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Working Papers

2017

1. Occupational Choice and Matching in the Labor Market
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in 2017 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2017)
   Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics (2017)
2. The Cobb Douglas marriage matching function: Marriage matching with peer and scale effects
   Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group View citations (7)

2015

3. A quantitative review of Marriage Markets: How Inequality is Remaking the American Family by Carbone and Cahn
   Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics
   See also Journal Article A Quantitative Review of Marriage Markets: How Inequality Is Remaking the American Family by Carbone and Cahn, Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association (2016) View citations (10) (2016)
4. Cohabitation versus marriage: Marriage matching with peer effects
   Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics View citations (3)
5. Obituary: Gary Becker and the Art of Economics
   Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics
6. Relationship Skills in the Labor and Marriage Markets
   Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics View citations (3)
   Also in 2014 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2014)

2013

7. Information Externalities and Intermediaries in Frictional Search Markets
   Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics
   Also in Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics (2010)
   See also Journal Article Information externalities and intermediaries in frictional search markets, Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association (2014) View citations (2) (2014)
8. It's Not Me, It's You: Social Skills and Human Capital in the Labor and Marriage Markets
   2013 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics

2012

9. Becker Meets Ricardo: Multisector Matching with Social and Cognitive Skills
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
   Also in Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics (2012) View citations (2)
10. Becker meets Ricardo: A social and cognitive skills model of human capabilities
    2012 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics

2011

11. Search Intermediaries
    Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics View citations (2)

2010

12. Large Shocks and Small Changes in the Marriage Market for Famine Born Cohorts in China
    2010 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (4)
    Also in Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics (2008) View citations (19)
13. The Collective Marriage Matching Model: Identification, Estimation and Testing
    2010 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
    Also in Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics (2008) View citations (5)

2009

14. Large Demographic Shocks and Small Changes in the Marriage Market
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (4)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2009) View citations (3)
15. Marriage matching, risk sharing and spousal labor supplies
    2009 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
    Also in Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics (2008) View citations (7)
16. Substitution Effects in Parental Investments
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
17. Testing Becker's Theory of Positive Assortative Matching
    Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Testing Becker's Theory of Positive Assortative Matching, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2015) View citations (48) (2015)

2008

18. An Empirical Model of Intra-household Allocations and the Marriage Market
    2008 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
19. Are there Increasing Returns in Marriage Markets?
    Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics View citations (19)
    Also in Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics (2006) View citations (1)
20. How does the marriage market clear? An empirical framework
    Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics View citations (26)
    See also Journal Article How does the marriage market clear? An empirical framework, Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association (2008) View citations (20) (2008)

2007

21. Lifecycle marriage matching: Theory and Evidence
    2007 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (4)

2006

22. City size and the quality of marriages: Evidence from 3 societies
    2006 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics

2001

23. Competing Premarital Investment
    Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics
    Also in Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics (2000) View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article Competing Premarital Investments, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2002) View citations (129) (2002)

2000

24. Why Dowries?
    Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers, Econometric Society View citations (1)
    Also in Boston University - Institute for Economic Development, Boston University, Institute for Economic Development (1999) View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article Why Dowries?, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2003) View citations (95) (2003)

1999

25. Marriage and Fertility in a Catholic Society: Eighteenth-Century Quebec
    Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics View citations (2)

1998

26. Differential Fecundity and Gender Biased Parental Investment
    Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics View citations (7)
27. Estimating the Effects of Federal Research Funding on Universities using Alumni Representation on Congressional Appropriations Committees
    Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics View citations (7)

1996

28. Differential Fecundity, Markets and Gender Roles
    Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Differential Fecundity, Markets, and Gender Roles, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1998) View citations (81) (1998)

1995

29. The Organization of the Market for Professors
    Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics View citations (6)

1992

30. Careers in Ongoing Hierarchies
    Cahiers de recherche CREFE / CREFE Working Papers, CREFE, Université du Québec à Montréal
    See also Journal Article Careers in Ongoing Hierarchies, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1994) View citations (53) (1994)
31. Managerial Husbandry and the Dynamics of Ongoing Firms
    Cahiers de recherche CREFE / CREFE Working Papers, CREFE, Université du Québec à Montréal View citations (2)

1990

32. On the Job Screening, Up or Out Rules, and Firm Growth
    University of Chicago - Economics Research Center, Chicago - Economics Research Center
    See also Journal Article On the Job Screening, up or out Rules, and Firm Growth, Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association (1992) View citations (33) (1992)
33. Up or Out Rules in the Market for Lawers
    University of Chicago - Economics Research Center, Chicago - Economics Research Center
    See also Journal Article Up-or-Out Rules in the Market for Lawyers, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (1995) View citations (49) (1995)

1987

34. Dynamic Factor Models of Consumption, Hours, and Income
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Dynamic factor models of consumption, hours and income, Research in Economics, Elsevier (2002) View citations (20) (2002)

1986

35. Testing the Response of Consumption to Income Changes with (Noisy) PanelData
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
    Also in Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. (1985) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Testing the Response of Consumption to Income Changes with (Noisy) Panel Data, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (1987) View citations (181) (1987)

Journal Articles

2016

1. A Quantitative Review of Marriage Markets: How Inequality Is Remaking the American Family by Carbone and Cahn
   Journal of Economic Literature, 2016, 54, (1), 193-207 View citations (10)
   See also Working Paper A quantitative review of Marriage Markets: How Inequality is Remaking the American Family by Carbone and Cahn, Working Papers (2015) (2015)

2015

2. Becker Meets Ricardo: Multisector Matching with Communication and Cognitive Skills
   The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2015, 31, (4), 690-720 View citations (20)
3. Compensating for unequal parental investments in schooling
   Journal of Population Economics, 2015, 28, (2), 423-462 View citations (2)
4. Gary Becker and the Art of Economics
   JODE - Journal of Demographic Economics, 2015, 81, (1), 3-6
5. Testing Becker's Theory of Positive Assortative Matching
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2015, 33, (2), 409 - 441 View citations (48)
   See also Working Paper Testing Becker's Theory of Positive Assortative Matching, Working Papers (2009) View citations (11) (2009)

2014

6. Information externalities and intermediaries in frictional search markets
   Canadian Journal of Economics, 2014, 47, (4), 1131-1152 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Information Externalities and Intermediaries in Frictional Search Markets, Working Papers (2013) (2013)

2008

7. How does the marriage market clear? An empirical framework
   Canadian Journal of Economics, 2008, 41, (4), 1121-1155 View citations (20)
   See also Working Paper How does the marriage market clear? An empirical framework, Working Papers (2008) View citations (26) (2008)

2007

8. Class, Gender and Marriage
   Review of Economic Dynamics, 2007, 10, (4), 549-575 View citations (13)

2006

9. Estimating a marriage matching model with spillover effects
   Demography, 2006, 43, (3), 463-490 View citations (17)
10. Who Marries Whom and Why
    Journal of Political Economy, 2006, 114, (1), 175-201 View citations (472)

2004

11. Unions without rents: the curious economics of faculty unions
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 2004, 37, (1), 28-52 View citations (10)

2003

12. Does Federal Research Funding Increase University Research Output?
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2003, 3, (1), 1-24 View citations (93)
13. Why Dowries?
    American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (4), 1385-1398 View citations (95)
    See also Working Paper Why Dowries?, Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers (2000) View citations (1) (2000)

2002

14. Competing Premarital Investments
    Journal of Political Economy, 2002, 110, (3), 592-608 View citations (129)
    See also Working Paper Competing Premarital Investment, Working Papers (2001) (2001)
15. Differential Fecundity and Gender-Biased Parental Investments in Health
    Review of Economic Dynamics, 2002, 5, (4), 999-1024 View citations (6)
16. Dynamic factor models of consumption, hours and income
    Research in Economics, 2002, 56, (1), 3-59 View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper Dynamic Factor Models of Consumption, Hours, and Income, NBER Working Papers (1987) View citations (8) (1987)

1998

17. Differential Fecundity, Markets, and Gender Roles
    Journal of Political Economy, 1998, 106, (2), 334-354 View citations (81)
    See also Working Paper Differential Fecundity, Markets and Gender Roles, Working Papers (1996) View citations (1) (1996)
18. Tenure and Other Unusual Personnel Practices in Academia
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 1998, 14, (1), 152-73 View citations (28)

1997

19. Some evidence on the signalling role of research in academia
    Economics Letters, 1997, 54, (3), 271-276 View citations (11)
20. The creation of plants and firms
    Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 1997, 22, (1), 141-178

1996

21. Managerial husbandry and the dynamics of ongoing hierarchies
    European Economic Review, 1996, 40, (7), 1483-1499 View citations (1)

1995

22. Up-or-Out Rules in the Market for Lawyers
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1995, 13, (4), 709-35 View citations (49)
    See also Working Paper Up or Out Rules in the Market for Lawers, University of Chicago - Economics Research Center (1990) (1990)

1994

23. Careers in Ongoing Hierarchies
    American Economic Review, 1994, 84, (5), 1261-77 View citations (53)
    See also Working Paper Careers in Ongoing Hierarchies, Cahiers de recherche CREFE / CREFE Working Papers (1992) (1992)

1993

24. Some Reflections on Jacob Mincer
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1993, 11, (1), v-viii

1992

25. On the Job Screening, up or out Rules, and Firm Growth
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1992, 25, (2), 346-68 View citations (33)
    See also Working Paper On the Job Screening, Up or Out Rules, and Firm Growth, University of Chicago - Economics Research Center (1990) (1990)

1991

26. Are First Impressions Important in Academia?
    Journal of Human Resources, 1991, 26, (2), 236-255 View citations (23)
27. Promotion Lotteries
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 1991, 7, (2), 401-09 View citations (2)

1989

28. Fixed cost of work and the demand for lotteries
    Economics Letters, 1989, 29, (4), 299-302 View citations (1)

1988

29. The Division of Markets is Limited by the Extent of Liquidity (Spatial Competition with Externalities)
    American Economic Review, 1988, 78, (1), 108-21 View citations (53)

1987

30. Testing the Response of Consumption to Income Changes with (Noisy) Panel Data
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1987, 102, (2), 293-328 View citations (181)
    See also Working Paper Testing the Response of Consumption to Income Changes with (Noisy) PanelData, NBER Working Papers (1986) View citations (6) (1986)

1985

31. Interest Rates and Investment Spending: Some Empirical Evidence for Postwar U.S. Producer Equipment, 1947-1980
    The Journal of Business, 1985, 58, (4), 359-75 View citations (5)

1984

32. Occupational Choice under Uncertainty
    Econometrica, 1984, 52, (3), 631-45 View citations (67)