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Working Papers

2013

1. Raising the Social Security Payroll Tax Cap: How Many Workers Would Pay More?
   CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
2. State Union Membership, 2012
   CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
3. Why Does the Minimum Wage Have No Discernible Effect on Employment?
   CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

2012

4. Bad Jobs on the Rise
   CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
5. Down and Out: Measuring Long-term Hardship in the Labor Market
   CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
6. Health-insurance Coverage for Low-wage Workers, 1979-2010 and Beyond
   CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
7. Long-term Hardship in the Labor Market
   CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
8. Low-wage Lessons
   CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) View citations (1)
9. Low-wage Workers Are Older and Better Educated than Ever
   CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
10. Making Jobs Good
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
11. Where Have All the Good Jobs Gone?
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
12. Who's (Still) Above the Social Security Payroll Tax Cap?
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

2011

13. Deconstructing Structural Unemployment
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) View citations (5)
14. Diversity and Change: Asian American and Pacific Islander Workers
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
15. Labor Market Policy in the Great Recession: Some Lessons from Denmark and Germany
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) View citations (1)
16. Politics Matter: Changes in Unionization Rates in Rich Countries, 1960-2010
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Industrial Relations Journal (2012)
17. The Wage and Employment Impact of Minimum-Wage Laws in Three Cities
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
18. Unions and Upward Mobility for Asian American and Pacific Islander Workers
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
19. Who's Above the Social Security Payroll Tax Cap?
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

2010

20. Health-Insurance Coverage Rates for US Workers, 1979-2008
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) View citations (4)
21. The High Budgetary Cost of Incarceration
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
    Also in CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) (2010) View citations (1)
22. The Unions of the States
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) View citations (1)
23. The Urgent Need for Job Creation
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) View citations (1)
24. The Wage Penalty for State and Local Government Employees in New England
    Working Papers, Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts at Amherst View citations (1)
25. Unions and Upward Mobility for Immigrant Workers
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

2009

26. An International Comparison of Small Business Employment
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) View citations (6)
27. Contagion Nation: A Comparison of Paid Sick Day Policies in 22 Countries
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) View citations (3)
28. Dropping the Ax: Illegal Firings During Union Election Campaigns, 1951-2007
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) View citations (1)
29. Inequality as Policy: The United States Since 1979
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
30. Is the U.S. Unemployment Rate Today Already as High as It Was in 1982?
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
31. Paid Sick Days Don’t Cause Unemployment
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
32. The $1 Trillion Wage Deficit
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Challenge (2010)
33. The Changing Face of Labor, 1983-2008
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
34. U.S. Unemployment Now as High as Europe
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
35. Unions and Upward Mobility for Asian Pacific American Workers
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
36. Unions and Upward Mobility for Service-Sector Workers
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

2008

37. 'Misunderestimating' Living Standards
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
38. Movin’ On Up: Reforming America’s Social Contract to Provide a Bridge to the Middle Class
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
39. Parental Leave Policies in 21 Countries: Assessing Generosity and Gender Equality
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) View citations (4)
40. Slow-Motion Recession: What Congress Can Do to Help
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Challenge (2008)
41. The Changing Prospects for Building Home Equity: An Updated Analysis of Rents and the Price of Housing in 100 Metropolitan Areas
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
42. The Decline in African-American Representation in Unions and Manufacturing, 1979-2007
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) View citations (2)
43. The Economic Impact of a U.S. Slowdown on the Americas
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
44. The Key to Stabilizing House Prices: Bring Them Down
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
45. The Reagan Question: Are You Better Off Now Than You Were Eight Years Ago?
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
46. The Union Wage Advantage for Low-Wage Workers
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) View citations (5)
47. Unions and Upward Mobility for African-American Workers
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
48. Unions and Upward Mobility for Latino Workers
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) View citations (6)
49. Unions and Upward Mobility for Women Workers
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
50. What We’re In For: Projected Economic Impact of the Next Recession
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) View citations (1)

2007

51. Dropping the Ax: Illegal Firings During Union Election Campaigns
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) View citations (1)
52. The Decline in African-American Representation in Unions and Manufacturing, 1979-2006
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

2006

53. Analysis of NY 'Fair Share for Health Care' Bill
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
54. Are Protective Labor Market Institutions Really at the Root of Unemployment? A Critical Perspective on the Statistical Evidence
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) View citations (8)
55. Changing Patterns in the Relative Economic Performance of Immigrants to Great Britain and the U.S., 1980-2000
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) View citations (1)
56. Employment Regulation and French Unemployment: Were the French Students Right After All?
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
57. Is the U.S. a Good Model for Reducing Social Exclusion in Europe?
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) View citations (4)
58. Missing Inaction: Evidence of Undercounting of Non-Workers in the Current Population Survey
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) View citations (4)
59. Old Europe Goes to Work: Rising Employment Rates in the European Union
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
60. The Decline in African-American Representation in Unions and Auto Manufacturing, 1979-2004
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
61. The Impact of Undercounting in the Current Population Survey
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) View citations (1)
62. Whatever Happened to the American Jobs Machine?
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

2005

63. Correcting Employment Rates in the 2000 Decennial Census Using Information from the CPS-Census 2000
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) View citations (1)
64. How Good is the Economy at Creating Good Jobs?
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) View citations (2)
65. Labor Markets and Economic Inequality in the United States Since the End of the 1970s
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
66. The Impact of Proposed Minimum-Wage Increase on Low-Income Families
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

2004

67. Employment differences in services: the role of wages, productivity and demand
    DEMPATEM Working Papers, AIAS, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies
68. Estimating household consumption expenditures in the United States using the Interview and Diary portions of the 1980, 1990, and 1997 Consumer Expenditure Surveys
    DEMPATEM Working Papers, AIAS, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies View citations (1)
69. Is There an Impact of Household Computer Ownership on Childrens Educational Attainment in Britain?
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Economics of Education Review (2006)

2002

70. Give PCs a Chance: Personal Computer Ownership and the Digital Divide in the United States and Great Britain
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (3)
71. Is the OECD Jobs Strategy Behind US and British Employment and Unemployment Success in the 1990s?
    SCEPA Working Papers, Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA), The New School View citations (9)
72. Labor Market Institutions and Unemployment: A Critical Assessment of the Cross-Country Evidence
    SCEPA Working Papers, Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA), The New School View citations (95)

1993

73. Job Search Activity and Changing Unemployment Benefit Entitlement: Pseudo-Panel Estimates for Britain
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (3)
74. The Changing Structure of Male Earnings in Britain
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (10)

1991

75. A Test of the Effect of Benefits on Search Activity in a Model of Endogenous Job Offer Arrivals
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

Journal Articles

2012

1. Down and Out
   Challenge, 2012, 55, (3), 5-20
2. Politics matter: changes in unionisation rates in rich countries, 1960–2010
   Industrial Relations Journal, 2012, 43, (3), 260-280 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2011)
3. Why Don't More Young People Go to College?
   Challenge, 2012, 55, (4), 78-93

2010

4. Rebound: Why America Will Emerge Stronger from the Financial Crisis, by Stephen J. Rose
   Challenge, 2010, 53, (5), 92-97
5. The $1 Trillion Wage Deficit
   Challenge, 2010, 53, (2), 47-53
   See also Working Paper (2009)

2009

6. Is the U.S. Unemployment Rate Already as High as It Was in the 1980s?
   Challenge, 2009, 52, (5), 117-125

2008

7. A Slow-Motion Recession: What Congress Can Do to Help
   Challenge, 2008, 51, (5), 5-19
   See also Working Paper (2008)
8. The Crisis of the European Union: >i>Weakening of the EU Social Model>/i>
   Challenge, 2008, 51, (1), 69-77
9. The Decline of Good Jobs: >i>How Have Jobs with Adequate Pay and Benefits Done?>/i>
   Challenge, 2008, 51, (1), 5-25
10. What We're In For: >i>Projected Economic Impact of the Next Recession>/i>
    Challenge, 2008, 51, (3), 27-42

2007

11. Are Protective Labor Market Institutions at the Root of Unemployment? A Critical Review of the Evidence
    Capitalism and Society, 2007, 2, (1), 1 View citations (28)
12. Changes in the Relative Economic Performance of Immigrants to Great Britain and the United States, 1980-2000
    British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2007, 45, (4), 659-686 View citations (7)
13. Old Europe Goes to Work
    Challenge, 2007, 50, (3), 99-106

2006

14. Is there an impact of household computer ownership on children's educational attainment in Britain?
    Economics of Education Review, 2006, 25, (6), 659-673 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper (2004)
15. Labor Market Reforms: The Evidence Does Not Tell the Orthodox Tale
    Challenge, 2006, 49, (2), 5-22 View citations (4)

2005

16. Is It Time to Export the U.S. Tax Model to Latin America?
    Challenge, 2005, 48, (3), 84-108 View citations (1)

2004

17. Is globalisation undermining the welfare state?
    Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2004, 28, (1), 133-152 View citations (5)
18. The Rise in Job Displacement, 1991-2004
    Challenge, 2004, 47, (6), 46-68

1996

19. Education isn't everything Widening earnings gaps are as much the result of other policies
    New Economy, 1996, 3, (4), 204-208

1993

20. Unemployment Benefit Levels and Search Activity
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 1993, 55, (1), 1-24 View citations (21)

Chapters

1995

1. The Changing Structure of Male Earnings in Britain, 1974-1988
   A chapter in Differences and Changes in Wage Structures, 1995, pp 177-204 View citations (11)