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Working Papers

2012

1. Confronting Low Pay: Minimum Wage Policy and Employment in the U.S. and France
   SCEPA working paper series., Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA), The New School
   Also in Working Papers, Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts at Amherst (2012)

2011

2. Unemployment Benefits and Work Incentives: The U.S. Labor Market in the Great Recession
   SCEPA working paper series., Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA), The New School View citations (26)
   See also Journal Article Unemployment benefits and work incentives: the US labour market in the Great Recession, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Oxford University Press and Oxford Review of Economic Policy Limited (2011) View citations (22) (2011)
3. Unemployment Benefits and Work Incentives: The U.S. Labor Market in the Great Recession (revised)
   Working Papers, Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts at Amherst View citations (11)

2010

4. Institutions, Aggregate Demand and Cross-Country Employment Performance: Alternative Theoretical Perspectives and the Evidence
   Working Papers, Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts at Amherst View citations (2)
5. Undercounting the Underemployed: How Official Indicators Have Missed Millions of Underutilized Workers
   Working Papers, Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts at Amherst View citations (1)
6. WP 2010-5 Institutions, Aggregate Demand and Cross-Country Employment Performance: Alternative Theoretical Perspectives and the Evidence
   SCEPA working paper series., Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA), The New School View citations (2)

2009

7. Unemployment Compensation and High European Unemployment: A Reassessment with New Benefit Indicators
   Working Papers, Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts at Amherst View citations (25)
   See also Journal Article Unemployment compensation and high European unemployment: a reassessment with new benefit indicators, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Oxford University Press and Oxford Review of Economic Policy Limited (2009) View citations (25) (2009)
8. WP 2009-9 Unemployment Compensation and High European Unemployment: A Reassessment with New Benefit Indicators
   SCEPA working paper series., Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA), The New School View citations (13)

2008

9. By What Measure? A Comparison of French and U.S. Labor Market Performance with New Indicators of Employment Adequacy
   Working Papers, Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts at Amherst View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article By what measure? A comparison of French and US labor market performance with new indicators of employment adequacy, International Review of Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2010) View citations (3) (2010)
10. WP 2008-2 By What Measure? A Comparison of French and U.S. Labor Market Performance With New Indicators of Employment Adequacy
    SCEPA working paper series., Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA), The New School

2007

11. Do Surges in Less-Skilled Immigration Have Important Wage Effects? A Review of the U.S. Evidence
    Working Papers, Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
12. WP 2007-2 Do Surges in Less-Skilled Immigration Have Important Wage Effects? A Review of the U.S. Evidence
    SCEPA working paper series., Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA), The New School
13. WP 2007-6 Charting U.S. Economic Performance with Alternative Labor Market Indicators: The Importance of Accounting for Job Quality
    SCEPA working paper series., Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA), The New School

2006

14. 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 (18)
15. Employment Regulation and French Unemployment: Were the French Students Right After All?
    CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
16. New Labor Market Indicators Issue II: Updated Trends Through the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and Alternative Measures of Low Pay
    SCEPA policy note series., Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA), The New School

2005

17. New Labor Market Indicators Issue I
    SCEPA policy note series., Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA), The New School

2004

18. Unemployment and labour market institutions: the failure of the empirical case for deregulation
    ILO Working Papers, International Labour Organization View citations (21)

2003

19. Labor Market Institutions and Unemployment: A Critical Assessment of the Cross-Country Evidence
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (137)
    Also in SCEPA working paper series., Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA), The New School (2002) View citations (109)

2002

20. Increasing Earnings Inequality and Unemployment in Developed Countries: Markets, Institutions and the "Unified Theory"
    SCEPA working paper series., Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA), The New School View citations (9)

2001

21. Trends in Earnings Inequality and Unemployment Across the OECD: Labor Market Institutions and Simple Supply and Demand Stories
    SCEPA working paper series., Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA), The New School View citations (8)

1999

22. Demand Shifts and Earnings Inequality: Wage and Hours Growth by Occupation in the U.S., 1970-97
    SCEPA working paper series., Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA), The New School
23. Technological Change and the Demand for Skills in the 1980s: Does Skill Mismatch Explain the Growth of Low Earnings?
    Macroeconomics, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
    Also in Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute (1993) View citations (1)
24. The Collapse of Low-Skill Male Earnings in the 1980s: Skill Mismatch or Shifting Wage Norms?
    Macroeconomics, University Library of Munich, Germany
    Also in Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute (1994) View citations (1)

1998

25. Low Wages in the US and High Unemployment in Europe: A Critical Assessment of the Conventional Wisdom
    SCEPA working paper series., Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA), The New School View citations (6)
26. The Collapse of Low-Skill Wages
    Macroeconomics, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
    Also in Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute (1996)
27. The Effects of Immigrants on African-American Earnings: A Jobs- Level Analysis of the New York City Labor Market, 1979-89
    Macroeconomics, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)

1997

28. The Effects of Immigrants on African-American Earnings: A Jobs-Level Analysis of the New York City Labor Market, 1979-1989
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (1)

1993

29. Changes in the Information-Intensity of the U.S. Workplace Since 1950: Has Information Technology Made a Difference
    Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University

1992

30. Job Quality, Labor Market Segmentation, and Earning Inequality: Effects of Economic Restructuring in the 1980s by Race and Gender
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute

1991

31. Employment Restructuring and the Labor Market Status of Young Black Men in the 1980s
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (1)

1990

32. TECHNICAL CHANGE AND THE DEMAND FOR SKILLS BY U.S. INDUSTRIES
    Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University
    See also Journal Article Technical Change and the Demand for Skills by U.S. Industries, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society (1992) View citations (17) (1992)

1988

33. CHANGES IN THE SKILL REQUIREMENTS OF THE U.S. LABOR FORCE: 1960-85
    Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University

1987

34. Labor Quality and Productivity Growth in the U.S.: An Input-Output Growth Accounting Framework
    Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University View citations (10)

Undated

35. Institutional Failure and the American Worker, The Collapse of Low-Skill Wages
    Economics Public Policy Brief Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2011

1. Unemployment benefits and work incentives: the US labour market in the Great Recession
   Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2011, 27, (2), 221-240 View citations (22)
   See also Working Paper Unemployment Benefits and Work Incentives: The U.S. Labor Market in the Great Recession, SCEPA working paper series. (2011) View citations (26) (2011)

2010

2. By what measure? A comparison of French and US labor market performance with new indicators of employment adequacy
   International Review of Applied Economics, 2010, 24, (3), 333-357 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper By What Measure? A Comparison of French and U.S. Labor Market Performance with New Indicators of Employment Adequacy, Working Papers (2008) View citations (4) (2008)

2009

3. Unemployment compensation and high European unemployment: a reassessment with new benefit indicators
   Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2009, 25, (1), 60-93 View citations (25)
   See also Working Paper Unemployment Compensation and High European Unemployment: A Reassessment with New Benefit Indicators, Working Papers (2009) View citations (25) (2009)

2008

4. The Importance of Accounting for Job Quality
   Challenge, 2008, 51, (1), 26-44

2007

5. Are Protective Labor Market Institutions at the Root of Unemployment? A Critical Review of the Evidence
   Capitalism and Society, 2007, 2, (1), 73 View citations (128)

2006

6. Labor Market Reforms: The Evidence Does Not Tell the Orthodox Tale
   Challenge, 2006, 49, (2), 5-22 View citations (11)

2005

7. Beyond Unemployment
   Challenge, 2005, 48, (1), 5-28 View citations (1)

1999

8. Theory-Driven Facts and the Growth in Earnings Inequality
   Review of Radical Political Economics, 1999, 31, (1), 54-86 View citations (12)

1998

9. Skill-Biased Demand Shifts and the Wage Collapse in the United States: A Critical Perspective
   Eastern Economic Journal, 1998, 24, (3), 343-366 View citations (9)
10. The Declining Status of Minorities in the New York City Construction Industry
    Economic Development Quarterly, 1998, 12, (1), 88-100 View citations (13)

1995

11. Changes in the Structure and Quality of Jobs in the United States: Effects by Race and Gender, 1973–1990
    ILR Review, 1995, 48, (3), 420-440 View citations (26)

1992

12. Technical Change and the Demand for Skills by U.S. Industries
    Cambridge Journal of Economics, 1992, 16, (2), 127-46 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper TECHNICAL CHANGE AND THE DEMAND FOR SKILLS BY U.S. INDUSTRIES, Working Papers (1990) (1990)

1991

13. Skills, Bargaining Power and Rising Interindustry Wage Inequality Since 1970
    Review of Radical Political Economics, 1991, 23, (1-2), 30-37 View citations (1)
14. Trends in the Growth and Distribution of Skills in the U.S. Workplace, 1960–1985
    ILR Review, 1991, 44, (3), 486-502 View citations (5)

Edited books

2004

1. Fighting Unemployment: The Limits of Free Market Orthodoxy
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (47)