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Working Papers

2022

1. Prosocial motivation for vaccination
   SocArXiv, Center for Open Science View citations (3)

2017

2. Using Unobtrusive Sensors to Measure and Minimize Hawthorne Effects: Evidence from Cookstoves
   2017 Annual Meeting, July 30-August 1, Chicago, Illinois, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (11)
   Also in Working Papers, Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management (2016) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Using unobtrusive sensors to measure and minimize Hawthorne effects: Evidence from cookstoves, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier (2017) View citations (6) (2017)

2014

3. Mobile phones, rent-to-own payments & water filters Evidence from Kenya
   Working Papers, RAND Corporation View citations (3)
4. The Impact of Rainfall on Rice Output in Indonesia
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
5. What is a “Meal”? Comparing Methods Of Auditing Carbon Offset Compliance for Fuel Efficient Cookstoves
   Working Papers, Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management

2012

6. What is a "Meal"? Comparing Methods to Determine Cooking Events
   Working Papers, Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management

2011

7. Information and Persuasion Achieving Safe Water Behaviors in Kenya
   Working Papers, RAND Corporation View citations (9)

2010

8. Quality Management and Job Quality: How the ISO 9001 Standard for Quality Management Systems Affects Employees and Employers
   Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School View citations (81)
   See also Journal Article Quality Management and Job Quality: How the ISO 9001 Standard for Quality Management Systems Affects Employees and Employers, Management Science, INFORMS (2010) View citations (81) (2010)

2006

9. An Analysis of Quits, Dismissals, and Promotions at a Large Retail Firm
   Working Papers, University of Miami, Department of Economics View citations (20)
10. Manager Race and the Race of New Hires
    Working Papers, University of Miami, Department of Economics View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Manager Race and the Race of New Hires, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2009) View citations (124) (2009)
11. The acceptability of layoffs and pay cuts: comparing North America with Germany
    IAB-Discussion Paper, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany] View citations (13)

2005

12. Industrialization and Infant Mortality
    Development and Comp Systems, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)

2004

13. Did Industrialization Destroy Social Capital in Indonesia?
    Development and Comp Systems, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (10)
14. Does Industrialization = "Development"? The Effects of Industrialization on School Enrollment and Youth Employment in Indonesia
    Development and Comp Systems, University Library of Munich, Germany
15. Gender Bias and The Indonesian Financial Crisis: Were Girls Hit Hardest?
    Development and Comp Systems, University Library of Munich, Germany
    Also in Development and Comp Systems, University Library of Munich, Germany (2003) View citations (20)

2003

16. Are Investments in Daughters Lower When Daughters Move Away?
    Development and Comp Systems, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (14)
17. Are Measured School Effects Just Sorting?
    Working Paper, USC Lusk Center for Real Estate
18. Changing Status of Daughters in Indonesia
    Development and Comp Systems, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (9)
19. Do Microfinance Programs Help Families Insure Consumption Against Illness?
    Development and Comp Systems, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Do microfinance programs help families insure consumption against illness?, Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2009) View citations (101) (2009)
20. Schooling and Parental Death
    HEW, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Schooling and Parental Death, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2004) View citations (104) (2004)
21. The growing importance of family and community: an analysis of changes in the sibling correlation in earnings
    Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago View citations (4)

2002

22. Choosing the right parents: changes in the intergenerational transmission of inequality between 1980 and the early 1990s
    Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago View citations (35)
    Also in Working Papers, California Berkeley - Institute of Industrial Relations (1999) View citations (2)

2000

23. Changes in Managerial Pay Structures 1986-1992 and Rising Returns to Skill
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Changes in Managerial Pay Structures 1986-1992 and Rising Returns to Skill, Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press (2001) View citations (4) (2001)
24. The Costs of Teenage Out-of-Weblock Childbearing: Analysis with a Within-School Propensity Score Matching Estimator
    Working Papers, California Berkeley - Institute of Industrial Relations View citations (3)
    Also in Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers, Econometric Society (2000) View citations (4)

1999

25. Changes in the Employment Contract? Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment
    Working Papers, California Berkeley - Institute of Industrial Relations View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Changes in the employment contract?: Evidence from a quasi-experiment, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2002) View citations (24) (2002)
26. Daddies, Devotion, & Dollars: Hoe Do They Matter for Youth
    Working Papers, California Berkeley - Institute of Industrial Relations
27. Employee Involvment and Pay at U.S. and Canadian Auto Suppliers
    Working Papers, California Berkeley - Institute of Industrial Relations
    See also Journal Article Employee Involvement And Pay At Us And Canadian Auto Suppliers, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Wiley Blackwell (2002) View citations (16) (2002)
28. When are layoffs acceptable? Evidence from a quasi-experiment
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article When are Layoffs Acceptable? Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment, ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School (2000) View citations (46) (2000)

1998

29. The rise and decline(?) of U.S. internal labor markets
    Research Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of New York View citations (17)

Undated

30. Not a Capital Idea
    J. Bradford De Long's Working Papers, University of California at Berkeley, Economics Department

Journal Articles

2024

1. Vaccination as personal public-good provision
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024, 224, (C), 481-499 View citations (3)

2023

2. Improving Regulatory Effectiveness through Better Targeting: Evidence from OSHA
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2023, 15, (4), 30-67 View citations (8)
3. The Effects of Fuel-Efficient Cookstoves on Fuel Use, Particulate Matter, and Cooking Practices: Results from a Randomized Trial in Rural Uganda
   The Energy Journal, 2023, 44, (6), 43-70 View citations (2)

2022

4. Optimal Arrangements for Distribution in Developing Markets: Theory and Evidence
   American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2022, 14, (1), 411-50 View citations (3)

2020

5. Encouraging fertilizer adoption through risk free sales offer: A randomized control trial in Uganda
   World Development Perspectives, 2020, 19, (C)
6. When financial incentives backfire: Evidence from a community health worker experiment in Uganda
   Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 144, (C) View citations (12)

2019

7. Cross-subsidies for improved sanitation in low income settlements: Assessing the willingness to pay of water utility customers in Kenyan cities
   World Development, 2019, 115, (C), 160-177 View citations (7)
8. The role of price and convenience in use of oral rehydration salts to treat child diarrhea: A cluster randomized trial in Uganda
   PLOS Medicine, 2019, 16, (1), 1-18 View citations (4)

2018

9. What Impedes Efficient Adoption of Products? Evidence from Randomized Sales Offers for Fuel-Efficient Cookstoves in Uganda
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2018, 16, (6), 1850-1880 View citations (38)

2017

10. Rapid prototyping a school-based health program in the developing world
    Development Engineering, 2017, 2, (C), 68-81
11. Using unobtrusive sensors to measure and minimize Hawthorne effects: Evidence from cookstoves
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2017, 86, (C), 68-80 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Using Unobtrusive Sensors to Measure and Minimize Hawthorne Effects: Evidence from Cookstoves, 2017 Annual Meeting, July 30-August 1, Chicago, Illinois (2017) View citations (11) (2017)

2016

12. Disgust, Shame, and Soapy Water: Tests of Novel Interventions to Promote Safe Water and Hygiene
    Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2016, 3, (2), 321 - 359 View citations (20)
13. Do ratings of firms converge? Implications for managers, investors and strategy researchers
    Strategic Management Journal, 2016, 37, (8), 1597-1614 View citations (292)
14. Insuring health or insuring wealth? An experimental evaluation of health insurance in rural Cambodia
    Journal of Development Economics, 2016, 119, (C), 1-15 View citations (29)
15. The pursuit of balance in sequential randomized trials
    Development Engineering, 2016, 1, (C), 12-25 View citations (1)
16. What is a “meal”? Comparative methods of auditing carbon offset compliance for fuel-efficient cookstoves
    Ecological Economics, 2016, 128, (C), 8-16 View citations (4)

2015

17. The effect of marketing messages and payment over time on willingness to pay for fuel-efficient cookstoves
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2015, 118, (C), 333-345 View citations (49)

2014

18. Nudging to use: Achieving safe water behaviors in Kenya and Bangladesh
    Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 110, (C), 13-21 View citations (13)

2013

19. The effect of solar ovens on fuel use, emissions and health: results from a randomised controlled trial
    Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2013, 5, (2), 178-207 View citations (18)

2012

20. Thermostats for the Smart Grid: Models, Benchmarks, and Insights
    The Energy Journal, 2012, 33, (4), 60-96
    Also in The Energy Journal, 2012, Volume 33, (Number 4) (2012) View citations (9)

2011

21. Racial Bias in the Manager-Employee Relationship: An Analysis of Quits, Dismissals, and Promotions at a Large Retail Firm
    Journal of Human Resources, 2011, 46, (1), 26-52 View citations (65)
22. The Economics of International Refugee Law
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 2011, 40, (2), 367 - 404 View citations (11)
23. The Effect of Industrialization on Children’s Education. The Experience of Mexico
    Review of Economics and Institutions, 2011, 2, (2) View citations (8)

2010

24. Customer Discrimination
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2010, 92, (3), 670-678 View citations (34)
25. Industrialization, pollution, and infant mortality
    Environment and Development Economics, 2010, 15, (5), 557-584 View citations (1)
26. Quality Management and Job Quality: How the ISO 9001 Standard for Quality Management Systems Affects Employees and Employers
    Management Science, 2010, 56, (6), 978-996 View citations (81)
    See also Working Paper Quality Management and Job Quality: How the ISO 9001 Standard for Quality Management Systems Affects Employees and Employers, Harvard Business School Working Papers (2010) View citations (81) (2010)

2009

27. Do microfinance programs help families insure consumption against illness?
    Health Economics, 2009, 18, (3), 257-273 View citations (101)
    See also Working Paper Do Microfinance Programs Help Families Insure Consumption Against Illness?, Development and Comp Systems (2003) View citations (11) (2003)
28. How Well Do Social Ratings Actually Measure Corporate Social Responsibility?
    Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2009, 18, (1), 125-169 View citations (393)
29. Manager Race and the Race of New Hires
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2009, 27, (4), 589-631 View citations (124)
    See also Working Paper Manager Race and the Race of New Hires, Working Papers (2006) View citations (8) (2006)

2008

30. Are measured school effects just sorting?: Causality and correlation in the National Education Longitudinal Survey
    Economics of Education Review, 2008, 27, (4), 460-470 View citations (2)
31. Fairness and the employment contract: North American regions versus Germany
    Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2008, 32, (3), 421-439 View citations (15)
32. Financial constraints on investment in an emerging market crisis
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 2008, 55, (3), 568-591 View citations (68)

2007

33. Intention and Stochastic Outcomes: An Experimental study
    Economic Journal, 2007, 117, (522), 1051-1072 View citations (110)

2006

34. Does Industrialization Build or Destroy Social Networks?
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2006, 54, (2), 287-317 View citations (32)
35. Does trade affect child health?
    Journal of Health Economics, 2006, 25, (3), 538-554 View citations (57)
36. Is Social Capital the Capital of the Poor? The Role of Family and Community in Helping Insure Living Standards against Health Shocks
    CESifo Economic Studies, 2006, 52, (3), 455-499 View citations (17)
37. The Effect of Diversity on Turnover: A Large Case Study
    ILR Review, 2006, 59, (4), 547-572 View citations (37)

2005

38. Does Social Capital Promote Industrialization? Evidence from a Rapid Industrializer
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2005, 87, (4), 754-762 View citations (46)
39. The Effects of Industrialization on Education and Youth Labor in Indonesia
    The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, 2005, 5, (1), 34 View citations (9)

2004

40. Daddies, Devotion, and Dollars
    American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2004, 63, (4), 813-850 View citations (7)
41. Erratum to "Changes in the employment contact? Evidence from a quasi-experiment" [Econ. Behav. Org. 47 (2002) 391-405]
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2004, 54, (3), 453-453
42. Schooling and Parental Death
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2004, 86, (1), 211-225 View citations (104)
    See also Working Paper Schooling and Parental Death, HEW (2003) View citations (3) (2003)
43. Size, Skill and Sorting
    LABOUR, 2004, 18, (4), 515-561 View citations (8)

2003

44. Are Investments in Daughters Lower when Daughters Move Away? Evidence from Indonesia
    World Development, 2003, 31, (6), 1065-1084 View citations (27)
45. The Schooling Costs of Teenage Out-of-Wedlock Childbearing: Analysis with a Within-School Propensity-Score-Matching Estimator
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2003, 85, (4), 884-900 View citations (94)

2002

46. Changes in the employment contract?: Evidence from a quasi-experiment
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2002, 47, (4), 391-405 View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper Changes in the Employment Contract? Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment, Working Papers (1999) View citations (4) (1999)
47. Employee Involvement And Pay At Us And Canadian Auto Suppliers
    Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2002, 11, (2), 329-377 View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper Employee Involvment and Pay at U.S. and Canadian Auto Suppliers, Working Papers (1999) (1999)
48. “Carve-outs” from the workers' compensation system
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2002, 21, (3), 467-483 View citations (1)

2001

49. Book Review: Human Resources, Management, and Personnel: Manufacturing Advantage: Why High-Performance Work Systems Pay off
    ILR Review, 2001, 55, (1), 175-176 View citations (1)
50. Changes in Managerial Pay Structures 1986-1992 and Rising Returns to Skill
    Oxford Economic Papers, 2001, 53, (3), 482-507 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Changes in Managerial Pay Structures 1986-1992 and Rising Returns to Skill, NBER Working Papers (2000) View citations (1) (2000)

2000

51. Family Structure and Youths' Outcomes: Which Correlations are Causal?
    Journal of Human Resources, 2000, 35, (3), 524-549 View citations (67)
52. When are Layoffs Acceptable? Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment
    ILR Review, 2000, 53, (3), 381-400 View citations (46)
    See also Working Paper When are layoffs acceptable? Evidence from a quasi-experiment, Economics Working Papers (1999) View citations (10) (1999)

1999

53. Computer-Mediated Communication as Employee Voice: A Case Study
    ILR Review, 1999, 52, (2), 213-233 View citations (3)
54. Flexibility Versus Efficiency? A Case Study of Model Changeovers in the Toyota Production System
    Organization Science, 1999, 10, (1), 43-68 View citations (229)

1997

55. Ergonomics, Employee Involvement, and the Toyota Production System: A Case Study of Nummi'S 1993 Model Introduction
    ILR Review, 1997, 50, (3), 416-437 View citations (17)

1995

56. A QUALITY POLICY FOR AMERICA
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 1995, 13, (2), 26-37 View citations (6)

1994

57. Work organization, employment security, and macroeconomic stability
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1994, 24, (3), 251-271 View citations (16)

1993

58. Do Corporate Executives Have Rational Expectations?
    The Journal of Business, 1993, 66, (2), 271-93 View citations (5)
59. Fairness, Markets, and Ability to Pay: Evidence from Compensation Executives
    American Economic Review, 1993, 83, (5), 1241-59 View citations (77)
60. The effect of non-traditional attitudes on married women's labor supply
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 1993, 14, (4), 665-679 View citations (12)
61. Worth Waiting For? Delayed Compensation, Training, and Turnover in the United States and Japan
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1993, 11, (4), 724-52 View citations (34)

1992

62. Can Wage Increases Pay for Themselves? Tests with a Production Function
    Economic Journal, 1992, 102, (414), 1102-15 View citations (87)
63. Long-Term Supplier Relations and Product-Market Structure
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 1992, 8, (3), 561-81 View citations (44)
64. Piece rates, output restriction, and conformism
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 1992, 13, (3), 473-489 View citations (10)

1991

65. Cohesiveness, productivity, and wage dispersion
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1991, 15, (2), 237-255 View citations (133)
66. Just-Cause Employment Policies in the Presence of Worker Adverse Selection
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1991, 9, (3), 294-305 View citations (56)

1989

67. Just-Cause Employment Policies When Unemployment Is a Worker Discipline Device
    American Economic Review, 1989, 79, (4), 902-05 View citations (12)

1987

68. Efficiency wages in Weitzman's share economy
    Economics Letters, 1987, 23, (3), 245-249 View citations (5)

Books

2002

1. Carve-Outs in Workers' Compensation: An Analysis of the Experience in the California Construction Industry
   Books from Upjohn Press, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
2. How New is the "New Employment Contract"? Evidence from North American Pay Practices
   Books from Upjohn Press, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research View citations (8)

Edited books

2008

1. The American Workplace
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press

2000

2. The American Workplace
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (21)

Chapters

2006

1. The Effects of New Work Practices on Workers
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (5)