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Homepage:	http://people.bu.edu/lang/
Phone:	617-353-5694
Postal address:	Dept. of Economics Boston University 270 Bay State Road Boston, MA 02215
Workplace:	National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), (more information at EDIRC) Department of Economics, Boston University, (more information at EDIRC) Industry Studies Program (ISP), Department of Economics, Boston University, (more information at EDIRC) Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), (more information at EDIRC) Institute for Economic Development, Department of Economics, Boston University, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2024

1. Do Elite Universities Overpay Their Faculty?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
2. The Nature of Technological Change 1960-2016
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

2023

3. How Credible is the Credibility Revolution?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
4. Hukou and Guanxi: How Social Discrimination and Networks Impact Intrahousehold Allocations in China
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
5. Obsolescence Rents: Teamsters, Truckers, and Impending Innovations
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2022

6. The Boss is Watching: How Monitoring Decisions Hurt Black Workers
   The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019) View citations (2)
   CRETA Online Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research in Economic Theory and its Applications CRETA (2022)
   See also Journal Article The Boss is Watching: How Monitoring Decisions Hurt Black Workers, The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2024) (2024)

2021

7. The Evolution of Skill Use Within and Between Jobs
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2020

8. Lending to the Unbanked: Relational Contracting with Loan Sharks
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics (2020)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019)

2018

9. The Determinants of Teachers' Occupational Choice
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
10. The Promise and Pitfalls of Differences-in-Differences: Reflections on ‘16 and Pregnant’ and Other Applications
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (49)
    See also Journal Article The Promise and Pitfalls of Differences-in-Differences: Reflections on 16 and Pregnant and Other Applications, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2020) View citations (112) (2020)
11. The Sad Truth About Happiness Scales: Empirical Results
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)

2017

12. Ben-Porath meets Lazear: Lifetime Skill Investment and Occupation Choice with Multiple Skills
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
13. Educational Homogamy and Assortative Mating Have Not Increased
    2017 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (4)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (20)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2016) View citations (20)
    See also Chapter Educational Homogamy and Assortative Mating Have Not Increased*, Research in Labor Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (2020) View citations (1) (2020)

2016

14. A Test of Adverse Selection in the Market for Experienced Workers
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
15. Social Ties and the Job Search of Recent Immigrants
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
    Also in RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) (2010) View citations (6)
    Carlo Alberto Notebooks, Collegio Carlo Alberto (2010) View citations (6)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (46)
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2010) View citations (9)
    Working papers, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics (2010) View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Social Ties and the Job Search of Recent Immigrants, ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School (2019) View citations (12) (2019)

2015

16. Discrimination and Worker Evaluation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
17. Does Competition Eliminate Discrimination? Evidence from the Commercial Sex Market in Singapore
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    Also in Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Does Competition Eliminate Discrimination? Evidence from the Commercial Sex Market in Singapore, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2018) View citations (5) (2018)

2014

18. The Sad Truth About Happiness Scales
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (32)
    See also Journal Article The Sad Truth about Happiness Scales, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2019) View citations (176) (2019)

2013

19. The Black-White Education-Scaled Test-Score Gap in Grades K-7
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article The Black–White Education Scaled Test-Score Gap in Grades K-7, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2018) View citations (6) (2018)
20. The Consequences of Teenage Childbearing Before Roe v Wade
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article The Consequences of Teenage Childbearing before Roe v. Wade, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2015) View citations (16) (2015)
21. The Effect of High School Exit Exams on Graduation, Employment, Wages and Incarceration
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
22. The Wage Effects of Not-for-Profit and For-Profit Certifications: Better Data, Somewhat Different Results
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (24)
    See also Journal Article The wage effects of not-for-profit and for-profit certifications: Better data, somewhat different results, Labour Economics, Elsevier (2013) View citations (28) (2013)

2012

23. Evaluating Student Outcomes at For-Profit Colleges
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
24. The Evolution of the Black-White Test Score Gap in Grades K-3: The Fragility of Results
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (31)
    See also Journal Article The Evolution of the Black-White Test Score Gap in Grades K–3: The Fragility of Results, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2013) View citations (81) (2013)

2011

25. A Theory of Monitoring and Internal Labor Markets
    Discussion Papers, School of Economics, The University of New South Wales View citations (1)
    Also in Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics (2011) View citations (1)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011)
26. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN THE LABOR MARKET: THEORY AND EMPIRICS
    Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (23)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (21)
    See also Journal Article Racial Discrimination in the Labor Market: Theory and Empirics, Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association (2012) View citations (240) (2012)
27. Why Is an Elite Undergraduate Education Valuable? Evidence from Israel
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (21)
    Also in Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics (2010) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Why is an elite undergraduate education valuable? Evidence from Israel, Labour Economics, Elsevier (2011) View citations (21) (2011)

2010

28. Measurement Matters: Perspectives on Education Policy from an Economist and School Board Member
    Carlo Alberto Notebooks, Collegio Carlo Alberto View citations (20)
    See also Journal Article Measurement Matters: Perspectives on Education Policy from an Economist and School Board Member, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2010) View citations (20) (2010)
29. School Entry, Educational Attainment and Quarter of Birth: A Cautionary Tale of LATE
    Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (10)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (25)
30. The Consequences of Teenage Childbearing: Consistent Estimates When Abortion Makes Miscarriage Nonrandom
    Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article The Consequences of Teenage Childbearing: Consistent Estimates When Abortion Makes Miscarriage Non‐random, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2013) View citations (57) (2013)
31. Worker Sorting, Taxes and Health Insurance Coverage
    Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (1)
    Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics (2005)

2009

32. The Role of Social Ties in the Job Search of Recent Immigrants
    CLSSRN working papers, Vancouver School of Economics View citations (29)

2006

33. Education and Labor-Market Discrimination
    Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (20)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article Education and Labor Market Discrimination, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2011) View citations (108) (2011)
34. THE RETURN TO ENGLISH IN A NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRY: RUSSIAN IMMIGRANTS AND NATIVE ISRAELIS IN ISRAEL
    Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (3)
    Also in Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics (2006) View citations (4)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article The Return to English in a Non-English Speaking Country: Russian Immigrants and Native Israelis in Israel, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter (2009) View citations (45) (2009)
35. The Consequences of Teenage Childbearing
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (49)

2005

36. Racial Discrimination in Labor Markets with Posted Wage Offers
    Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (108)
    See also Journal Article Racial Discrimination in Labor Markets with Posted Wage Offers, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2005) View citations (114) (2005)

2004

37. Comments
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
38. Does School Integration Generate Peer Effects? Evidence from Boston's Metco Program
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (441)
    See also Journal Article Does School Integration Generate Peer Effects? Evidence from Boston's Metco Program, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2004) View citations (444) (2004)
39. The Effect of the Payroll Tax on Earnings: A Test of Competing Models of Wage Determination
    Econometric Society 2004 North American Winter Meetings, Econometric Society
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2003) View citations (14)

2003

40. The Pricing of Job Characteristics When Markets Do Not Clear: Theory and Implications
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)

2002

41. How Important are Classroom Peer Effects? Evidence from Boston's Metco Program
    Upjohn Working Papers, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research View citations (37)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2002) View citations (39)

2000

42. Language-Skill Complementarity: Returns to Immigrant Language Acquisition
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
    Also in Boston University - Institute for Economic Development, Boston University, Institute for Economic Development (1999) View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Language-skill complementarity: returns to immigrant language acquisition, Labour Economics, Elsevier (2003) View citations (119) (2003)

1993

43. Ability Bias, Discount Rate Bias and the Return to Education
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (99)
44. Bilateral Search as an Explanation for Labor Market Segmentation and Other Anomalies
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)

1992

45. Does the Human-Capital/Educational-Sorting Debate Matter for Development Policy?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Does the Human-Capital/Educational-Sorting Debate Matter for Development Policy?, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1994) View citations (17) (1994)
46. Labor Market Segmentation Theory: Reconsidering the Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (41)
47. Labor Market Segmentation, Wage Dispersion and Unemployment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)

1991

48. An Analysis of the Nature of Unemployment in Sri Lanka
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)

1989

49. Employee Crime and the Monitoring Puzzle
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (73)
    See also Journal Article Employee Crime and the Monitoring Puzzle, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (1989) View citations (73) (1989)

1988

50. The Effects of Hours Constraints on Labor Supply Estimates
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article The Effect of Hours Constraints on Labor Supply Estimates, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (1991) View citations (67) (1991)

1987

51. A Goodness of Fit Test of Dual Labor Market Theory
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
52. Constraints on the Choice of Work Hours: Agency vs. Specific-Capital
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
53. Employee Crime, Monitoring, and the Efficiency Wage Hypothesis
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
54. Neoclassical and Sociological Perspectives on Segmented Labor Markets
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
55. Why Was there Mandatory Retirement? or the Impossibility of Efficient Bonding Contracts
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1986

56. Are Efficiency Wages Efficient?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
57. Labor Market Segmentation and the Union Wage Premium
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Labor Market Segmentation and the Union Wage Premium, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (1988) View citations (13) (1988)

1985

58. Testing Dual Labor Market Theory: A Reconsideration of the Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (89)

1984

59. A Test of Dual Labor Market Theory
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (88)
    See also Journal Article A Test of Dual Labor Market Theory, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1985) View citations (194) (1985)

Undated

60. Are All Economic Hypotheses False?
    J. Bradford De Long's Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley, Economics Department
    See also Journal Article Are All Economic Hypotheses False?, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1992) View citations (182) (1992)
61. How Discrimination and Bias Shapes Outcomes
    Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research
62. Race Discrimination: An Economic Perspective
    Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research
    See also Journal Article Race Discrimination: An Economic Perspective, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2020) View citations (79) (2020)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Borrowing in an Illegal Market: Contracting with Loan Sharks
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2025, 107, (1), 269-278

2024

2. The Boss is Watching: How Monitoring Decisions Hurt Black Workers
   The Economic Journal, 2024, 134, (658), 485-514
   See also Working Paper The Boss is Watching: How Monitoring Decisions Hurt Black Workers, The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) (2022) (2022)

2021

3. Is intervention fadeout a scaling artefact?
   Economics of Education Review, 2021, 82, (C) View citations (2)

2020

4. Ben-Porath Meets Lazear: Microfoundations for Dynamic Skill Formation
   Journal of Political Economy, 2020, 128, (4), 1405 - 1435 View citations (8)
5. Effort and wages: Evidence from the payroll tax
   Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2020, 53, (1), 108-139
6. Race Discrimination: An Economic Perspective
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2020, 34, (2), 68-89 View citations (79)
   See also Working Paper Race Discrimination: An Economic Perspective, Mathematica Policy Research Reports
7. The Promise and Pitfalls of Differences-in-Differences: Reflections on 16 and Pregnant and Other Applications
   Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2020, 38, (3), 613-620 View citations (112)
   See also Working Paper The Promise and Pitfalls of Differences-in-Differences: Reflections on ‘16 and Pregnant’ and Other Applications, NBER Working Papers (2018) View citations (49) (2018)

2019

8. Social Ties and the Job Search of Recent Immigrants
   ILR Review, 2019, 72, (2), 355-381 View citations (12)
   See also Working Paper Social Ties and the Job Search of Recent Immigrants, IZA Discussion Papers (2016) View citations (2) (2016)
9. The Sad Truth about Happiness Scales
   Journal of Political Economy, 2019, 127, (4), 1629 - 1640 View citations (176)
   See also Working Paper The Sad Truth About Happiness Scales, NBER Working Papers (2014) View citations (32) (2014)

2018

10. Does Competition Eliminate Discrimination? Evidence from the Commercial Sex Market in Singapore
    Economic Journal, 2018, 128, (611), 1570-1608 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Does Competition Eliminate Discrimination? Evidence from the Commercial Sex Market in Singapore, NBER Working Papers (2015) View citations (4) (2015)
11. The Black–White Education Scaled Test-Score Gap in Grades K-7
    Journal of Human Resources, 2018, 53, (4), 891-917 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper The Black-White Education-Scaled Test-Score Gap in Grades K-7, NBER Working Papers (2013) View citations (5) (2013)

2017

12. Monitoring for Worker Quality
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2017, 35, (3), 755 - 785 View citations (7)

2016

13. School Entry, Educational Attainment, and Quarter of Birth: A Cautionary Tale of a Local Average Treatment Effect
    Journal of Human Capital, 2016, 10, (3), 347 - 376 View citations (38)

2015

14. Racial Realism: A Review Essay on John Skrentny's After Civil Rights
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2015, 53, (2), 351-59 View citations (7)
15. The Consequences of Teenage Childbearing before Roe v. Wade
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2015, 7, (4), 169-97 View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper The Consequences of Teenage Childbearing Before Roe v Wade, NBER Working Papers (2013) View citations (8) (2013)

2013

16. The Consequences of Teenage Childbearing: Consistent Estimates When Abortion Makes Miscarriage Non‐random
    Economic Journal, 2013, 123, 875-905 View citations (57)
    See also Working Paper The Consequences of Teenage Childbearing: Consistent Estimates When Abortion Makes Miscarriage Nonrandom, Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series (2010) View citations (3) (2010)
17. The Evolution of the Black-White Test Score Gap in Grades K–3: The Fragility of Results
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 95, (5), 1468-1479 View citations (81)
    See also Working Paper The Evolution of the Black-White Test Score Gap in Grades K-3: The Fragility of Results, NBER Working Papers (2012) View citations (31) (2012)
18. The wage effects of not-for-profit and for-profit certifications: Better data, somewhat different results
    Labour Economics, 2013, 24, (C), 230-243 View citations (28)
    See also Working Paper The Wage Effects of Not-for-Profit and For-Profit Certifications: Better Data, Somewhat Different Results, NBER Working Papers (2013) View citations (24) (2013)

2012

19. Racial Discrimination in the Labor Market: Theory and Empirics
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2012, 50, (4), 959-1006 View citations (240)
    See also Working Paper RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN THE LABOR MARKET: THEORY AND EMPIRICS, Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series (2011) View citations (23) (2011)
20. Trends in Self-reported Spontaneous Abortions: 1970–2000
    Demography, 2012, 49, (3), 989-1009 View citations (4)

2011

21. Education and Labor Market Discrimination
    American Economic Review, 2011, 101, (4), 1467-96 View citations (108)
    See also Working Paper Education and Labor-Market Discrimination, Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series (2006) View citations (20) (2006)
22. Why is an elite undergraduate education valuable? Evidence from Israel
    Labour Economics, 2011, 18, (6), 767-777 View citations (21)
    See also Working Paper Why Is an Elite Undergraduate Education Valuable? Evidence from Israel, NBER Working Papers (2011) View citations (21) (2011)

2010

23. Measurement Matters: Perspectives on Education Policy from an Economist and School Board Member
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2010, 24, (3), 167-82 View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper Measurement Matters: Perspectives on Education Policy from an Economist and School Board Member, Carlo Alberto Notebooks (2010) View citations (20) (2010)

2009

24. The Return to English in a Non-English Speaking Country: Russian Immigrants and Native Israelis in Israel
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2009, 9, (1), 30 View citations (45)
    See also Working Paper THE RETURN TO ENGLISH IN A NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRY: RUSSIAN IMMIGRANTS AND NATIVE ISRAELIS IN ISRAEL, Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series (2006) View citations (3) (2006)

2007

25. Inference with Difference-in-Differences and Other Panel Data
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2007, 89, (2), 221-233 View citations (706)

2005

26. Racial Discrimination in Labor Markets with Posted Wage Offers
    American Economic Review, 2005, 95, (4), 1327-1340 View citations (114)
    See also Working Paper Racial Discrimination in Labor Markets with Posted Wage Offers, Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series (2005) View citations (108) (2005)

2004

27. Does School Integration Generate Peer Effects? Evidence from Boston's Metco Program
    American Economic Review, 2004, 94, (5), 1613-1634 View citations (444)
    See also Working Paper Does School Integration Generate Peer Effects? Evidence from Boston's Metco Program, IZA Discussion Papers (2004) View citations (441) (2004)
28. Property taxes and property values: evidence from Proposition
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2004, 55, (3), 439-457 View citations (27)
29. THE PRICING OF JOB CHARACTERISTICS WHEN MARKETS DO NOT CLEAR: THEORY AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS
    International Economic Review, 2004, 45, (4), 1111-1128 View citations (87)

2003

30. Language-skill complementarity: returns to immigrant language acquisition
    Labour Economics, 2003, 10, (3), 265-290 View citations (119)
    See also Working Paper Language-Skill Complementarity: Returns to Immigrant Language Acquisition, NBER Working Papers (2000) View citations (14) (2000)
31. Wage announcements with a continuum of worker type
    Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2003, (71-72), 189-219 View citations (5)

2001

32. Bargaining Piecemeal or All at Once?
    Economic Journal, 2001, 111, (473), 526-40 View citations (25)
33. Does Growing up with a Parent Absent Really Hurt?
    Journal of Human Resources, 2001, 36, (2), 253-273 View citations (94)

1998

34. Relative Wages, Wage Growth, and Quit Behavior
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1998, 16, (2), 367-91 View citations (47)
35. The Effect of Trade Liberalization on Wages and Employment: The Case of New Zealand
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1998, 16, (4), 792-814 View citations (8)
36. The effect of minimum-wage laws on the distribution of employment: theory and evidence
    Journal of Public Economics, 1998, 69, (1), 67-82 View citations (76)
37. Why are Canadian and US Unemployment Rates So Highly Correlated?
    Canadian Public Policy, 1998, 24, (s1), 56-71 View citations (2)

1996

38. Hours Constraints and the Wage/Hours Locus
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1996, 29, (s1), 71-75 View citations (15)

1995

39. Partnerships as Insurance Devices: Theory and Evidence
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1995, 26, (4), 614-629 View citations (35)
40. The Causes of Hours Constraints: Evidence from Canada
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1995, 28, (4a), 914-28 View citations (33)

1994

41. Does the Human-Capital/Educational-Sorting Debate Matter for Development Policy?
    American Economic Review, 1994, 84, (1), 353-58 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Does the Human-Capital/Educational-Sorting Debate Matter for Development Policy?, NBER Working Papers (1992) View citations (1) (1992)

1992

42. Are All Economic Hypotheses False?
    Journal of Political Economy, 1992, 100, (6), 1257-72 View citations (182)
    See also Working Paper Are All Economic Hypotheses False?, J. Bradford De Long's Working Papers
43. Constraints on the Choice of Work Hours: Agency Versus Specific-Capital
    Journal of Human Resources, 1992, 27, (4), 661-678 View citations (28)

1991

44. Persistent Wage Dispersion and Involuntary Unemployment
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1991, 106, (1), 181-202 View citations (56)
45. The Contractors' Game
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1991, 22, (3), 329-338 View citations (27)
46. The Effect of Hours Constraints on Labor Supply Estimates
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1991, 73, (4), 605-11 View citations (67)
    See also Working Paper The Effects of Hours Constraints on Labor Supply Estimates, NBER Working Papers (1988) View citations (6) (1988)

1990

47. Efficiency Wage Models of Unemployment: A Second View
    Economic Inquiry, 1990, 28, (2), 296-306 View citations (16)

1989

48. Employee Crime and the Monitoring Puzzle
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1989, 7, (3), 331-47 View citations (73)
    See also Working Paper Employee Crime and the Monitoring Puzzle, Scholarly Articles (1989) View citations (73) (1989)
49. Why was there mandatory retirement?
    Journal of Public Economics, 1989, 39, (1), 127-136 View citations (9)

1988

50. Efficient Estimation of Structural Hedonic Systems
    International Economic Review, 1988, 29, (1), 157-66 View citations (58)
51. Job Signalling and Welfare Improving Minimum Wage Laws: Reply
    Economic Inquiry, 1988, 26, (3), 533-36 View citations (1)
52. Labor Market Segmentation and the Union Wage Premium
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1988, 70, (3), 527-30 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper Labor Market Segmentation and the Union Wage Premium, NBER Working Papers (1986) View citations (3) (1986)
53. The Reemergence of Segmented Labor Market Theory
    American Economic Review, 1988, 78, (2), 129-34 View citations (37)

1987

54. An economic model of the intake disposition of juvenile offenders
    Journal of Public Economics, 1987, 32, (1), 79-99
55. Pareto Improving Minimum Wage Laws
    Economic Inquiry, 1987, 25, (1), 145-58 View citations (23)

1986

56. A Language Theory of Discrimination
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1986, 101, (2), 363-382 View citations (245)
57. Human Capital Versus Sorting: The Effects of Compulsory Attendance Laws
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1986, 101, (3), 609-624 View citations (102)
58. Returns to Schooling, Implicit Discount Rates and Black-White Wage Differentials
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1986, 68, (1), 41-47 View citations (32)

1985

59. A Test of Dual Labor Market Theory
    American Economic Review, 1985, 75, (4), 792-805 View citations (194)
    See also Working Paper A Test of Dual Labor Market Theory, NBER Working Papers (1984) View citations (88) (1984)

Chapters

2020

1. Educational Homogamy and Assortative Mating Have Not Increased*
   A chapter in Change at Home, in the Labor Market, and On the Job, 2020, vol. 48, pp 1-26 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Educational Homogamy and Assortative Mating Have Not Increased, Society for Economic Dynamics (2017) View citations (4) (2017)

2007

2. Introduction to Poverty and Discrimination
   A chapter in Poverty and Discrimination, 2007 View citations (30)

1991

3. Undocumented Mexican-born Workers in the United States: How Many, How Permanent?
   A chapter in Immigration, Trade, and the Labor Market, 1991, pp 77-100 View citations (35)

1990

4. Why Do Firms Monitor Workers?
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (2)