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Working Papers

2018

1. Fertility Shocks and Equilibrium Marriage-Rate Dynamics
   Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University
   Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2015) View citations (1)
2. Matching for Social Mobility with Unobserved Heritable Characteristics
   Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University

2016

3. Fertility Shocks and Equilibrium Marriage-Rate Dynamics: Lessons from World War 1 in France
   2016 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (1)

2015

4. Liberalization of Birth Control and the Unmarried Share of Births. Evidence from Single Mothers in the Marriage Market
   Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University View citations (1)

2013

5. Can technological change account for the sexual revolution?
   Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University View citations (9)
6. Do Marital Prospects Dissuade Unmarried Fertility?
   Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University

2011

7. Marriage, Fertility and Step-Families: An Equilibrium Analysis
   2011 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics

2009

8. High-Powered Jobs: Can Contraception Technology Explain Trends in Women's Occupational Choice?
   2009 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (2)

2007

9. Marital Instability and the Distribution of Wealth
   2007 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (16)
10. Why Are Married Men Working So Much? Home Production, Household Bargaining and Per-Capita Hours
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (27)
11. Why Is Child Labor Illegal?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
    Also in Cahiers de recherche, Université Laval - Département d'économique (2001) View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article Why is child labor illegal?, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2008) View citations (16) (2008)

2006

12. Why are Married Men Working So Much?
    2006 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (6)
    Also in PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (2005) View citations (9)

2005

13. Crime Minimization and Racial Bias: What Can We Learn From Police Search Data?
    PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Crime minimisation and racial bias: what can we learn from police search data?, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2006) View citations (13) (2006)

2004

14. Racial profiling or racist policing? bounds tests in aggregate data
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (15)
    See also Journal Article RACIAL PROFILING OR RACIST POLICING? BOUNDS TESTS IN AGGREGATE DATA, International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association (2004) View citations (19) (2004)

2002

15. More on Marriage, Fertility and the Distribution of Income
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (3)
    Also in Penn CARESS Working Papers, Penn Economics Department
    Working Papers (Old Series), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (1999) View citations (36)
    CARESS Working Papres, University of Pennsylvania Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article More on Marriage, Fertility, and the Distribution of Income, International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association (2003) View citations (129) (2003)

2001

16. Love and Money: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Household Sorting and Inequality
    Penn CARESS Working Papers, Penn Economics Department View citations (25)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2001) View citations (40)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2001) View citations (48)
    See also Journal Article Love and Money: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Household Sorting and Inequality, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2005) View citations (290) (2005)
17. Marriage, Fertility and Divorce: A Dynamic Equilibrium Analysis of Social Policy in Canada
    Penn CARESS Working Papers, Penn Economics Department
    Also in Computing in Economics and Finance 2000, Society for Computational Economics (2000)
18. The Timing of Births: A Marriage Market Analysis
    Penn CARESS Working Papers, Penn Economics Department View citations (11)

2000

19. Women on Welfare: A Macroeconomic Analysis
    RCER Working Papers, University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER) View citations (32)
    See also Journal Article Women on Welfare: A Macroeconomic Analysis, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2000) View citations (33) (2000)

1999

20. Racial Bias in Motor Vehicle Searches: Theory and Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    Also in Penn CARESS Working Papers, Penn Economics Department
    CARESS Working Papres, University of Pennsylvania Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Racial Bias in Motor Vehicle Searches: Theory and Evidence, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2001) View citations (230) (2001)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Unmarried Births: Accounting and Equilibrium Analysis"
   Review of Economic Dynamics, 2024, 52, 84-109

2013

2. Why are Married Men Working So Much? An Aggregate Analysis of Intra-Household Bargaining and Labour Supply
   The Review of Economic Studies, 2013, 80, (3), 1055-1085 View citations (66)

2009

3. Why is the rate of single-parenthood lower in Canada than in the U.S.? A dynamic equilibrium analysis of welfare policies
   Canadian Journal of Economics, 2009, 42, (1), 56-89 View citations (14)

2008

4. Why is child labor illegal?
   European Economic Review, 2008, 52, (7), 1275-1311 View citations (16)
   See also Working Paper Why Is Child Labor Illegal?, IZA Discussion Papers (2007) (2007)

2006

5. Crime minimisation and racial bias: what can we learn from police search data?
   Economic Journal, 2006, 116, (515), F368-F384 View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper Crime Minimization and Racial Bias: What Can We Learn From Police Search Data?, PIER Working Paper Archive (2005) View citations (5) (2005)

2005

6. Love and Money: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Household Sorting and Inequality
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2005, 120, (1), 273-344 View citations (290)
   See also Working Paper Love and Money: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Household Sorting and Inequality, Penn CARESS Working Papers (2001) View citations (25) (2001)

2004

7. RACIAL PROFILING OR RACIST POLICING? BOUNDS TESTS IN AGGREGATE DATA
   International Economic Review, 2004, 45, (3), 959-989 View citations (19)
   See also Working Paper Racial profiling or racist policing? bounds tests in aggregate data, Working Papers (2004) View citations (15) (2004)

2003

8. More on Marriage, Fertility, and the Distribution of Income
   International Economic Review, 2003, 44, (3), 827-862 View citations (129)
   See also Working Paper More on Marriage, Fertility and the Distribution of Income, RCER Working Papers (2002) View citations (3) (2002)

2002

9. Why Do Women Wait? Matching, Wage Inequality, and the Incentives for Fertility Delay
   Review of Economic Dynamics, 2002, 5, (4), 815-855 View citations (182)

2001

10. Racial Bias in Motor Vehicle Searches: Theory and Evidence
    Journal of Political Economy, 2001, 109, (1), 203-232 View citations (230)
    See also Working Paper Racial Bias in Motor Vehicle Searches: Theory and Evidence, NBER Working Papers (1999) View citations (3) (1999)

2000

11. Women on Welfare: A Macroeconomic Analysis
    American Economic Review, 2000, 90, (2), 383-388 View citations (33)
    See also Working Paper Women on Welfare: A Macroeconomic Analysis, RCER Working Papers (2000) View citations (32) (2000)