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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), (more information at EDIRC) Economics Department, Eller College of Management, University of Arizona, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2023

1. Oaxaca-Blinder Meets Kitagawa: What Is the Link?
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Oaxaca-Blinder meets Kitagawa: What is the link?, PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (2025) (2025)

2022

2. What's the Risk from Competing? Competition Aversion and the Gender Wage Gap
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

2021

3. Gender Differences in Economics PhD Field Specializations with Correlated Choices
   LISER Working Paper Series, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) View citations (1)
   Also in GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2021) View citations (1)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2021) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Gender differences in economics PhD field specializations with correlated choices, Labour Economics, Elsevier (2022) (2022)

2020

4. Income Taxation and Dual Job Labour Supply
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

2019

5. Is There a Business Cycle Effect on the Incidence of Dual Job Holding?
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   See also Journal Article Is There a Business Cycle Effect on the Incidence of Dual Job Holding?, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter (2023) (2023)
6. Raising the Overtime Premium and Reducing the Standard Workweek: Short-Run Impacts on U.S. Manufacturing
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)

2017

7. Constrained vs Unconstrained Labor Supply: The Economics of Dual Job Holding
   GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) View citations (1)
   Also in LISER Working Paper Series, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) (2013) View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article Constrained vs unconstrained labor supply: the economics of dual job holding, Journal of Population Economics, Springer (2018) View citations (3) (2018)
8. Gender Wage Gaps and Risky vs. Secure Employment: An Experimental Analysis
   Inha University IBER Working Paper Series, Inha University, Institute of Business and Economic Research
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2016) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Gender wage gaps and risky vs. secure employment: An experimental analysis, Labour Economics, Elsevier (2018) View citations (15) (2018)
9. Identification and Decompositions in Probit and Logit Models
   Inha University IBER Working Paper Series, Inha University, Institute of Business and Economic Research View citations (2)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2017)
   See also Journal Article Identification and decompositions in probit and logit models, Empirical Economics, Springer (2020) View citations (2) (2020)

2016

10. Wage Decompositions Using Panel Data Sample Selection Correction
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (11)

2012

11. Movin' on Up: Hierarchical Occupational Segmentation and Gender Wage Gaps
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Movin’ on up: Hierarchical occupational segmentation and gender wage gaps, The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer (2014) View citations (7) (2014)
12. Wages, Employment, and Statistical Discrimination: Evidence from the Laboratory
    Working Papers, Department of Economics, Appalachian State University
    See also Journal Article WAGES, EMPLOYMENT, AND STATISTICAL DISCRIMINATION: EVIDENCE FROM THE LABORATORY, Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (2014) View citations (18) (2014)

2008

13. New Market Power Models and Sex Differences in Pay
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article New Market Power Models and Sex Differences in Pay, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2010) View citations (72) (2010)

2007

14. A Human Capital Model of the Effects of Ability and Family Background on Optimal Schooling Levels
    Working Papers, University of Miami, Department of Economics View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article A HUMAN CAPITAL MODEL OF THE EFFECTS OF ABILITY AND FAMILY BACKGROUND ON OPTIMAL SCHOOLING LEVELS, Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (2007) View citations (2) (2007)
15. Do You Receive a Lighter Prison Sentence Because You Are a Woman? An Economic Analysis of Federal Criminal Sentencing Guidelines
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
16. Work experience as a source of specification errorin earnings models: implications for genderwage decompositions
    Working Papers, University of Miami, Department of Economics
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2006) View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article Work experience as a source of specification error in earnings models: implications for gender wage decompositions, Journal of Population Economics, Springer (2009) View citations (29) (2009)

2006

17. A Human Capital Model of the Effects of Abilities and Family Background on Optimal Schooling Levels
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
18. Statistical Discrimination in Labor Markets: An Experimental Analysis
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (9)
    Also in Working Papers, Utah State University, Department of Economics (2004)
    Working Papers, Department of Economics, Appalachian State University (2005)
    See also Journal Article Statistical Discrimination in Labor Markets: An Experimental Analysis, Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons (2009) View citations (8) (2009)
19. The Economics of Dual Job Holding: A Job Portfolio Model of Labor Supply
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (31)

2005

20. Sex Differences in Pay in a "New Monopsony" Model of the Labor Market
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (12)
21. Technological Change and Gender Wage Differentials
    LoWER Working Papers, AIAS, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies
22. The Equivalence of Panel Data Estimators under Orthogonal Experimental Design
    Working Papers, Department of Economics, Appalachian State University View citations (4)

2004

23. Wage Differentials in the 1990s in Israel: Endowments, Discrimination and Selectivity
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (11)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2004) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Wage differentials in the 1990s in Israel: endowments, discrimination, and selectivity, International Journal of Manpower, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (2005) (2005)

2003

24. Intrafirm Mobility and Sex Differences in Pay
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Intrafirm Mobility and Sex Differences in Pay, ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School (2005) View citations (48) (2005)
25. New Wine in Old Bottles: A Sequential Estimation Technique for the LPM
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (7)
    Also in Econometrics, University Library of Munich, Germany (2003) View citations (7)
26. Swimming Upstream, Floating Downstream: Comparing Women's Relative Wage Positions in the U.S. and Denmark
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (15)

2002

27. Swimming Upstream, Floating Downstream: Trends in the U.S. and Danish Gender Wage Gaps
    CLS Working Papers, University of Aarhus, Aarhus School of Business, Centre for Labour Market and Social Research View citations (10)

1998

28. Estimating Labour Market Discrimination with Selectivity Corrected Wage Equations: Methodological Considerations and an Illustration from Israel
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (34)
29. Wage Dispersion, Public Sector Wages and the Stagnating Danish Gender Wage Gap
    Working Papers, Centre for Labour Market and Social Research, Danmark- View citations (10)

1987

30. The Economics of Discrimination Thirty Years Later: Economists Enter the Courtroom
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. View citations (8)

1972

31. Another Look at Tests of Equality between Sets of Coefficients in Two Linear Regressions
    University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Another Look at Tests of Equality between Sets of Coefficients in Two Linear Regressions, The American Economist, Sage Publications (1974) View citations (6) (1974)
32. What's New about Recent U.S. Foreign Economic Policy?
    University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics

1971

33. Male-Female Wage Differentials in Urban Labor Markets
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Male-Female Wage Differentials in Urban Labor Markets, International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association (1973) View citations (3447) (1973)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Oaxaca-Blinder meets Kitagawa: What is the link?
   PLOS ONE, 2025, 20, (5), 1-8
   See also Working Paper Oaxaca-Blinder Meets Kitagawa: What Is the Link?, IZA Discussion Papers (2023) View citations (1) (2023)

2023

2. Is There a Business Cycle Effect on the Incidence of Dual Job Holding?
   The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2023, 23, (2), 443-465
   See also Working Paper Is There a Business Cycle Effect on the Incidence of Dual Job Holding?, IZA Discussion Papers (2019) (2019)

2022

3. Gender differences in economics PhD field specializations with correlated choices
   Labour Economics, 2022, 79, (C)
   See also Working Paper Gender Differences in Economics PhD Field Specializations with Correlated Choices, LISER Working Paper Series (2021) View citations (1) (2021)

2021

4. Field Specializations among Beginning Economists: Are There Gender Differences?
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2021, 111, 86-91 View citations (8)

2020

5. Identification and decompositions in probit and logit models
   Empirical Economics, 2020, 59, (3), 1479-1492 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Identification and Decompositions in Probit and Logit Models, Inha University IBER Working Paper Series (2017) View citations (2) (2017)
6. The effect of overtime regulations on employment
   IZA World of Labor, 2020, 89
   Also in IZA World of Labor, 2014, 89 (2014) View citations (4)

2018

7. Constrained vs unconstrained labor supply: the economics of dual job holding
   Journal of Population Economics, 2018, 31, (4), 1279-1319 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Constrained vs Unconstrained Labor Supply: The Economics of Dual Job Holding, GLO Discussion Paper Series (2017) View citations (1) (2017)
8. Gender wage gaps and risky vs. secure employment: An experimental analysis
   Labour Economics, 2018, 52, (C), 112-121 View citations (15)
   See also Working Paper Gender Wage Gaps and Risky vs. Secure Employment: An Experimental Analysis, Inha University IBER Working Paper Series (2017) (2017)

2016

9. Symmetric experimental designs: conditions for equivalence of panel data estimators
   Journal of the Economic Science Association, 2016, 2, (1), 85-95 View citations (1)

2014

10. Do You Receive a Lighter Prison Sentence Because You Are a Woman or a White? An Economic Analysis of the Federal Criminal Sentencing Guidelines
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2014, 14, (1), 1-54 View citations (6)
11. Movin’ on up: Hierarchical occupational segmentation and gender wage gaps
    The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2014, 12, (3), 315-338 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper Movin' on Up: Hierarchical Occupational Segmentation and Gender Wage Gaps, IZA Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (1) (2012)
12. WAGES, EMPLOYMENT, AND STATISTICAL DISCRIMINATION: EVIDENCE FROM THE LABORATORY
    Economic Inquiry, 2014, 52, (4), 1380-1391 View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper Wages, Employment, and Statistical Discrimination: Evidence from the Laboratory, Working Papers (2012) (2012)

2012

13. Race and Gender Differences under Federal Sentencing Guidelines
    American Economic Review, 2012, 102, (3), 256-60 View citations (14)

2011

14. Applying Fixed Effects to Hierarchical Segregation Models
    American Economic Review, 2011, 101, (3), 588-92

2010

15. New Market Power Models and Sex Differences in Pay
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2010, 28, (2), 267-289 View citations (72)
    See also Working Paper New Market Power Models and Sex Differences in Pay, Working Papers (2008) View citations (2) (2008)
16. Technological Change and Gender Wage Gaps in the U.S. Service Industry
    Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2010, (99-100), 47-65 View citations (10)

2009

17. Statistical Discrimination in Labor Markets: An Experimental Analysis
    Southern Economic Journal, 2009, 76, (1), 16-31 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper Statistical Discrimination in Labor Markets: An Experimental Analysis, IZA Discussion Papers (2006) View citations (9) (2006)
18. Work experience as a source of specification error in earnings models: implications for gender wage decompositions
    Journal of Population Economics, 2009, 22, (2), 463-499 View citations (29)
    See also Working Paper Work experience as a source of specification errorin earnings models: implications for genderwage decompositions, Working Papers (2007) (2007)

2007

19. A HUMAN CAPITAL MODEL OF THE EFFECTS OF ABILITY AND FAMILY BACKGROUND ON OPTIMAL SCHOOLING LEVELS
    Economic Inquiry, 2007, 45, (4), 721-738 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper A Human Capital Model of the Effects of Ability and Family Background on Optimal Schooling Levels, Working Papers (2007) View citations (2) (2007)
20. Editors' Introduction
    American Economic Review, 2007, 97, (2), viii-viii

2006

21. Analysing trends in US and Danish gender wage gaps in the 1980s and 1990s
    Applied Economics Letters, 2006, 13, (10), 643-647
22. Editors' Introduction
    American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (2), 8-8
23. Results on the bias and inconsistency of ordinary least squares for the linear probability model
    Economics Letters, 2006, 90, (3), 321-327 View citations (276)
24. Swimming Upstream, Floating Downstream: Comparing Women's Relative Wage Progress in the United States and Denmark
    ILR Review, 2006, 59, (2), 243-266 View citations (62)

2005

25. Editors' Introduction
    American Economic Review, 2005, 95, (2), 7-7 View citations (1)
26. Intrafirm Mobility and Sex Differences in Pay
    ILR Review, 2005, 58, (2), 219-237 View citations (48)
    See also Working Paper Intrafirm Mobility and Sex Differences in Pay, IZA Discussion Papers (2003) View citations (7) (2003)
27. Wage differentials in the 1990s in Israel: endowments, discrimination, and selectivity
    International Journal of Manpower, 2005, 26, (3), 217-236
    See also Working Paper Wage Differentials in the 1990s in Israel: Endowments, Discrimination and Selectivity, CEPR Discussion Papers (2004) View citations (11) (2004)

2004

28. Editors' Introduction
    American Economic Review, 2004, 94, (2), 7-7
29. Wage Decompositions with Selectivity-Corrected Wage Equations: A Methodological Note
    The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2004, 2, (1), 3-10 View citations (149)

2003

30. Editors' Introduction
    American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (2), 7-7 View citations (6)
31. Fixed effects models with time invariant variables: a theoretical note
    Economics Letters, 2003, 80, (3), 373-377 View citations (26)
32. Gender vs Ethnic Wage Differentials Among Professionals: Evidence from Israel
    Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2003, (71-72), 245-265 View citations (15)
33. Using Econometric Models for Intrafirm Equity Salary Adjustments
    The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2003, 1, (3), 221-249 View citations (3)

2001

34. Inter-Industry Wage Differentials and the Gender Wage Gap: An Identification Problem
    ILR Review, 2001, 54, (3), 611-618 View citations (55)

2000

35. Good News and Bad News: Search from Unknown Wage Offer Distributions
    Experimental Economics, 2000, 2, (3), 197-225 View citations (25)
36. Wages and Labor Markets in the United States, 1820–1860. By Robert A. Margo. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. Pp. xii, 200. $28.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 2000, 60, (4), 1155-1156

1999

37. Can Supply and Demand Parameters Be Recovered from Data Generated by Market Institutions?
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 1999, 17, (3), 285-97 View citations (3)
38. Identification in Detailed Wage Decompositions
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1999, 81, (1), 154-157 View citations (335)

1998

39. Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering
    The Journal of Higher Education, 1998, 69, (3), 239-276 View citations (8)

1995

40. Inducing Risk-Neutral Preferences: Further Analysis of the Data
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1995, 11, (1), 65-79 View citations (12)

1994

41. On discrimination and the decomposition of wage differentials
    Journal of Econometrics, 1994, 61, (1), 5-21 View citations (905)

1992

42. Direct Tests of the Reservation Wage Property
    Economic Journal, 1992, 102, (415), 1423-32 View citations (44)

1989

43. Laboratory Experiments with a Finite-Horizon Job-Search Model
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1989, 2, (3), 301-29 View citations (94)

1987

44. The Economics of Discrimination: Economists Enter the Courtroom
    American Economic Review, 1987, 77, (2), 321-25 View citations (23)

1986

45. Minimum Wage Effects with Output Stabilization
    Economic Inquiry, 1986, 24, (3), 443-54
46. Simulating the impacts of economic programs on urban areas: The case of unemployment insurance benefits
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1986, 19, (1), 23-46 View citations (5)

1985

47. Book Review: Labor Market: Youth at Work: An International Survey
    ILR Review, 1985, 38, (3), 462-463

1982

48. The Political Economy of Minimum Wage Legislation
    Economic Inquiry, 1982, 20, (4), 533-55 View citations (12)

1981

49. Identification of Supplier Induced Demand in the Health Care Sector
    Journal of Human Resources, 1981, 16, (3), 327-342 View citations (21)

1976

50. Labor in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors by Daniel S. Hamermesh
    Journal of Human Resources, 1976, 11, (2), 274-275
51. Some Observations on the Economics of Women's Liberation
    Challenge, 1976, 19, (3), 29-33
52. Unemployment Insurance, Duration of Unemployment, and Subsequent Wage Gain
    American Economic Review, 1976, 66, (5), 754-66 View citations (189)

1975

53. Estimation of Union/Nonunion Wage Differentials within Occupational/Regional Subgroups
    Journal of Human Resources, 1975, 10, (4), 529-537 View citations (4)

1974

54. Another Look at Tests of Equality between Sets of Coefficients in Two Linear Regressions
    The American Economist, 1974, 18, (1), 23-32 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Another Look at Tests of Equality between Sets of Coefficients in Two Linear Regressions, University of Western Ontario, Departmental Research Report Series (1972) (1972)

1973

55. Male-Female Wage Differentials in Urban Labor Markets
    International Economic Review, 1973, 14, (3), 693-709 View citations (3447)
    See also Working Paper Male-Female Wage Differentials in Urban Labor Markets, Working Papers (1971) View citations (4) (1971)

Chapters

2008

1. Experimetrics: The Use of Market Experiments to Evaluate the Performance of Econometric Estimators
   Elsevier View citations (1)
2. Laboratory Tests of Job Search Models
   Elsevier View citations (3)

2002

3. Revenue Flux and University Behavior
   Chapter 4 in Incentive-Based Budgeting Systems in Public Universities, 2002, pp 55-92

1977

4. The Persistence of Male-Female Earnings Differentials
   A chapter in The Distribution of Economic Well-Being, 1977, pp 303-354 View citations (1)