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Working Papers

2019

1. Wages and Hours Laws: What Do We Know? What Can Be Done?
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (7)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019) View citations (7)

2016

2. Cohort Changes in Social Security Benefits and Pension Wealth
   Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center View citations (7)

2010

3. Post-Retirement Adjustments in Defined Benefit Pensions
   Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center View citations (1)

2006

4. The Role of Conventional Retirement Age in Retirement Decisions
   Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center View citations (9)

2003

5. Early Retirement Windows
   Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center View citations (1)
   Also in Pension Research Council Working Papers, Wharton School Pension Research Council, University of Pennsylvania
   Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center (2002) View citations (13)

2001

6. Firm Age and Wages
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article Firm Age and Wages, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2003) View citations (103) (2003)

1996

7. Sex-Based Differences in School Content and the Male/Female Wage Gap
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Sex-Based Differences in School Content and the Male-Female Wage Gap, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (1997) View citations (166) (1997)

1991

8. CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN
   Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations (1)

1990

9. The Quality Dimension in Army Retention
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article The quality dimension in army retention, Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, Elsevier (1990) View citations (2) (1990)
10. Wage Levels and Method of Pay
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Wage Levels and Method of Pay, RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation (1992) View citations (52) (1992)

1989

11. Firms' Choice of Method of Pay
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (47)
    See also Journal Article Firms' Choice of Method of Pay, ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School (1990) View citations (100) (1990)
12. Measurement Error In Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Labor Market Surveys: Results From Two Validation Studies
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (42)
13. The Employer Size-Wage Effect
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (666)
    See also Journal Article The Employer Size-Wage Effect, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1989) View citations (679) (1989)

1987

14. The Impact of Firm Acquisitions on Labor
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (23)
    See also Chapter The Impact of Firm Acquisitions on Labor, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1988) View citations (38) (1988)

1985

15. Assistance to the Poor in a Federal System
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (86)
    See also Journal Article Assistance to the poor in a federal system, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (1987) View citations (153) (1987)
16. Standard-Rate Wage Setting, Labor Quality, and Unions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1984

17. Military Enlistments: What Can We Learn From Geographic Variation?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Military Enlistments: What Can We Learn from Geographic Variation?, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1985) View citations (17) (1985)

1983

18. The Effect of Ignoring Heteroscedasticity on Estimates of the Tobit Model
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)

1982

19. The Effect of the Minimum Wage on Employment and Unemployment: A Survey
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (254)

1981

20. Black-White Earnings Ratios Since the Civil Rights Act of 1964: The Importance of Labor Market Dropouts
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Black-White Earnings Ratios Since the Civil Rights Act of 1964: The Importance of Labor Market Dropouts, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (1984) View citations (73) (1984)
21. The Federal Attack on Labor Market Discrimination: The Mouse that Roared?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
22. Time-Series Evidence of the Effect of the Minimum Wage on Youth Employment and Unemployment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Time-Series Evidence of the Effect of the Minimum Wage on Youth Employment and Unemployment, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (1983) View citations (36) (1983)

1979

23. Estimating the Determinants of Employee Performance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Estimating the Determinants of Employee Performance, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (1982) View citations (4) (1982)

1974

24. A model of Optimal Human Capital Accumulation and the Wages of Young High School Graduates
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article A Model of Optimal Human-Capital Accumulation and the Wages of Young High School Graduates, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1976) View citations (20) (1976)

Journal Articles

2015

1. Assessing the need for a new nationally representative household panel survey in the United States
   Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 2015, (1-4), 1-26 View citations (4)

2003

2. Firm Age and Wages
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2003, 21, (3), 677-698 View citations (103)
   See also Working Paper Firm Age and Wages, NBER Working Papers (2001) View citations (5) (2001)

2001

3. Review of Meritocracy and Economic Inequality Edited by Kenneth Arrow, Sameul Bowles, and Steven Durlaf
   Journal of Economic Literature, 2001, 39, (1), 93-104 View citations (1)

1997

4. Sex-Based Differences in School Content and the Male-Female Wage Gap
   Journal of Labor Economics, 1997, 15, (3), 431-65 View citations (166)
   See also Working Paper Sex-Based Differences in School Content and the Male/Female Wage Gap, NBER Working Papers (1996) View citations (3) (1996)

1996

5. Data Watch: The Panel Study of Income Dynamics
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1996, 10, (2), 155-168 View citations (23)
6. Employer Characteristics and Work Environment
   Annals of Economics and Statistics, 1996, (41-42), 275-298 View citations (9)

1994

7. Evidence on the Validity of Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Labor Market Data
   Journal of Labor Economics, 1994, 12, (3), 345-68 View citations (253)

1992

8. Wage Levels and Method of Pay
   RAND Journal of Economics, 1992, 23, (3), 366-375 View citations (52)
   See also Working Paper Wage Levels and Method of Pay, NBER Working Papers (1990) View citations (2) (1990)

1990

9. Firms' Choice of Method of Pay
   ILR Review, 1990, 43, (3), 165-S-182-S View citations (100)
   See also Working Paper Firms' Choice of Method of Pay, NBER Working Papers (1989) View citations (47) (1989)
10. The quality dimension in army retention
    Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 1990, 33, (1), 221-255 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper The Quality Dimension in Army Retention, NBER Working Papers (1990) View citations (2) (1990)

1989

11. The Employer Size-Wage Effect
    Journal of Political Economy, 1989, 97, (5), 1027-59 View citations (679)
    See also Working Paper The Employer Size-Wage Effect, NBER Working Papers (1989) View citations (666) (1989)

1988

12. Minimum Wage Laws: Are They Overrated?
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1988, 2, (3), 133-45 View citations (91)

1987

13. Assistance to the poor in a federal system
    Journal of Public Economics, 1987, 32, (3), 307-330 View citations (153)
    See also Working Paper Assistance to the Poor in a Federal System, NBER Working Papers (1985) View citations (86) (1985)

1985

14. Military Enlistments: What Can We Learn from Geographic Variation?
    American Economic Review, 1985, 75, (1), 228-34 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Military Enlistments: What Can We Learn From Geographic Variation?, NBER Working Papers (1984) View citations (4) (1984)

1984

15. Black-White Earnings Ratios Since the Civil Rights Act of 1964: The Importance of Labor Market Dropouts
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1984, 99, (1), 31-44 View citations (73)
    See also Working Paper Black-White Earnings Ratios Since the Civil Rights Act of 1964: The Importance of Labor Market Dropouts, NBER Working Papers (1981) View citations (5) (1981)

1983

16. Time-Series Evidence of the Effect of the Minimum Wage on Youth Employment and Unemployment
    Journal of Human Resources, 1983, 18, (1), 3-31 View citations (36)
    See also Working Paper Time-Series Evidence of the Effect of the Minimum Wage on Youth Employment and Unemployment, NBER Working Papers (1981) View citations (12) (1981)

1982

17. Estimating the Determinants of Employee Performance
    Journal of Human Resources, 1982, 17, (2), 178-194 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Estimating the Determinants of Employee Performance, NBER Working Papers (1979) View citations (2) (1979)
18. The Effect of the Minimum Wage on Employment and Unemployment
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1982, 20, (2), 487-528 View citations (418)

1980

19. Equalizing Differences in the Labor Market
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1980, 94, (1), 113-134 View citations (266)
20. The "Overtaking" Point Revisited
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1980, 62, (2), 309-13

1978

21. Trade Unions in the Production Process
    Journal of Political Economy, 1978, 86, (3), 355-78 View citations (109)

1976

22. A Model of Optimal Human-Capital Accumulation and the Wages of Young High School Graduates
    Journal of Political Economy, 1976, 84, (2), 299-316 View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper A model of Optimal Human Capital Accumulation and the Wages of Young High School Graduates, Boston College Working Papers in Economics (1974) (1974)

1973

23. The Income Distribution as a Pure Public Good: Comment
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1973, 87, (2), 296-303 View citations (2)

Chapters

2010

1. Comment on "Why Do BLS Hours Series Tell Different Stories About Trends in Hours Worked?"
   A chapter in Labor in the New Economy, 2010, pp 372-374

2001

2. Measurement error in survey data
   Chapter 59 in Handbook of Econometrics, 2001, vol. 5, pp 3705-3843 View citations (709)

1999

3. Minimum wages, employment, and the distribution of income
   Chapter 32 in Handbook of Labor Economics, 1999, vol. 3, Part B, pp 2101-2163 View citations (297)

1988

4. Employer Size, Pay, and the Ability to Pay in the Public Sector
   A chapter in When Public Sector Workers Unionize, 1988, pp 195-216 View citations (12)
5. The Impact of Firm Acquisitions on Labor
   A chapter in Corporate Takeovers: Causes and Consequences, 1988, pp 9-32 View citations (38)
   See also Working Paper The Impact of Firm Acquisitions on Labor, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1987) View citations (23) (1987)

1982

6. Dead-end Jobs and Youth Unemployment
   A chapter in The Youth Labor Market Problem: Its Nature, Causes, and Consequences, 1982, pp 427-452 View citations (3)