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Working Papers

2019

1. Demand for Older Workers: What Do Economists Think? What Are Firms Doing?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)

2018

2. The Effectiveness of High Sugar Warning Labels on Breakfast Cereals
   2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia, International Association of Agricultural Economists

2013

3. Golden Years or Financial Fears? Decision Making After Retirement Seminars
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

2010

4. The Role of Financial Literacy in Determining Retirement Plans
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)

2004

5. The Value of Phased Retirement
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

2003

6. Phasing Into Retirement
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)

2000

7. The Effect of Unions on Employment: Evidence from an Unnatural Experiment in Uruguay
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
8. Unions and Employment in Uruguay
   IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (1)
   See also Chapter Unions and Employment in Uruguay, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004) View citations (26) (2004)

1999

9. Has Job Security Vanished in Large Corporations?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)

1996

10. Technology and the Wage Structure
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (35)
    See also Journal Article Technology and the Wage Structure, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2001) View citations (69) (2001)

1994

11. Developments in Collective Bargaining in Construction in the 1980s and 1990s
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
12. Updated Notes on the Interindustry Wage Structure
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)

1993

13. Post-Retirement Increases in Pensions in the 1980s: Did Plan Finances Matter?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1991

14. Changes in the Cyclical Sensitivity of Wages in the United States, 1891-1987
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Changes in the Cyclical Sensitivity of Wages in the United States, 1891-1987, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1992) View citations (23) (1992)
15. Pensions, Bonding, and Lifetime Jobs
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (27)

1989

16. The Pension Cost of Changing Jobs
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)

1988

17. Human Resource Policies and Union-Nonunion Productivity Differences
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
18. Pensions and Lifetime Jobs: The New Industrial Feudalism Revisited
    Department of Economics and Business - Archive, North Carolina State University, Department of Economics View citations (4)
19. Why Do Pensions Reduce Mobility?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)

1987

20. Declining Unionization in Construction: The Facts and the Reasons
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
21. Pension Wealth, Age-Wealth Profiles and the Distribution of Net Worth
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    See also Chapter Pension Wealth, Age-Wealth Profiles, and the Distribution of Net Worth, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1989) View citations (6) (1989)
22. Pensions and Firm Performance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
23. Productivity Levels and Productivity Change Under Unionism
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
24. Relative Wage Variability in the United States, 1860-1983
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article Relative Wage Variability in the United States, 1860-1983, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (1987) (1987)
25. Unions and Efficiency in Private Sector Construction: Further Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1986

26. Can Union Labor Ever Cost Less?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
27. Unions and Job Security in the Public Sector
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
    See also Chapter Unions and Job Security in the Public Sector, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1988) View citations (6) (1988)

1985

28. The Effect of Unionism on Productivity in Privately and Publicly Owned Hospitals and Nursing Homes
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
29. Union Work Rules and Efficiency in the Building Trades
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Union Work Rules and Efficiency in the Building Trades, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (1986) View citations (12) (1986)
30. Unions, Pension Wealth, and Age-Compensation Profiles
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
31. Why Construction Industry Productivity is Declining
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
    See also Journal Article Why Construction Industry Productivity Is Declining, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (1985) View citations (14) (1985)

1984

32. Post-Retirement Adjustments of Pension Benefits
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (20)

1983

33. Unionization and Productivity in Office Building and School Construction
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)

Journal Articles

2008

1. Developing tsunami warnings from numerical model output
   Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, 2008, 46, (1), 35-52 View citations (1)

2002

2. Wheelchair users at home: Few home modifications and many injurious falls
   American Journal of Public Health, 2002, 92, (1), 48 View citations (2)

2001

3. Technology and the Wage Structure
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2001, 19, (2), 440-83 View citations (69)
   See also Working Paper Technology and the Wage Structure, NBER Working Papers (1996) View citations (35) (1996)

1994

4. Labor market flexibility and unemployment in Chile and Uruguay
   Estudios de Economia, 1994, 21, (esp Year 1994), 127-146 View citations (8)

1993

5. Pregnancy and contraception use among urban Rwandan women after HIV testing and counseling
   American Journal of Public Health, 1993, 83, (5), 705-710 View citations (13)

1992

6. Changes in the Cyclical Sensitivity of Wages in the United States, 1891-1987
   American Economic Review, 1992, 82, (1), 122-40 View citations (23)
   See also Working Paper Changes in the Cyclical Sensitivity of Wages in the United States, 1891-1987, NBER Working Papers (1991) View citations (2) (1991)
7. Smoking cessation in women concerned about weight
   American Journal of Public Health, 1992, 82, (9), 1238-1243 View citations (2)

1990

8. Earnings surprises and prior insider trading: Tests of joint informativeness*
   Contemporary Accounting Research, 1990, 6, (2), 518-543 View citations (4)

1989

9. Why Construction Industry Productivity Is Declining: Reply
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1989, 71, (3), 547-48 View citations (2)

1987

10. Relative Wage Variability in the United States, 1860-1983
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1987, 69, (4), 617-26
    See also Working Paper Relative Wage Variability in the United States, 1860-1983, NBER Working Papers (1987) (1987)

1986

11. Union Work Rules and Efficiency in the Building Trades
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1986, 4, (2), 212-42 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper Union Work Rules and Efficiency in the Building Trades, NBER Working Papers (1985) View citations (1) (1985)

1985

12. Why Construction Industry Productivity Is Declining
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1985, 67, (4), 661-69 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper Why Construction Industry Productivity is Declining, NBER Working Papers (1985) View citations (15) (1985)

1983

13. Much Ado about Davis-Bacon: A Critical Review and New Evidence
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1983, 26, (3), 707-36 View citations (6)

1981

14. An Empirical Model of Work Attendance
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1981, 63, (1), 77-87 View citations (163)

Chapters

2004

1. Unions and Employment in Uruguay
   A chapter in Law and Employment: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean, 2004, pp 435-496 View citations (26)
   See also Working Paper Unions and Employment in Uruguay, Inter-American Development Bank (2000) View citations (1) (2000)

1989

2. Pension Wealth, Age-Wealth Profiles, and the Distribution of Net Worth
   A chapter in The Measurement of Saving, Investment, and Wealth, 1989, pp 689-736 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Pension Wealth, Age-Wealth Profiles and the Distribution of Net Worth, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1987) View citations (2) (1987)

1988

3. Unions and Job Security in the Public Sector
   A chapter in When Public Sector Workers Unionize, 1988, pp 271-304 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Unions and Job Security in the Public Sector, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1986) View citations (6) (1986)