Details about Lalith Munasinghe

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Working Papers

2005

1. A Theory of Wage and Turnover Dynamics
   2005 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (8)
2. Wage Dynamics and Unobserved Heterogeneity: Time Preference of Learning Ability?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER (2004) View citations (2)

2000

3. Why Do Dancers Smoke? Time Preference, Occupational Choice, and Wage Growth
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (31)

Journal Articles

2019

1. Referrals and Search Efficiency: Who Learns What and When?
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2019, 37, (4), 1267 - 1300 View citations (6)

2012

2. Climate change: a new metric to measure changes in the frequency of extreme temperatures using record data
   Climatic Change, 2012, 113, (3), 1001-1024 View citations (7)

2008

3. Gender gap in wage returns to job tenure and experience
   Labour Economics, 2008, 15, (6), 1296-1316 View citations (36)

2006

4. Expectations matter: Job prospects and turnover dynamics
   Labour Economics, 2006, 13, (5), 589-609 View citations (7)
5. Why Do Dancers Smoke? Smoking, Time Preference, and Wage Dynamics
   Eastern Economic Journal, 2006, 32, (4), 595-616 View citations (25)

2005

6. Specific Training Sometimes Cuts Wages and Always Cuts Turnover
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2005, 23, (2), 213-234 View citations (14)

2004

7. A hobo syndrome? Mobility, wages, and job turnover
   Labour Economics, 2004, 11, (2), 191-218 View citations (39)

2001

8. Globalization and the Rate of Technological Progress: What Track and Field Records Show
   Journal of Political Economy, 2001, 109, (5), 1132-1149 View citations (7)

2000

9. Wage Growth and the Theory of Turnover
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2000, 18, (2), 204-20 View citations (20)