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Working Papers

2022

1. Legal Activism, State Policy, and Racial Inequality in Teacher Salaries and Educational Attainment in the Mid-Century American South
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. The Effect of Low-Skill Immigration Restrictions on US Firms and Workers: Evidence from a Randomized Lottery
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London (2022)

2021

3. Changing Returns to Scale in Manufacturing 1880-1930: The Rise of (Skilled) Labor?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2020

4. Opening the Door: Immigrant Legalization and Family Reunification in the United States
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
5. Powering Up Productivity: The Effects of Electrification on U.S. Manufacturing
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

2018

6. Distributing the Green (Cards): Permanent Residency and Personal Income Taxes after the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2017

7. Immigration Restrictions as Active Labor Market Policy: Evidence from the Mexican Bracero Exclusion
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)

2015

8. People and Machines: A Look at the Evolving Relationship Between Capital and Skill In Manufacturing 1860-1930 Using Immigration Shocks
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)

2014

9. Immigration and the Economy of Cities and Regions
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)

2012

10. Do Male-Female Wage Differentials Reflect Differences in the Return to Skill? Cross-City Evidence From 1980-2000
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
11. Immigration and Production Technology
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)

2011

12. Immigrant-Native Substitutability: The Role of Language Ability
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)

2009

13. Paying for Progress: Conditional Grants and the Desegregation of Southern Schools
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)

2007

14. From Brown to Busing
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Urban Economics (2008)

2006

15. Endogenous Skill Bias in Technology Adoption: City-Level Evidence from the IT Revolution
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (52)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (2006) View citations (25)
16. Labor supply and personal computer adoption
    Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco View citations (6)
    Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (2006) View citations (11)

2005

17. Immigration, Skill Mix, and the Choice of Technique
    Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (100)
    Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (2005) View citations (73)
18. Schooling and the AFQT: Evidence from School Entry Laws
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (20)
    Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (2005) View citations (8)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2005) View citations (12)
19. The Diffusion of Mexican Immigrants During the 1990s: Explanations and Impacts
    CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London View citations (27)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2005) View citations (47)
    See also Chapter (2007)

2004

20. How did the Miami labor market absorb the Mariel immigrants?
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia View citations (29)

2003

21. Local, open economies within the U.S.: how do industries respond to immigration?
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia View citations (65)

1998

22. What's Been Happening to Higher Education? Facts, Trends, and Data
    Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (1)

1997

23. Subsidies, Costs, Tuition and Aid in US Higher Education
    Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (3)

1996

24. Physical Capital and Capital Costs in US Colleges and Universities: 1993
    Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2011

1. Immigration, Skill Mix, and Capital Skill Complementarity
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2011, 126, (2), 1029-1069 View citations (158)

2010

2. Local labor force education, new business characteristics, and firm performance
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2010, 67, (1), 61-77 View citations (64)
   See also Chapter (2010)
3. Should the Personal Computer Be Considered a Technological Revolution? Evidence from U.S. Metropolitan Areas
   Journal of Political Economy, 2010, 118, (5), 988 - 1036 View citations (151)

2008

4. From Brown to busing
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2008, 64, (2), 296-325 View citations (14)
   See also Working Paper (2007)

2007

5. The Impact of Immigration on American Workers and Businesses
   Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2007, 22, (1), 8
6. The narrowing of the male-female wage gap
   FRBSF Economic Letter, 2007, (jun29)

2006

7. Is technology raising demand for skills, or are skills raising demand for technology?
   Business Review, 2006, (Q2), 17-25 View citations (1)
8. Schooling and the Armed Forces Qualifying Test: Evidence from School-Entry Laws
   Journal of Human Resources, 2006, 41, (2) View citations (110)

2005

9. How do local labor markets in the U.S. adjust to immigration?
   Business Review, 2005, (Q1), 16-25 View citations (3)

1997

10. Physical Capital and Capital Service Costs in U.S. Colleges and Universities: 1993
    Eastern Economic Journal, 1997, 23, (2), 165-189 View citations (5)

Chapters

2010

1. Local Labor Force Education, New Business Characteristics, and Firm Performance
   A chapter in Cities and Entrepreneurship, 2010 View citations (83)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Urban Economics (2010)

2007

2. The Diffusion of Mexican Immigrants during the 1990s: Explanations and Impacts
   A chapter in Mexican Immigration to the United States, 2007, pp 193-228 View citations (84)
   See also Working Paper (2005)