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Working Papers

2002

1. Russia in Transition
   Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research

2000

2. Conflicts and Common Interests in Committees
   Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers, Econometric Society View citations (3)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1999) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Conflicts and Common Interests in Committees, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2001) View citations (65) (2001)
3. Labor Markets in Professional Sports
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
   See also Journal Article Labour Markets in Professional Sports, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2001) View citations (71) (2001)

1999

4. Exchanging Debt for Health in Africa: Lessons from Ten Years of Debt-for-Development Swaps
   Working Papers, Harvard - Institute for International Development View citations (1)

1998

5. Theories of the Distribution of Labor Earnings
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)

1997

6. Austrian and Neoclassical Economics: Any Gains From Trade?
   Working Papers, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State
   See also Journal Article Austrian and Neoclassical Economics: Any Gains from Trade?, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (1997) View citations (32) (1997)
7. Potato Paradoxes
   Working Papers, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State
   See also Journal Article Potato Paradoxes, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1999) View citations (7) (1999)

1996

8. Manufactured Inequality
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Manufactured Inequality, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (1997) View citations (13) (1997)
9. Unraveling in Assignment Markets
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1995

10. Public Employment, Taxes and the Welfare State in Sweden
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (24)
    Also in Working Papers, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State (1995)
    See also Chapter Public Employment, Taxes, and the Welfare State in Sweden, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1997) View citations (33) (1997)
11. Ticket Pricing
    Working Papers, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State
    See also Journal Article Ticket Pricing, Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press (1997) View citations (32) (1997)

1994

12. H. Gregg Lewis Memorial Comments
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (1)
13. Managerial Compensation, Control, and Investment
    Working Papers, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State
14. The New Economics of Teachers and Education
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
    Also in University of Chicago - Economics Research Center, Chicago - Economics Research Center (1994) View citations (7)
    Working Papers, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State (1994)
    See also Journal Article The New Economics of Teachers and Education, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (1997) View citations (55) (1997)

1993

15. Cattle Cycles
    University of Chicago - Economics Research Center, Chicago - Economics Research Center
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1993) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Cattle Cycles, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1994) View citations (70) (1994)

1992

16. The Market for Engineers
    Working Papers, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State
    Also in University of Chicago - Economics Research Center, Chicago - Economics Research Center (1992) View citations (1)

1991

17. The Market for Lawyers
    Working Papers, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State
    Also in University of Chicago - Economics Research Center, Chicago - Economics Research Center (1991) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article The Market for Lawyers, Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press (1992) View citations (36) (1992)

1990

18. Contracts and Market for Executives
    University of Chicago - Economics Research Center, Chicago - Economics Research Center View citations (30)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1990) View citations (74)
19. THE LEARNING EFFECT OF ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION IN HIGH SCHOOL
    University of Chicago - Economics Research Center, Chicago - Economics Research Center View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article The learning effect of assessment and evaluation in high school, Economics of Education Review, Elsevier (1992) View citations (60) (1992)

1987

20. Transactions Costs and Internal Labor Markets
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article Transactions Costs and Internal Labor Markets, The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press (1988) View citations (9) (1988)

1986

21. A Time-Series Model of Housing Investment in the U.S
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    Also in UCLA Economics Working Papers, UCLA Department of Economics (1985)

1985

22. Implicit Contracts: A Survey
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (197)
    See also Journal Article Implicit Contracts: A Survey, Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association (1985) View citations (202) (1985)
23. Prizes and Incentives in Elimination Tournaments
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Prizes and Incentives in Elimination Tournaments, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1986) View citations (629) (1986)

1984

24. Pension Inequality
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
    See also Chapter Pension Inequality, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1987) View citations (3) (1987)
25. The Distribution of Prizes in a Match-Play Tournament with Single Eliminations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

1983

26. The Equilibrium Approach to Labor Markets
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article The Equilibrium Approach to Labor Markets, Latin American Journal of Economics-formerly Cuadernos de Economía, Instituto de Economía. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. (1996) View citations (1) (1996)
27. Unemployment and Insurance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Unemployment and insurance, Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, Elsevier (1983) View citations (4) (1983)

1980

28. Healthiness, Education, and Marital Status
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
    See also Chapter Healthiness, Education, and Marital Status, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1982) View citations (16) (1982)

1979

29. Rank-Order Tournaments as Optimum Labor Contracts
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (330)
    See also Journal Article Rank-Order Tournaments as Optimum Labor Contracts, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1981) View citations (2175) (1981)

1978

30. Education and Self-Selection
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (32)
    See also Journal Article Education and Self-Selection, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1979) View citations (600) (1979)

1977

31. Labor Quality, the Demand for Skill, and Market Selection
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

Undated

32. The Value of Changes in Life Expectancy
    University of Chicago - Population Research Center, Chicago - Population Research Center View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article The Value of Changes in Life Expectancy, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer (1988) View citations (205) (1988)

Journal Articles

2004

1. The Engineering Labor Market
   Journal of Political Economy, 2004, 112, (S1), S110-S140 View citations (47)

2002

2. Markets and Diversity
   American Economic Review, 2002, 92, (1), 1-15 View citations (52)

2001

3. Conflicts and Common Interests in Committees
   American Economic Review, 2001, 91, (5), 1478-1497 View citations (65)
   See also Working Paper Conflicts and Common Interests in Committees, Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers (2000) View citations (3) (2000)
4. Labour Markets in Professional Sports
   Economic Journal, 2001, 111, (469), F47-68 View citations (71)
   See also Working Paper Labor Markets in Professional Sports, NBER Working Papers (2000) View citations (10) (2000)
5. Tyler Cowen, What Price Fame?
   Journal of Cultural Economics, 2001, 25, (2), 151-154

1999

6. Potato Paradoxes
   Journal of Political Economy, 1999, 107, (S6), S294-S313 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper Potato Paradoxes, Working Papers (1997) (1997)

1998

7. Crossing the Line
   Economic Inquiry, 1998, 36, (3), 447-49
8. Unraveling in Matching Markets
   American Economic Review, 1998, 88, (3), 371-87 View citations (69)

1997

9. Austrian and Neoclassical Economics: Any Gains from Trade?
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1997, 11, (4), 139-152 View citations (32)
   See also Working Paper Austrian and Neoclassical Economics: Any Gains From Trade?, Working Papers (1997) (1997)
10. Manufactured Inequality
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1997, 15, (2), 189-96 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper Manufactured Inequality, NBER Working Papers (1996) View citations (1) (1996)
11. The New Economics of Teachers and Education
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1997, 15, (1), S104-39 View citations (55)
    See also Working Paper The New Economics of Teachers and Education, NBER Working Papers (1994) View citations (7) (1994)
12. Ticket Pricing
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1997, 40, (2), 351-76 View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper Ticket Pricing, Working Papers (1995) (1995)

1996

13. Public Employment and the Welfare State in Sweden
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1996, 34, (2), 729-740 View citations (45)
14. The Equilibrium Approach to Labor Markets
    Latin American Journal of Economics-formerly Cuadernos de Economía, 1996, 33, (99), 189-204 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper The Equilibrium Approach to Labor Markets, NBER Working Papers (1983) View citations (4) (1983)

1994

15. Cattle Cycles
    Journal of Political Economy, 1994, 102, (3), 468-92 View citations (70)
    See also Working Paper Cattle Cycles, University of Chicago - Economics Research Center (1993) (1993)
16. H. Gregg Lewis and Modern Labor Economics
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1994, 12, (1), 139-43 View citations (2)

1993

17. George J. Stigler and the Industrial Organization of Economic Thought
    Journal of Political Economy, 1993, 101, (5), 809-17 View citations (1)
18. The decline of the Midwest
    The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 1993, 33, (1), 1-14 View citations (2)

1992

19. Distinguished Fellow: Mincering Labor Economics
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1992, 6, (2), 157-170 View citations (22)
20. The Market for Lawyers
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1992, 35, (2), 215-46 View citations (36)
    See also Working Paper The Market for Lawyers, Working Papers (1991) (1991)
21. The learning effect of assessment and evaluation in high school
    Economics of Education Review, 1992, 11, (2), 107-118 View citations (60)
    See also Working Paper THE LEARNING EFFECT OF ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION IN HIGH SCHOOL, University of Chicago - Economics Research Center (1990) View citations (8) (1990)

1990

22. Male-Female Wage Differentials in Job Ladders
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1990, 8, (1), S106-23 View citations (197)
23. Research on High School Economic Education
    American Economic Review, 1990, 80, (2), 14-22 View citations (17)
24. Selling versus producing in market fluctuations: A comment
    Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 1990, 33, (1), 89-91

1989

25. Book Review: Human Resources, Personnel, and Organizational Behavior: Organizational Economics
    ILR Review, 1989, 42, (4), 681-682

1988

26. Housing Investment in the United States
    Journal of Political Economy, 1988, 96, (4), 718-40 View citations (235)
27. Los contratos implícitos: Una reseña
    El Trimestre Económico, 1988, 55 (2), (218), 235-288
28. The Value of Changes in Life Expectancy
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1988, 1, (3), 285-304 View citations (205)
    See also Working Paper The Value of Changes in Life Expectancy, University of Chicago - Population Research Center View citations (1)
29. Transactions Costs and Internal Labor Markets
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 1988, 4, (1), 49-64 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper Transactions Costs and Internal Labor Markets, NBER Working Papers (1987) (1987)

1987

30. Dynamic Animal Economics
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1987, 69, (3), 547-557 View citations (42)
31. Some Economics of Teaching
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1987, 5, (4), 561-75 View citations (7)

1986

32. Prizes and Incentives in Elimination Tournaments
    American Economic Review, 1986, 76, (4), 701-15 View citations (629)
    See also Working Paper Prizes and Incentives in Elimination Tournaments, NBER Working Papers (1985) View citations (6) (1985)
33. Unobservable Family and Individual Contributions to the Distributionsof Income and Wealth: Comment
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1986, 4, (3), S80-82

1985

34. Commentary on `golden parachutes, executive decision-making, and shareholder wealth'
    Journal of Accounting and Economics, 1985, 7, (1-3), 205-208
35. Implicit Contracts: A Survey
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1985, 23, (3), 1144-75 View citations (202)
    See also Working Paper Implicit Contracts: A Survey, NBER Working Papers (1985) View citations (197) (1985)

1984

36. The Relative Deprivation Curve and Its Applications
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 1984, 2, (4), 395-97 View citations (21)

1983

37. A Note on Aggregation of Skills and Labor Quality
    Journal of Human Resources, 1983, 18, (3), 425-431 View citations (13)
38. Reply to Robert Gordon
    Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 1983, 19, (1), 61-66
39. Specialization and Human Capital
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1983, 1, (1), 43-49 View citations (144)
40. The Economics of Superstars: Reply
    American Economic Review, 1983, 73, (3), 460-62 View citations (16)
41. Unemployment and insurance
    Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 1983, 19, (1), 5-49 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Unemployment and Insurance, NBER Working Papers (1983) View citations (4) (1983)

1982

42. Authority, Control, and the Distribution of Earnings
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1982, 13, (2), 311-323 View citations (482)
43. Changes in Life-Cycle Earnings: What Do Social Security Data Show?
    Journal of Human Resources, 1982, 17, (3), 321-338 View citations (21)

1981

44. Rank-Order Tournaments as Optimum Labor Contracts
    Journal of Political Economy, 1981, 89, (5), 841-64 View citations (2175)
    See also Working Paper Rank-Order Tournaments as Optimum Labor Contracts, NBER Working Papers (1979) View citations (330) (1979)
45. The Economics of Superstars
    American Economic Review, 1981, 71, (5), 845-58 View citations (873)
46. Valuing Health Risk
    American Economic Review, 1981, 71, (2), 241-45 View citations (8)

1980

47. Comments on "A Price Theoretic Approach to the Specification and Estimation of the Sales-Advertising Function."
    The Journal of Business, 1980, 53, (3), S139-42

1979

48. Education and Self-Selection
    Journal of Political Economy, 1979, 87, (5), S7-36 View citations (600)
    See also Working Paper Education and Self-Selection, NBER Working Papers (1978) View citations (32) (1978)

1978

49. Monopoly and product quality
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1978, 18, (2), 301-317 View citations (1714)

1977

50. Comment
    ILR Review, 1977, 30, (4), 518-520

1976

51. A Theory of Life Earnings
    Journal of Political Economy, 1976, 84, (4), S45-67 View citations (53)

1975

52. Discrimination in the market for public school teachers
    Journal of Econometrics, 1975, 3, (2), 123-150 View citations (41)

1974

53. A Disequilibrium Model of Demand for Factors of Production
    American Economic Review, 1974, 64, (2), 264-70 View citations (25)
    See also Book A Disequilibrium Model of Demand for Factors of Production, NBER Books, 1973 (1973) View citations (42) (1973)
54. Effects of Child-Care Programs on Women's Work Effort: Comment
    Journal of Political Economy, 1974, 82, (2), S164-S169
55. Hedonic Prices and Implicit Markets: Product Differentiation in Pure Competition
    Journal of Political Economy, 1974, 82, (1), 34-55 View citations (3553)

1972

56. A Note on the Estimation of Labor Supply Effects and Income Redistribution Policy
    Journal of Human Resources, 1972, 7, (1), 104-111
57. Learning and Experience in the Labor Market
    Journal of Human Resources, 1972, 7, (3), 326-342 View citations (202)
58. Learning by Experience as Joint Production
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1972, 86, (3), 366-382 View citations (89)

1971

59. Labor Supply and Income Redistribution
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1971, 53, (3), 278-82 View citations (3)

1970

60. Poverty and Discrimination by Lester C. Thurow
    Journal of Human Resources, 1970, 5, (4), 524-526
61. Unionism and the Occupational Wage Structure in the United States
    International Economic Review, 1970, 11, (2), 269-86 View citations (24)

1969

62. Interrelated Factor Demand Functions
    American Economic Review, 1969, 59, (4), 457-71 View citations (130)
63. On the Interindustry Wage and Hours Structure
    Journal of Political Economy, 1969, 77, (2), 249-73 View citations (23)
64. Trade Union Power, Threat Effects and the Extent of Organization
    The Review of Economic Studies, 1969, 36, (2), 185-196 View citations (61)

Books

2007

1. Studies in Labor Markets
   National Bureau of Economic Research Books, University of Chicago Press View citations (2)
   Also in NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1981) View citations (513)

1973

2. A Disequilibrium Model of Demand for Factors of Production
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (42)
   See also Journal Article A Disequilibrium Model of Demand for Factors of Production, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1974) View citations (25) (1974)

Edited books

1994

1. Implicit Contract Theory
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing

Chapters

2005

1. SUBSTITUTION AND DIVISION OF LABOUR
   Chapter 3 in An Inframarginal Approach To Trade Theory, 2005, pp 29-51

2000

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

1997

3. Public Employment, Taxes, and the Welfare State in Sweden
   A chapter in The Welfare State in Transition: Reforming the Swedish Model, 1997, pp 79-108 View citations (33)
   See also Working Paper Public Employment, Taxes and the Welfare State in Sweden, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1995) View citations (24) (1995)

1987

4. Pension Inequality
   A chapter in Issues in Pension Economics, 1987, pp 341-364 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Pension Inequality, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1984) View citations (5) (1984)
5. The theory of equalizing differences
   Chapter 12 in Handbook of Labor Economics, 1987, vol. 1, pp 641-692 View citations (72)

1982

6. Healthiness, Education, and Marital Status
   A chapter in Economic Aspects of Health, 1982, pp 121-140 View citations (16)
   See also Working Paper Healthiness, Education, and Marital Status, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1980) View citations (11) (1980)

1981

7. Introduction to "Studies in Labor Markets"
   A chapter in Studies in Labor Markets, 1981, pp 1-20 View citations (8)

1980

8. New Books on the Measurement of Capital
   A chapter in The Measurement of Capital, 1980, pp 153-174 View citations (4)

1976

9. The Value of Saving a Life: Evidence from the Labor Market
   A chapter in Household Production and Consumption, 1976, pp 265-302 View citations (98)

1975

10. Measuring the Obsolescence of Knowledge
    A chapter in Education, Income, and Human Behavior, 1975, pp 199-232 View citations (32)

1973

11. Appendices to "A Disequilibrium Model of Demand for Factors of Production"
    A chapter in A Disequilibrium Model of Demand for Factors of Production, 1973, pp 175-200 View citations (11)
12. Characteristics of the Data
    A chapter in A Disequilibrium Model of Demand for Factors of Production, 1973, pp 40-54
13. Disaggregated Results
    A chapter in A Disequilibrium Model of Demand for Factors of Production, 1973, pp 101-159
14. Estimation of the Model: Total Manufacturing
    A chapter in A Disequilibrium Model of Demand for Factors of Production, 1973, pp 55-80
15. Experimentations in Speciflcation
    A chapter in A Disequilibrium Model of Demand for Factors of Production, 1973, pp 81-100
16. Further Observations, Summary, and Conclusions
    A chapter in A Disequilibrium Model of Demand for Factors of Production, 1973, pp 160-171
17. Introduction to "A Disequilibrium Model of Demand for Factors of Production"
    A chapter in A Disequilibrium Model of Demand for Factors of Production, 1973, pp -7--3 View citations (11)
18. Introductory pages including Preface to "A Disequilibrium Model of Demand for Factors of Production"
    A chapter in A Disequilibrium Model of Demand for Factors of Production, 1973, pp -25--9 View citations (8)
19. Nature of the Problem and Relation to the Literature
    A chapter in A Disequilibrium Model of Demand for Factors of Production, 1973, pp 1-12
20. The Structure of the Model
    A chapter in A Disequilibrium Model of Demand for Factors of Production, 1973, pp 13-39