1993)

1990

45. AN EMPIRICAL MODEL OF LABOR SUPPLY IN THE UNDERGROUND ECONOMY
    Working Papers, Laval - Recherche en Politique Economique View citations (5)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1990) View citations (3)
46. The Effects of International Competiton on Collective Bargaining Outcomes: A Comparison of the United States and Canada
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
    See also Chapter (1991)

Journal Articles

2012

1. Canadian Inequality: Recent Developments and Policy Options
   Canadian Public Policy, 2012, 38, (2), 121-145 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2012)
2. Contract Form, Wage Flexibility, and Employment
   American Economic Review, 2012, 102, (3), 526-31

2011

3. Wage Inequality: A Comparative Perspective
   Australian Bulletin of Labour, 2011, 37, (1), 2-32

2010

4. Regression Discontinuity Designs in Economics
   Journal of Economic Literature, 2010, 48, (2), 281-355 View citations (94)
   See also Working Paper (2009)
5. The Evolution of the Returns to Human Capital in Canada, 1980-2005
   Canadian Public Policy, 2010, 36, (1), 63-89 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2010)

2009

6. Performance Pay and Wage Inequality-super-*
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2009, 124, (1), 1-49 View citations (38)
7. Unconditional Quantile Regressions
   Econometrica, 2009, 77, (3), 953-973 View citations (51)
   See also Working Paper (2007)

2008

8. Incentive effects of social assistance: A regression discontinuity approach
   Journal of Econometrics, 2008, 142, (2), 807-828 View citations (32)
   See also Working Paper (2006)
9. L’évolution des inégalités dans les pays industrialisés: le point sur la situation
   L'Actualité Economique, 2008, 84, (3), 241-262
10. Regression discontinuity designs: A guide to practice
    Journal of Econometrics, 2008, 142, (2), 615-635 View citations (217)
    See also Working Paper (2007)
11. Special issue editors' introduction: The regression discontinuity design--Theory and applications
    Journal of Econometrics, 2008, 142, (2), 611-614 View citations (4)
12. The changing nature of wage inequality
    Journal of Population Economics, 2008, 21, (1), 21-48 View citations (35)
    See also Working Paper (2007)

2007

13. The impact of unionization on the incidence of and sources of payment for training in Canada
    Empirical Economics, 2007, 32, (2), 465-489 View citations (3)

2006

14. Increasing Residual Wage Inequality: Composition Effects, Noisy Data, or Rising Demand for Skill?
    American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (3), 461-498 View citations (111)
15. Postsecondary Education and Increasing Wage Inequality
    American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (2), 195-199 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper (2006)

2005

16. Comparative Advantage, Learning, and Sectoral Wage Determination
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2005, 23, (4), 681-724 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper (2005)

2004

17. Unions and Wage Inequality
    Journal of Labor Research, 2004, 25, (4), 519-562 View citations (58)

2002

18. Decomposing changes in wage distributions: a unified approach
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 2002, 35, (4), 646-688 View citations (47)

2001

19. Alcohol, marijuana, and American youth: the unintended consequences of government regulation
    Journal of Health Economics, 2001, 20, (6), 991-1010 View citations (17)
20. Can Falling Supply Explain The Rising Return To College For Younger Men? A Cohort-Based Analysis
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2001, 116, (2), 705-746 View citations (92)
    See also Working Paper (2000)
21. Education, earnings, and the "Canadian G.I. Bill"
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 2001, 34, (2), 313-344 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper (1998)
22. Going to College to Avoid the Draft: The Unintended Legacy of the Vietnam War
    American Economic Review, 2001, 91, (2), 97-102 View citations (17)

2000

23. Are Women's Wage Gains Men's Losses? A Distributional Test
    American Economic Review, 2000, 90, (2), 456-460 View citations (11)
24. Supply side hysteresis: the case of the Canadian unemployment insurance system
    Journal of Public Economics, 2000, 78, (1-2), 139-170 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper (1998)
25. What is Happening in the Youth Labour Market in Canada?
    Canadian Public Policy, 2000, 26, (s1), 59-83 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper (1999)

1999

26. Changes in the Relative Structure of Wages and Employment: A Comparison of the United States, Canada, and France
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1999, 32, (4), 843-877 View citations (41)
    See also Working Paper (1996)

1998

27. Estimating the Effects of Unions on Wage Inequality in a Panel Data Model with Comparative Advantage and Nonrandom Selection
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1998, 16, (2), 261-91 View citations (35)
28. Rank Regressions, Wage Distributions, and the Gender Gap
    Journal of Human Resources, 1998, 33, (3), 610-643 View citations (23)
    See also Working Paper (1996)

1997

29. Choix occupationnels et offre de travail lorsque les salaires sont fonction des heures travaillées
    L'Actualité Economique, 1997, 73, (1), 99-128
30. Diverging male wage inequality in the United States and Canada, 1981-1988: Do institutions explain the difference?
    Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1997, 50, (4), 629-651 View citations (3)
31. Institutional Changes and Rising Wage Inequality: Is There a Linkage?
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1997, 11, (2), 75-96 View citations (110)

1996

32. Labor Market Institutions and the Distribution of Wages, 1973-1992: A Semiparametric Approach
    Econometrica, 1996, 64, (5), 1001-44 View citations (118)
    See also Working Paper (1995)
33. Le chômage des années 80
    L'Actualité Economique, 1996, 72, (3), 291-304 View citations (1)
34. Wage dispersion, returns to skill, and black-white wage differentials
    Journal of Econometrics, 1996, 74, (2), 319-361 View citations (28)
    See also Working Paper (1993)

1994

35. Changing Wage Structure and Black-White Wage Differentials
    American Economic Review, 1994, 84, (2), 29-33 View citations (10)
36. The Effect of Taxes on Labor Supply in the Underground Economy
    American Economic Review, 1994, 84, (1), 231-54 View citations (69)

1993

37. The Effects of Product Market Competition on Collective Bargaining Agreements: The Case of Foreign Competition in Canada
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1993, 108, (4), 983-1014 View citations (137)
    See also Working Paper (1991)

Books

1996

1. L'économie souterraine au Québec: Mythes et réalités
   CIRANO Monographs, CIRANO View citations (3)

Chapters

2011

1. Decomposition Methods in Economics
   Elsevier View citations (20)
   See also Working Paper (2010)

2010

2. What Do We Really Know About Changes in Wage Inequality?
   A chapter in Labor in the New Economy, 2010, pp 17-59

2004

3. Labor Market Reforms and Changes in Wage Inequality in the United Kingdom and the United States
   A chapter in Seeking a Premier Economy: The Economic Effects of British Economic Reforms, 1980-2000, 2004, pp 275-312 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2001)

2001

4. Dropout and Enrollment Trends in the Postwar Period: What Went Wrong in the 1970s?
   A chapter in Risky Behavior among Youths: An Economic Analysis, 2001, pp 439-482 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper (2000)

2000

5. Adapting to Circumstances (The Evolution of Work, School,and Living Arrangements among North American Youth)
   A chapter in Youth Employment and Joblessness in Advanced Countries, 2000, pp 171-214 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper (1997)
6. Minimum Wages and Youth Employment in France and the United States
   A chapter in Youth Employment and Joblessness in Advanced Countries, 2000, pp 427-472 View citations (22)
   See also Working Paper (1997)

1999

7. Evolution of the Female Labour Force Participation Rate in Canada, 1976-1994: a Cohort Analysis
   A chapter in A Symposium on Canadian Labour Force Participation in the 1990s (Special Issue of Canadian Business Economics, Volume 7, Number 2, May 1999), 1999, pp 57-70 View citations (1)

1994

8. Does Public Health Insurance Reduce Labor Market Flexibility or Encourage the Underground Economy? Evidence from Spain and the United States
   A chapter in Social Protection versus Economic Flexibility: Is There a Trade-Off?, 1994, pp 265-300 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper (1993)

1993

9. Unions and Wage Inequality in Canada and the United States
   A chapter in Small Differences That Matter: Labor Markets and Income Maintenance in Canada and the United States, 1993, pp 69-108 View citations (15)
   See also Working Paper (1993)

1991

10. The Effects of International Competition on Collective Bargaining Outcomes: A Comparison of the United States and Canada
    A chapter in Immigration, Trade and the Labor Market, 1991, pp 343-367 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper (1990)