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Working Papers

2025

1. The European Single Market and Intra-EU Trade: An Assessment with Heterogeneity-Robust Difference-in-Differences Methods
   Working Papers, Center for Global Policy Analysis, LeBow College of Business, Drexel University
   Also in School of Economics Working Paper Series, LeBow College of Business, Drexel University (2024)

2024

2. Fiscal Incidence on the Island: Grenada's Fiscal System and Its Incidence
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2024)

2023

3. Quantile regressions with multiple fixed effects
   2023 Stata Conference, Stata Users Group
4. Reconciling reports: modelling employment earnings and measurement errors using linked survey and administrative data
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (4)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2021) View citations (8)
5. Recovering Income Distribution in the Presence of Interval-Censored Data
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in 2022 Stata Conference, Stata Users Group (2022)
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2022)

2022

6. Finite mixture models for linked survey and administrative data
   German Stata Users' Group Meetings 2022, Stata Users Group
7. On decomposing the changes in wage inequality in palestine over time
   Working Papers, Economic Research Forum

2021

8. Finite Mixture Models for Linked Survey and Administrative Data: Estimation and Post-estimation
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Finite mixture models for linked survey and administrative data: Estimation and postestimation, Stata Journal, StataCorp LLC (2023) View citations (1) (2023)
9. Impact of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Labor Supply and Welfare of Married Households
   FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
10. Intrahousehold Allocation of Household Production: A Comparative Analysis for Sub-Saharan African Countries
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute
11. Measurement Error in Earnings Data: Replication of Meijer, Rohwedder, and Wansbeek's Mixture Model Approach to Combining Survey and Register Data
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (7)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2021) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Measurement error in earnings data: Replication of Meijer, Rohwedder, and Wansbeek's mixture model approach to combining survey and register data, Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2021) View citations (5) (2021)
12. Measurement error and misclassification in linked earnings data: Estimation of the Kapteyn and Ypma model
    2021 Stata Conference, Stata Users Group
13. drdid and csdid: Doubly robust DID with multiple time periods
    Economics Virtual Symposium 2021, Stata Users Group View citations (1)

2020

14. Education-Occupation Mismatch and Social Networks for Hispanics in the US
    Working Papers Rutgers University, Newark, Department of Economics, Rutgers University, Newark
15. Education-Occupation Mismatch and Social Networks for Hispanics in the US: Role of Citizenship
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
    See also Journal Article Education-occupation mismatch and social networks for Hispanics in the U.S.: role of citizenship, Education Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2024) (2024)
16. Is China's Low Fertility Rate Caused by the Population Control Policy?
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute
17. Modelling Errors in Survey and Administrative Data on Employment Earnings: Sensitivity to the Fraction Assumed to Have Error-Free Earnings
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (11)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2020) View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Modelling errors in survey and administrative data on employment earnings: Sensitivity to the fraction assumed to have error-free earnings, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2020) View citations (13) (2020)
18. Pandemic of Inequality
    Economics Public Policy Brief Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (5)
19. Quality of Match for Statistical Matches Used in the Development of the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Consumption Poverty (LIMTCP) for Ethiopia and South Africa
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute
20. Smooth varying coefficient models in Stata
    2020 Stata Conference, Stata Users Group View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Smooth varying-coefficient models in Stata, Stata Journal, StataCorp LLC (2020) View citations (4) (2020)
21. f_able estimation of marginal with transformed data
    2020 Stata Conference, Stata Users Group
22. f_able: Estimation of marginal effects for models with alternative variable transformations
    London Stata Conference 2020, Stata Users Group

2019

23. A Semi-Parametric Approach to the Oaxaca-Blinder Decomposition with Continuous Group Variable and Self-Selection
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute
    See also Journal Article A Semi-Parametric Approach to the Oaxaca–Blinder Decomposition with Continuous Group Variable and Self-Selection, Econometrics, MDPI (2019) (2019)
24. Estimation of Varying Coefficient models in Stata
    2019 Stata Conference, Stata Users Group
25. Immigrant Birth-country Networks and Unemployment Duration around the Great Recession: a Repeated Cross-Sectional Analysis
    Working Papers Rutgers University, Newark, Department of Economics, Rutgers University, Newark
26. It Pays to Study for the Right Job: Exploring the Causes and Consequences of Education-Occupation Job Mismatch
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (2)
27. Recentered Influence Functions (RIF) in Stata: RIF-Regression and RIF-Decomposition
    2019 Stata Conference, Stata Users Group View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Recentered influence functions (RIFs) in Stata: RIF regression and RIF decomposition, Stata Journal, StataCorp LLC (2020) View citations (96) (2020)
28. Recentered Influence Functions in Stata: Methods for Analyzing the Determinants of Poverty and Inequality
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (22)

2018

29. Quality of Match for Statistical Matches Using the American Time Use Survey 2013, the Survey of Consumer Finances 2013, and the Annual Social and Economic Supplement 2014
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (2)
30. Stagnating Economic Well-Being Amid Rising Government Support
    Economics One-Pager Archive, Levy Economics Institute
31. Stagnating Economic Well-Being and Unrelenting Inequality: Post-2000 Trends in the United States
    Economics Public Policy Brief Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (1)
32. The Sources and Methods Used in the Creation of the Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being for the United States, 1959-2013
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (1)

2017

33. Family Welfare and the Cost of Unemployment
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
34. Standard Error Correction in Two-Stage Optimization Models: A Quasi-Maximum Likelihood Estimation Approach
    Documentos de Trabajo de Valor Público, Universidad EAFIT
    See also Journal Article Standard-error correction in two-stage optimization models: A quasi–maximum likelihood estimation approach, Stata Journal, StataCorp LLC (2018) View citations (2) (2018)
35. The Great Recession and Racial Inequality: Evidence from Measures of Economic Well-Being
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article The Great Recession and Racial Inequality: Evidence from Measures of Economic Well-Being, Journal of Economic Issues, Taylor & Francis Journals (2019) View citations (2) (2019)
36. Will elders provide for their grandchildren ?: unconditional cash transfers and educational expenditures in Bolivia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Will elders provide for their grandchildren? Unconditional cash transfers and educational expenditures in Bolivia, Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2020) View citations (2) (2020)

2016

37. Immigrant Birthcountry Networks and Unemployment Duration: Evidence around the Great Recession
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
38. Quality of Match for Statistical Matches Used in the Development of the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Consumption Poverty (LIMTCP) for Ghana and Tanzania
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (3)
39. Simulations of Employment for Individuals in LIMTCP Consumption-poor Households in Tanzania and Ghana, 2012
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (1)
40. The Impact of Immigration on the Native-born Unemployed
    Economics Policy Note Archive, Levy Economics Institute
41. Unemployed, Now What? The Effect of Immigration on Unemployment Transitions of Native-born Workers in the United States
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (3)
    Also in Documentos de Trabajo de Valor Público, Universidad EAFIT (2016) View citations (2)

2015

42. A Decade of Declining Wages: From Bad to Worse
    Economics Policy Note Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (1)
43. Direct Estimates of Food and Eating Production Function Parameters for 2004–12 Using an ATUS/CE Synthetic Dataset
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute
44. Losing Ground: Demographic Trends in US Labor Force Participation
    Economics Policy Note Archive, Levy Economics Institute
45. On the Determinants of Changes in Wage Inequality in Bolivia
    Documentos de Trabajo de Valor Público, Universidad EAFIT View citations (3)
    Also in Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute (2015) View citations (3)
46. Quality of Match for Statistical Matches Using the Consumer Expenditure Survey 2011 and Annual Social Economic Supplement 2011
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute

2014

47. A Decade of Flat Wages?
    Economics Policy Note Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (8)
48. Changes in family welfare from 1994 to 2012: a tale of two decades
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
49. Family Welfare and the Great Recession
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta View citations (2)
50. Quality of Match for Statistical Matches Using the American Time Use Survey 2010, the Survey of Consumer Finances 2010, and the Annual Social and Economic Supplement 2011
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (2)
51. Unions and Economic Performance in Developing Countries: Case Studies from Latin America
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Unions and Economic Performance in Developing Countries: Case Studies from Latin America, Revista Ecos de Economía, Universidad EAFIT (2017) View citations (1) (2017)

2013

52. Feasible Estimation of Linear Models with N-fixed Effects
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (1)

2012

53. A closer look at nonparticipants during and after the Great Recession
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta View citations (15)
54. Intellectual property rights, foreign direct investment and the shadow economy
    Documentos de Trabajo de Valor Público, Universidad EAFIT
55. The wage impact of undocumented workers
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta View citations (5)
56. Unions, Wage Gaps, and Wage Dispersion: New Evidence from the Americas
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Unions, Wage Gaps, and Wage Dispersion: New Evidence from the Americas, Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Wiley Blackwell (2014) View citations (12) (2014)

2010

57. Domestic Violence and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from a Mixed-Race Developing Country
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

2008

58. Bank accounts and savings - the impact of remittances and migration: a case study of Moldova
    Kiel Advanced Studies Working Papers, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel) View citations (3)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Education-occupation mismatch and social networks for Hispanics in the U.S.: role of citizenship
   Education Economics, 2024, 32, (2), 185-209
   See also Working Paper Education-Occupation Mismatch and Social Networks for Hispanics in the US: Role of Citizenship, IZA Discussion Papers (2020) (2020)

2023

2. Finite mixture models for linked survey and administrative data: Estimation and postestimation
   Stata Journal, 2023, 23, (1), 53-85 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Finite Mixture Models for Linked Survey and Administrative Data: Estimation and Post-estimation, IZA Discussion Papers (2021) View citations (3) (2021)

2021

3. Estimation of marginal effects for models with alternative variable transformations
   Stata Journal, 2021, 21, (1), 81-96
4. Measurement error in earnings data: Replication of Meijer, Rohwedder, and Wansbeek's mixture model approach to combining survey and register data
   Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2021, 36, (4), 474-483 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper Measurement Error in Earnings Data: Replication of Meijer, Rohwedder, and Wansbeek's Mixture Model Approach to Combining Survey and Register Data, IZA Discussion Papers (2021) View citations (7) (2021)
5. Using repeated cross-sectional data to examine the role of immigrant birth-country networks on unemployment duration: an application of Guell and Hu (2006) approach
   Empirical Economics, 2021, 61, (1), 389-415

2020

6. Cost of policy choices: A microsimulation analysis of the impact on family welfare of unemployment and price changes
   Journal of Macroeconomics, 2020, 63, (C) View citations (3)
7. Discrimination against refugees in the Palestinian labor market
   International Journal of Manpower, 2020, 42, (6), 1002-1024
8. Modelling errors in survey and administrative data on employment earnings: Sensitivity to the fraction assumed to have error-free earnings
   Economics Letters, 2020, 192, (C) View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper Modelling Errors in Survey and Administrative Data on Employment Earnings: Sensitivity to the Fraction Assumed to Have Error-Free Earnings, IZA Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (11) (2020)
9. Recentered influence functions (RIFs) in Stata: RIF regression and RIF decomposition
   Stata Journal, 2020, 20, (1), 51-94 View citations (96)
   See also Working Paper Recentered Influence Functions (RIF) in Stata: RIF-Regression and RIF-Decomposition, 2019 Stata Conference (2019) View citations (3) (2019)
10. Smooth varying-coefficient models in Stata
    Stata Journal, 2020, 20, (3), 647-679 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Smooth varying coefficient models in Stata, 2020 Stata Conference (2020) View citations (4) (2020)
11. The Effect of Immigration on Labor Market Transitions of Native-Born Unemployed in the United States
    Journal of Labor Research, 2020, 41, (3), 295-331 View citations (2)
12. Will elders provide for their grandchildren? Unconditional cash transfers and educational expenditures in Bolivia
    Review of Development Economics, 2020, 24, (2), 424-447 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Will elders provide for their grandchildren ?: unconditional cash transfers and educational expenditures in Bolivia, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2017) View citations (1) (2017)

2019

13. A Semi-Parametric Approach to the Oaxaca–Blinder Decomposition with Continuous Group Variable and Self-Selection
    Econometrics, 2019, 7, (2), 1-29
    See also Working Paper A Semi-Parametric Approach to the Oaxaca-Blinder Decomposition with Continuous Group Variable and Self-Selection, Economics Working Paper Archive (2019) (2019)
14. The Great Recession and Racial Inequality: Evidence from Measures of Economic Well-Being
    Journal of Economic Issues, 2019, 53, (4), 1048-1069 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper The Great Recession and Racial Inequality: Evidence from Measures of Economic Well-Being, Economics Working Paper Archive (2017) View citations (1) (2017)

2018

15. Standard-error correction in two-stage optimization models: A quasi–maximum likelihood estimation approach
    Stata Journal, 2018, 18, (1), 206-222 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Standard Error Correction in Two-Stage Optimization Models: A Quasi-Maximum Likelihood Estimation Approach, Documentos de Trabajo de Valor Público (2017) (2017)

2017

16. A tale of two decades: Relative intra-family earning capacity and changes in family welfare over time
    Review of Economics of the Household, 2017, 15, (3), 707-737 View citations (2)
17. Intellectual Property Rights, Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Freedom
    Global Economy Journal, 2017, 17, (2), 13 View citations (3)
    Also in Global Economy Journal (GEJ), 2017, 17, (2), 1-13 (2017) View citations (1)
18. On the Determinants of Changes in Wage Inequality in Urban Bolivia
    Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 2017, 18, (4), 464-496 View citations (3)
19. Productivity during recessions with banking crises: Inter-Industry evidence
    Economics Letters, 2017, 152, (C), 50-53 View citations (4)
20. The effect of intimate partner violence on labor market decisions
    International Journal of Social Economics, 2017, 44, (1), 75-92 View citations (1)
21. Unions and Economic Performance in Developing Countries: Case Studies from Latin America
    Revista Ecos de Economía, 2017, 21, (44), 4-36 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Unions and Economic Performance in Developing Countries: Case Studies from Latin America, Economics Working Paper Archive (2014) View citations (2) (2014)

2015

22. Feasible fitting of linear models with N fixed effects
    Stata Journal, 2015, 15, (3), 881-898 View citations (8)
23. Reevaluation of the Employment Impact of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games
    Southern Economic Journal, 2015, 81, (3), 619-632 View citations (2)
24. Revisiting the effects of innovation on growth: a threshold analysis
    Applied Economics Letters, 2015, 22, (18), 1474-1479 View citations (7)
25. The wage impact of undocumented workers: Evidence from administrative data
    Southern Economic Journal, 2015, 81, (4), 874-906

2014

26. A search for evidence of skill mismatch in the aftermath of the great recession
    Applied Economics Letters, 2014, 21, (9), 587-592 View citations (2)
27. Assessing the Welfare Impact of Tax Reform: A Case Study of the 2001 U.S. Tax Cut
    Review of Income and Wealth, 2014, 60, (2), 404-404
    Also in Review of Income and Wealth, 2012, 58, (2), 233-256 (2012) View citations (6)
28. Serial Banking Crises and Capital Investment
    Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 2014, 50, (6), 193-208
29. The persistent effect of banking crises on investment and the role of financial markets
    Journal of Financial Economic Policy, 2014, 6, (1), 64-77 View citations (3)
30. Unions, Wage Gaps, and Wage Dispersion: New Evidence from the Americas
    Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 2014, 53, (1), 1-27 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper Unions, Wage Gaps, and Wage Dispersion: New Evidence from the Americas, IZA Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (6) (2012)

2013

31. Identifying Factors behind the Decline in the U.S. Labor Force Participation Rate
    Business and Economic Research, 2013, 3, (1), 257-275 View citations (43)
32. The impact of psychological trauma on wages in post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Social Science & Medicine, 2013, 96, (C), 165-173 View citations (2)

Software Items

2024

1. JWDID: Stata module to estimate Difference-in-Difference models using Mundlak approach
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics

2023

2. CSDID: Stata module for the estimation of Difference-in-Difference models with multiple time periods
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (1)
3. QREGPLOT: Stata module for plotting coefficients of a Quantile Regression
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics

2022

4. COLOR_STYLE: Stata module to change the colors in the current scheme
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
5. CV_KFOLD: Stata module to implement k-fold cross-validation procedures
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
6. DRDID: Stata module for the estimation of Doubly Robust Difference-in-Difference models
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
7. FRAUSE: Stata module to access Wooldridge Stata datasets
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
8. F_ABLE: Stata module for the estimation of marginal effects with transformed covariates
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
9. JOY_PLOT: Stata module to produce joy plots
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
10. MMQREG: Stata module to estimate quantile regressions via Method of Moments
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
11. MSCATTER: Stata module to produce multiple scatter plots
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
12. RIDGELINE_PLOT: Stata module to produce ridgeline plots
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
13. SANKEY_PLOT: Stata module to produce Sankey plots
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
14. WAFFLE_PLOT: Stata module to produce waffle plots
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics

2021

15. KY_FIT: Stata module to fit mixture models of the Kapteyn-Ypma type to linked survey and administrative data
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
16. LBSVMAT: Stata module to create labeled variables from a matrix
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
17. RIF: Stata module to compute Recentered Influence Functions (RIF): RIF-Regression and RIF-Decomposition
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (1)
18. VC_PACK: Stata module for the estimation of smooth varying coefficient models
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
19. XTHECKMANFE: Stata module to fit panel data models in the presence of endogeneity and selection
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics

2020

20. CV_REGRESS: Stata module to estimate the leave-one-out error for linear regression models
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
21. GHSURV: Stata module for the estimation of survival model using repeated cross-sectional data
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
22. MBITOBIT: Stata module to fit bivariate Tobit regression
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (1)

2016

23. REGXFE: Stata module to fit a linear high-order fixed-effects model
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics