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Working Papers

2016

1. Allocating Effort and Talent in Professional Labor Markets
   Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

2009

2. Pay for percentile
   Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago View citations (4)

2007

3. Left Behind By Design: Proficiency Counts and Test-Based Accountability
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (24)

2005

4. Why Has Black-White Skill Convergence Stopped?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (20)
   See also Chapter Why Has Black-White Skill Convergence Stopped?, Handbook of the Economics of Education, Elsevier (2006) View citations (85) (2006)

2002

5. The Measured Black-White Wage Gap Among Women is Too Small
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article The Measured Black-White Wage Gap among Women Is Too Small, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2004) View citations (189) (2004)

2001

6. The Economics of Family Structure
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)

1998

7. The Complexity of Job Mobility Among Young Men
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article The Complexity of Job Mobility among Young Men, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (1999) View citations (229) (1999)
8. Theories of the Distribution of Labor Earnings
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)

1995

9. The Effect of Catholic Secondary Schooling on Educational Attainment
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
10. The Role of Pre-Market Factors in Black-White Wage Differences
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article The Role of Premarket Factors in Black-White Wage Differences, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1996) View citations (708) (1996)

Journal Articles

2009

1. Mismeasurement of usual hours worked in the census and ACS
   Economics Letters, 2009, 102, (1), 39-41 View citations (21)

2007

2. Chicago workshop on black–white inequality: a summary
   Chicago Fed Letter, 2007, (Apr)

2004

3. The Measured Black-White Wage Gap among Women Is Too Small
   Journal of Political Economy, 2004, 112, (S1), S1-S28 View citations (189)
   See also Working Paper The Measured Black-White Wage Gap Among Women is Too Small, NBER Working Papers (2002) View citations (2) (2002)

2002

4. How Vouchers Could Change the Market for Education
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2002, 16, (4), 25-44 View citations (66)

2000

5. Evaluating a Simple Method for Estimating Black-White Gaps in Median Wages
   American Economic Review, 2000, 90, (2), 339-343 View citations (22)

1999

6. Commentary on two papers on education and crime in urban neighborhoods
   Economic Policy Review, 1999, 5, (Sep), 111-113
7. The Complexity of Job Mobility among Young Men
   Journal of Labor Economics, 1999, 17, (2), 237-61 View citations (229)
   See also Working Paper The Complexity of Job Mobility Among Young Men, NBER Working Papers (1998) View citations (3) (1998)

1998

8. What have we learned about the benefits of private schooling?
   Economic Policy Review, 1998, 4, (Mar), 79-86 View citations (15)

1997

9. The Effects of Catholic Secondary Schooling on Educational Achievement
   Journal of Labor Economics, 1997, 15, (1), 98-123 View citations (189)

1996

10. The Role of Premarket Factors in Black-White Wage Differences
    Journal of Political Economy, 1996, 104, (5), 869-95 View citations (708)
    See also Working Paper The Role of Pre-Market Factors in Black-White Wage Differences, NBER Working Papers (1995) View citations (4) (1995)

1995

11. Industry-Specific Human Capital: Evidence from Displaced Workers
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1995, 13, (4), 653-77 View citations (624)

1993

12. Supervision and Wages across Industries
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1993, 75, (3), 409-17 View citations (40)

Chapters

2006

1. Why Has Black-White Skill Convergence Stopped?
   Elsevier View citations (85)
   See also Working Paper Why Has Black-White Skill Convergence Stopped?, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2005) View citations (20) (2005)

2000

2. Theories of the distribution of earnings
   Chapter 07 in Handbook of Income Distribution, 2000, vol. 1, pp 379-427 View citations (88)

Editor

1. Journal of Labor Economics
   University of Chicago Press