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Homepage:	https://harris.uchicago.edu/directory/dan-black
Phone:	773.702.0623
Postal address:	University of Chicago Harris School 1307 East 60th Street Chicago, IL 60637
Workplace:	Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2023

1. Criminal Charges, Risk Assessment, and Violent Recidivism in Cases of Domestic Abuse
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
   Also in CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2023) View citations (1)
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2023)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023) View citations (1)
2. Firm Training
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo

2022

3. Simple Tests for Selection: Learning More from Instrumental Variables
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
   Also in Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2020) View citations (1)
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2017) View citations (8)
   See also Journal Article Simple Tests for Selection: Learning More from Instrumental Variables, Labour Economics, Elsevier (2022) (2022)

2019

4. A Cross-Cohort Analysis of Human Capital Specialization and the College Gender Wage Gap
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
   Also in Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2019) View citations (13)

2017

5. The Methuselah Effect: The Pernicious Impact of Unreported Deaths on Old Age Mortality Estimates
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
   See also Journal Article The Methuselah Effect: The Pernicious Impact of Unreported Deaths on Old-Age Mortality Estimates, Demography, Springer (2017) View citations (11) (2017)

2015

6. Simple Tests for Selection Bias: Learning More from Instrumental Variables
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (17)

2011

7. Are Children “Normal”?
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
   Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2009) View citations (24)
   See also Journal Article Are Children “Normal”?, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2013) View citations (26) (2013)

2010

8. African-American economic progress in urban areas: a tale of 14 American cities
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

2009

9. The role of location in evaluating racial wage disparity
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (18)
   See also Journal Article The role of location in evaluating racial wage disparity, IZA Journal of Labor Economics, Springer (2013) View citations (10) (2013)

2008

10. Local price variation and labor supply behavior
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Local price variation and labor supply behavior, Review, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2009) View citations (4) (2009)
11. The labor supply of married women: why does it differ across U.S. cities?
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (5)

2007

12. Bandwidth Selection and the Estimation of Treatment Effects with Unbalanced Data
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (30)
    See also Journal Article Bandwidth Selection and the Estimation of Treatment Effects with Unbalanced Data, Annals of Economics and Statistics, GENES (2008) View citations (32) (2008)
13. Earnings functions when wages and prices vary by location
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Earnings Functions When Wages and Prices Vary by Location, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2009) View citations (59) (2009)

2005

14. Local Labor Market Conditions and Retirement Behavior
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (7)

2003

15. How Robust is the Evidence on the Effects of College Quality? Evidence From Matching
    University of Western Ontario, Centre for Human Capital and Productivity (CHCP) Working Papers, University of Western Ontario, Centre for Human Capital and Productivity (CHCP) View citations (56)
    See also Journal Article How robust is the evidence on the effects of college quality? Evidence from matching, Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier (2004) View citations (390) (2004)
16. On the Measurement of Job Risk in Hedonic Wage Models
    National Center for Environmental Economics-NCEE Working Papers, United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
    Also in NCEE Working Paper Series, National Center for Environmental Economics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2003) View citations (74)
    Center for Policy Research Working Papers, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University (2003) View citations (74)
    See also Journal Article On the Measurement of Job Risk in Hedonic Wage Models, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer (2003) View citations (75) (2003)

2002

17. Is the Threat of Reemployment Services More Effective than the Services Themselves? Experimental Evidence from the UI System
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)

2000

18. Are We Understating the Impact of Economic Conditions on Welfare Rolls?
    Center for Policy Research Reports, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University
    See also Journal Article Are We Understanding the Impact of Economic Conditions on Welfare Rolls?, Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School (2002) (2002)
19. Evaluating Profiling as a Means of Allocating Government Services
    University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics View citations (40)

1999

20. Demographics of the Gay and Lesbian Population in the United States: Evidence from Available Systematic Data Sources
    Center for Policy Research Working Papers, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University View citations (24)
    See also Journal Article Demographics of the gay and lesbian population in the United States: Evidence from available systematic data sources, Demography, Springer (2000) View citations (120) (2000)
21. Is the Threat of Training More Effective Than Training Itself? Experimental Evidence from the UI System
    University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics View citations (14)

1997

22. Employment Occupational Structure, Technological Capital and Reorganization of Production
    University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics View citations (10)

1996

23. College Characteristics and the Wages of Young Women
    HEW, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (6)
24. College Quality and the Wages of Young Men
    HEW, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (5)
25. Dismissals and Match-Specific Rents
    Labor and Demography, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Dismissals and match-specific rents, Labour Economics, Elsevier (1997) View citations (5) (1997)
26. Family Health Benefits and Worker Turnover
    Labor and Demography, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
27. The Duration of Medicaid Spells: An Analysis Using Flow and Stock Samples
    HEW, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article The Duration Of Medicaid Spells: An Analysis Using Flow And Stock Samples, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (1998) View citations (28) (1998)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Relaxing financial constraints with tax credits and migrating out of rural and distressed America
   Journal of Public Economics, 2024, 234, (C) View citations (2)

2022

2. Simple Tests for Selection: Learning More from Instrumental Variables
   Labour Economics, 2022, 79, (C)
   See also Working Paper Simple Tests for Selection: Learning More from Instrumental Variables, NBER Working Papers (2022) View citations (2) (2022)

2021

3. College Majors, Occupations, and the Gender Wage Gap
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2021, 35, (4), 223-48 View citations (17)

2019

4. Using natural resource shocks to study economic behavior
   IZA World of Labor, 2019, 470

2017

5. Combining forward and backward mortality estimation
   Population Studies, 2017, 71, (3), 281-292
6. The Methuselah Effect: The Pernicious Impact of Unreported Deaths on Old-Age Mortality Estimates
   Demography, 2017, 54, (6), 2001-2024 View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper The Methuselah Effect: The Pernicious Impact of Unreported Deaths on Old Age Mortality Estimates, NBER Working Papers (2017) View citations (10) (2017)

2015

7. Empirical evidence in the study of labor markets: Opportunities and challenges for a new household survey
   Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 2015, (1-4), 97-122
8. Matching as a regression estimator
   IZA World of Labor, 2015, 186 View citations (3)
9. Predictive Inference Using Latent Variables with Covariates
   Psychometrika, 2015, 80, (3), 727-747 View citations (6)
10. The Impact of the Great Migration on Mortality of African Americans: Evidence from the Deep South
    American Economic Review, 2015, 105, (2), 477-503 View citations (76)
11. The effect of early-life education on later-life mortality
    Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 44, (C), 1-9 View citations (20)

2014

12. Local Labor Markets and the Evolution of Inequality
    Annual Review of Economics, 2014, 6, (1), 605-628 View citations (1)
13. Why do so few women work in New York (and so many in Minneapolis)? Labor supply of married women across US cities
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2014, 79, (C), 59-71 View citations (102)

2013

14. Are Children “Normal”?
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 95, (1), 21-33 View citations (26)
    See also Working Paper Are Children “Normal”?, IZA Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (2) (2011)
15. The role of location in evaluating racial wage disparity
    IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2013, 2, (1), 1-18 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper The role of location in evaluating racial wage disparity, Working Papers (2009) View citations (18) (2009)

2012

16. OVERVIEW OF THE SCIENCE OF SCIENCE POLICY SYMPOSIUM
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2012, 31, (3), 598-600
17. Point/Counterpoint
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2012, 31, (3), 706-707

2011

18. Spatial panel methods with applications to House Prices: A symposium
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2011, 69, (1), 1-1

2010

19. The economic progress of African Americans in urban areas: a tale of 14 cities
    Review, 2010, 92, (Sep), 353-379 View citations (2)

2009

20. Earnings Functions When Wages and Prices Vary by Location
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2009, 27, (1), 21-47 View citations (59)
    See also Working Paper Earnings functions when wages and prices vary by location, Working Papers (2007) View citations (11) (2007)
21. Local price variation and labor supply behavior
    Review, 2009, 91, (Nov), 613-626 View citations (4)
    Also in Regional Economic Development, 2008, (Oct), 2-14 (2008) View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Local price variation and labor supply behavior, Working Papers (2008) View citations (3) (2008)

2008

22. Bandwidth Selection and the Estimation of Treatment Effects with Unbalanced Data
    Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2008, (91-92), 189-216 View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper Bandwidth Selection and the Estimation of Treatment Effects with Unbalanced Data, IZA Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (30) (2007)
23. Gender Wage Disparities among the Highly Educated
    Journal of Human Resources, 2008, 43, (3), 630-659 View citations (125)

2007

24. Evaluating the Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services System Using a Regression Discontinuity Approach
    American Economic Review, 2007, 97, (2), 104-107 View citations (33)
25. The Economics of Lesbian and Gay Families
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2007, 21, (2), 53-70 View citations (138)

2006

26. Estimating the Returns to College Quality with Multiple Proxies for Quality
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2006, 24, (3), 701-728 View citations (208)
27. Selective Counteroffers
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2006, 24, (3), 385-410 View citations (66)
28. Why Do Minority Men Earn Less? A Study of Wage Differentials among the Highly Educated
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2006, 88, (2), 300-313 View citations (70)

2005

29. College Quality and Wages in the United States
    German Economic Review, 2005, 6, (3), 415-443 View citations (25)
    Also in German Economic Review, 2005, 6, (3), 415-443 (2005) View citations (27)
30. The Economic Impact Of The Coal Boom And Bust
    Economic Journal, 2005, 115, (503), 449-476 View citations (245)
31. Tight Labor Markets and the Demand for Education: Evidence from the Coal Boom and Bust
    ILR Review, 2005, 59, (1), 3-16 View citations (122)

2004

32. How robust is the evidence on the effects of college quality? Evidence from matching
    Journal of Econometrics, 2004, 121, (1-2), 99-124 View citations (390)
    See also Working Paper How Robust is the Evidence on the Effects of College Quality? Evidence From Matching, University of Western Ontario, Centre for Human Capital and Productivity (CHCP) Working Papers (2003) View citations (56) (2003)
33. Is There Job Lock? Evidence from the Pre‐HIPAA Era
    Southern Economic Journal, 2004, 70, (4), 953-976 View citations (3)

2003

34. Does the availability of high-wage jobs for low-skilled men affect welfare expenditures? Evidence from shocks to the steel and coal industries
    Journal of Public Economics, 2003, 87, (9-10), 1921-1942 View citations (49)
35. Is the Threat of Reemployment Services More Effective Than the Services Themselves? Evidence from Random Assignment in the UI System
    American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (4), 1313-1327 View citations (357)
36. Measurement of Higher Education in the Census and Current Population Survey
    Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2003, 98, 545-554 View citations (68)
37. On the Measurement of Job Risk in Hedonic Wage Models
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2003, 27, (3), 205-20 View citations (75)
    See also Working Paper On the Measurement of Job Risk in Hedonic Wage Models, National Center for Environmental Economics-NCEE Working Papers (2003) (2003)
38. The Earnings Effects of Sexual Orientation
    ILR Review, 2003, 56, (3), 449-469 View citations (101)
39. The Economic Reward for Studying Economics
    Economic Inquiry, 2003, 41, (3), 365-377 View citations (26)

2002

40. Are We Understanding the Impact of Economic Conditions on Welfare Rolls?
    Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), 2002, 5, (4), 489-505
    See also Working Paper Are We Understating the Impact of Economic Conditions on Welfare Rolls?, Center for Policy Research Reports (2000) (2000)
41. COBRA, Spouse Coverage, and Health Insurance Decisions of Older Households
    Journal of Forensic Economics, 2002, 15, (2), 147-164
42. The Impact of Economic Conditions on Participation in Disability Programs: Evidence from the Coal Boom and Bust
    American Economic Review, 2002, 92, (1), 27-50 View citations (234)
43. Why Do Gay Men Live in San Francisco?
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2002, 51, (1), 54-76 View citations (97)

2000

44. Demographics of the gay and lesbian population in the United States: Evidence from available systematic data sources
    Demography, 2000, 37, (2), 139-154 View citations (120)
    See also Working Paper Demographics of the Gay and Lesbian Population in the United States: Evidence from Available Systematic Data Sources, Center for Policy Research Working Papers (1999) View citations (24) (1999)

1999

45. Do Workers Pay for On-The-Job Training?
    Journal of Human Resources, 1999, 34, (2), 235-252 View citations (122)
46. Health insurance coverage of the unemployed: COBRA and the potential effects of Kassebaum-Kennedy
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1999, 18, (3), 430-448 View citations (9)
47. On‐the‐Job Training, Establishment Size, and Firm Size: Evidence for Economies of Scale in the Production of Human Capital
    Southern Economic Journal, 1999, 66, (1), 82-100 View citations (2)

1998

48. Do Right-to-Carry Laws Deter Violent Crime?
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 1998, 27, (1), 209-19 View citations (47)
49. HOW WELL DO WE MEASURE EMPLOYER‐PROVIDED HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE?
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 1998, 16, (3), 356-367 View citations (13)
50. The Duration Of Medicaid Spells: An Analysis Using Flow And Stock Samples
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1998, 80, (4), 667-675 View citations (28)
    See also Working Paper The Duration of Medicaid Spells: An Analysis Using Flow and Stock Samples, HEW (1996) View citations (1) (1996)

1997

51. Book Review: Labor Economics: Acquiring Skills: Market Failures, Their Symptoms and Policy Responses
    ILR Review, 1997, 51, (1), 140-142
52. Dismissals and match-specific rents
    Labour Economics, 1997, 4, (4), 325-340 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Dismissals and Match-Specific Rents, Labor and Demography (1996) View citations (1) (1996)
53. Employer Search, Training, and Vacancy Duration
    Economic Inquiry, 1997, 35, (1), 167-92 View citations (89)
54. How Well Do We Measure Training?
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1997, 15, (3), 507-28 View citations (78)

1995

55. Discrimination in an Equilibrium Search Model
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1995, 13, (2), 309-33 View citations (279)

1993

56. Gender Differences in Training, Capital, and Wages
    Journal of Human Resources, 1993, 28, (2), 343-364 View citations (84)

1992

57. Child Care Subsidies, Quality of Care, and the Labor Supply of Low-Income, Single Mothers
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1992, 74, (4), 635-42 View citations (102)
58. Income taxation, labor supply and the theory of income-based cost-of-living indices
    European Economic Review, 1992, 36, (1), 83-100 View citations (1)

1991

59. A differential measure of the real wage index
    Economics Letters, 1991, 36, (3), 295-298
60. Efficiency Wages and Equilibrium Wages
    Economic Inquiry, 1991, 29, (3), 525-40 View citations (7)

1989

61. Bidding for Firms
    American Economic Review, 1989, 79, (5), 1249-56 View citations (148)
62. DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE AND INEQUALITY IN THE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS OF LABOR AND NONLABOR INCOME
    Review of Income and Wealth, 1989, 35, (3), 283-296
63. Effects of the Tax Treatment of Fringe Benefits on Labor Market Segmentation
    ILR Review, 1989, 42, (2), 216-229 View citations (20)
64. Job Matching and On-the-Job Training
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1989, 7, (1), 1-19 View citations (163)

1988

65. The Microeconomic Foundations of Measuring Bracket Creep and Other Tax Changes
    Economic Inquiry, 1988, 26, (3), 471-84 View citations (3)

1987

66. Employer Size: The Implications for Search, Training, Capital Investment, Starting Wages, and Wage Growth
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1987, 5, (1), 76-89 View citations (141)
67. The Social Security System, the Provision of Human Capital, and the Structure of Compensation
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1987, 5, (2), 242-54 View citations (4)

1986

68. Unions, seniority, and public choice
    Journal of Labor Research, 1986, 7, (4), 337-348

1984

69. Consumer Credit Search: A Note
    Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1984, 16, (4), 527-35
70. On recalls, layoffs, variable hours, and labor adjustment costs
    Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 1984, 8, (3), 265-275

1982

71. Do Union Members Receive Compensating Wage Differentials? Comment
    American Economic Review, 1982, 72, (4), 864-67

Books

1997

1. On-the-Job Training
   Books from Upjohn Press, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research View citations (116)

Chapters

2009

1. Comment on "The Role of Fringe Benefits in Employer and Workforce Dynamics"
   A chapter in Producer Dynamics: New Evidence from Micro Data, 2009, pp 505-509

2003

2. CHILDREN, NON-DISCRIMINATORY PROVISION OF FRINGE BENEFITS, AND HOUSEHOLD LABOR MARKET DECISIONS
   A chapter in Worker Well-Being and Public Policy, 2003, pp 309-349

1999

3. The Use of Matched Employee-Employer Data as a Means of Assessing Data Reliability with Nonclassical Measurement Error
   A chapter in The Creation and Analysis of Employer-Employee Matched Data, 1999, pp 419-438