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Working Papers

2024

1. COVID-19 Vaccine and Risk-Taking
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article COVID-19 vaccine and risk-taking, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer (2024) View citations (1) (2024)
2. Homo-Silicus: Not (Yet) a Good Imitator of Homo Sapiens or Homo Economicus
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

2022

3. The Econometrics of Antidotal Variables
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

2021

4. The Long-Term Health Impact of Agent Orange: Evidence from the Vietnam War
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article The long-term health impact of Agent Orange: Evidence from the Vietnam War, World Development, Elsevier (2022) (2022)

2019

5. A New Strategy to Identify Causal Relationships: Estimating a Binding Average Treatment Effect
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
6. The Impact of Paid Family Leave on the Timing of Infant Vaccinations
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)

2018

7. Heterogeneous Layoff Effects of the US Short-Time Compensation Program
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Heterogeneous Layoff Effects of the US Short‐Time Compensation Program, LABOUR, CEIS (2020) View citations (1) (2020)

2017

8. Estimating Labor Force Joiners and Leavers Using a Heterogeneity Augmented Two-Tier Stochastic Frontier
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Estimating labor force joiners and leavers using a heterogeneity augmented two-tier stochastic frontier, Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier (2017) View citations (3) (2017)
9. How Asymmetrically Increasing Joint Strike Costs Need Not Lead to Fewer Strikes
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article How Asymmetrically Increasing Joint Strike Costs Need Not Lead to Fewer Strikes, Atlantic Economic Journal, Springer (2017) View citations (1) (2017)
10. If Looks Could Heal: Child Health and Paternal Investment
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
    See also Journal Article If looks could heal: Child health and paternal investment, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2018) View citations (1) (2018)
11. Micro Foundations of Earnings Differences
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)

2016

12. How Do Hurricanes Impact Achievement in School? A Caribbean Perspective
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (5)
13. How do hurricanes impact scholastic achievement? A Caribbean perspective
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article How do hurricanes impact scholastic achievement? A Caribbean perspective, Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer (2016) View citations (5) (2016)

2015

14. Hurricane Watch: Battening Down the Effects of the Storm on Local Crop Production
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Hurricane watch: Battening down the effects of the storm on local crop production, Ecological Economics, Elsevier (2015) View citations (11) (2015)
15. The Gender Pay Gap Across Countries: A Human Capital Approach
    LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg View citations (1)
    Also in SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) (2009) View citations (20)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2014) View citations (25)

2014

16. A Biological Basis for the Gender Wage Gap: Fecundity and Age and Educational Hypogamy
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (5)
17. Do School Budgets Matter? The Effect of Budget Referenda on Student Performance
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
18. Unanticipated Effects of California's Paid Family Leave Program
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article UNANTICIPATED EFFECTS OF CALIFORNIA'S PAID FAMILY LEAVE PROGRAM, Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International (2015) View citations (37) (2015)

2013

19. Heterogeneity in the Production of Human Capital
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)

2011

20. Heterogeneity in Schooling Rates of Return
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (47)
    See also Journal Article Heterogeneity in schooling rates of return, Economics of Education Review, Elsevier (2011) View citations (41) (2011)

2010

21. Does Conflict Disrupt Growth? Evidence of the Relationship between Political Instability and National Economic Performance
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Does conflict disrupt growth? Evidence of the relationship between political instability and national economic performance, The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, Taylor & Francis Journals (2012) View citations (14) (2012)

2008

22. How Hurricanes Affect Employment and Wages in Local Labor Markets
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (102)
23. How Opportunity Costs Decrease the Probability of War in an Incomplete Information Game
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article How Opportunity Costs Decrease the Probability of War in an Incomplete Information Game, International Organization, Cambridge University Press (2010) View citations (11) (2010)

2007

24. Earnings Over the Lifecycle: The Mincer Earnings Function and Its Applications
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (25)
    See also Journal Article Earnings Over the Life Cycle: The Mincer Earnings Function and Its Applications, Foundations and Trends(R) in Microeconomics, now publishers (2008) View citations (37) (2008)
25. How Disasters Affect Local Labor Markets: The Effects of Hurricanes in Florida
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article How Disasters Affect Local Labor Markets: The Effects of Hurricanes in Florida, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2009) View citations (76) (2009)

2006

26. Geographic Proximity, Trade and International Conflict/Cooperation
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Geographic Proximity, Trade, and International Conflict/Cooperation, Conflict Management and Peace Science, Peace Science Society (International) (2007) View citations (7) (2007)
27. Trade, Peace and Democracy: An Analysis of Dyadic Dispute
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (24)
    See also Chapter Trade, Peace and Democracy: An Analysis of Dyadic Dispute, Handbook of Defense Economics, Elsevier (2007) View citations (24) (2007)

2005

28. Do Former College Athletes Earn More at Work? A Nonparametric Assessment
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Do Former College Athletes Earn More at Work?: A Nonparametric Assessment, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2006) View citations (23) (2006)
29. Medical Interventions among Pregnant Women in Fee-for-Service and Managed Care Insurance: A Propensity Score Analysis
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
    See also Journal Article Medical interventions among pregnant women in fee-for-service and managed care insurance: a propensity score analysis, Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2006) (2006)
30. The Effects of Incomplete Employee Wage Information: A Cross-Country Analysis
    LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg View citations (3)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2005) View citations (6)
    See also Chapter The Effects of Incomplete Employee Wage Information: A Cross-Country Analysis, Research in Labor Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (2006) (2006)

2004

31. How Outsourcing Affects Bilateral Political Relations
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
32. How the Human Capital Model Explains Why the Gender Wage Gap Narrowed
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (31)
    Also in LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg (2003) View citations (1)

2003

33. Mincer's Overtaking Point and the Lifecycle Earnings Distribution
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (6)
    Also in LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg (2002)
    See also Journal Article Mincer's Overtaking Point and the Life Cycle Earnings Distribution, Review of Economics of the Household, Springer (2003) View citations (5) (2003)
34. What Can We Learn About the Decline in U.S. Union Membership from International Data?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

1998

35. The Effects of Price Changes on Alcohol Consumption in Alcohol-Experienced Rats
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Chapter The Effects of Price Changes on Alcohol Consumption in Alcohol-Experienced Rats, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1999) (1999)

1992

36. Male-Female Wage Differentials in Taiwan: A Human Capital Approach
    Discussion Papers, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research
    See also Journal Article Male-Female Wage Differentials in Taiwan: A Human Capital Approach, Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press (1994) View citations (20) (1994)

1991

37. Lifetime Work Expectations and Estimates of Sex Discrimination
    Discussion Papers, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research

1990

38. Measuring Ignorance in the Market: A New Method with an Application to Physician Services
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)

Journal Articles

2024

1. COVID-19 vaccine and risk-taking
   Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2024, 68, (1), 25-49 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper COVID-19 Vaccine and Risk-Taking, IZA Discussion Papers (2024) View citations (1) (2024)

2022

2. The long-term health impact of Agent Orange: Evidence from the Vietnam War
   World Development, 2022, 155, (C)
   See also Working Paper The Long-Term Health Impact of Agent Orange: Evidence from the Vietnam War, IZA Discussion Papers (2021) View citations (1) (2021)

2020

3. Heterogeneous Layoff Effects of the US Short‐Time Compensation Program
   LABOUR, 2020, 34, (4), 399-426 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Heterogeneous Layoff Effects of the US Short-Time Compensation Program, IZA Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (1) (2018)

2019

4. Equal pay legislation and the gender wage gap
   IZA World of Labor, 2019, 16 View citations (4)
   Also in IZA World of Labor, 2014, 16 (2014) View citations (9)

2018

5. Do school budgets matter? The effect of budget referenda on student dropout rates
   Education Economics, 2018, 26, (2), 129-144 View citations (5)
6. If looks could heal: Child health and paternal investment
   Journal of Health Economics, 2018, 57, (C), 179-190 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper If Looks Could Heal: Child Health and Paternal Investment, IZA Discussion Papers (2017) (2017)

2017

7. Estimating labor force joiners and leavers using a heterogeneity augmented two-tier stochastic frontier
   Journal of Econometrics, 2017, 199, (2), 156-172 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Estimating Labor Force Joiners and Leavers Using a Heterogeneity Augmented Two-Tier Stochastic Frontier, IZA Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (3) (2017)
8. Heterogeneity in the Labor Market: Ability and Information Acquisition*
   Eastern Economic Journal, 2017, 43, (3), 377-390
9. How Asymmetrically Increasing Joint Strike Costs Need Not Lead to Fewer Strikes
   Atlantic Economic Journal, 2017, 45, (2), 149-161 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper How Asymmetrically Increasing Joint Strike Costs Need Not Lead to Fewer Strikes, IZA Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (1) (2017)

2016

10. How do hurricanes impact scholastic achievement? A Caribbean perspective
    Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, 2016, 84, (2), 1437-1462 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper How do hurricanes impact scholastic achievement? A Caribbean perspective, Post-Print (2016) View citations (5) (2016)

2015

11. Hurricane watch: Battening down the effects of the storm on local crop production
    Ecological Economics, 2015, 120, (C), 234-240 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Hurricane Watch: Battening Down the Effects of the Storm on Local Crop Production, IZA Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (11) (2015)
12. Micro- and Macroeconomic Implications of Heterogeneity in the Production of Human Capital
    Journal of Political Economy, 2015, 123, (6), 1410 - 1455 View citations (18)
13. UNANTICIPATED EFFECTS OF CALIFORNIA'S PAID FAMILY LEAVE PROGRAM
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 2015, 33, (4), 619-635 View citations (37)
    See also Working Paper Unanticipated Effects of California's Paid Family Leave Program, IZA Discussion Papers (2014) View citations (3) (2014)

2012

14. Does conflict disrupt growth? Evidence of the relationship between political instability and national economic performance
    The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 2012, 21, (3), 361-388 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper Does Conflict Disrupt Growth? Evidence of the Relationship between Political Instability and National Economic Performance, IZA Discussion Papers (2010) View citations (7) (2010)
15. Violence and Social Orders: A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History, by Douglas C. North, John Joseph Wallis and Barry R. Weingast
    Eastern Economic Journal, 2012, 38, (1), 134-137

2011

16. Current Research and Future Directions in Peace Economics: Trade Gone Awry
    Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy, 2011, 16, (2), 1-14 View citations (2)
17. Heterogeneity in schooling rates of return
    Economics of Education Review, 2011, 30, (6), 1202-1214 View citations (41)
    See also Working Paper Heterogeneity in Schooling Rates of Return, IZA Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (47) (2011)

2010

18. How Opportunity Costs Decrease the Probability of War in an Incomplete Information Game
    International Organization, 2010, 64, (1), 133-144 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper How Opportunity Costs Decrease the Probability of War in an Incomplete Information Game, IZA Discussion Papers (2008) View citations (4) (2008)
19. Opportunity Costs and the Probability of War in an Incomplete Information Game (With Comments by Lloyd Jeff Dumas)
    Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy, 2010, 16, (1), 6

2009

20. How Disasters Affect Local Labor Markets: The Effects of Hurricanes in Florida
    Journal of Human Resources, 2009, 44, (1) View citations (76)
    See also Working Paper How Disasters Affect Local Labor Markets: The Effects of Hurricanes in Florida, IZA Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (11) (2007)

2008

21. Earnings Over the Life Cycle: The Mincer Earnings Function and Its Applications
    Foundations and Trends(R) in Microeconomics, 2008, 4, (3), 165-272 View citations (37)
    See also Working Paper Earnings Over the Lifecycle: The Mincer Earnings Function and Its Applications, IZA Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (25) (2007)
22. How Hurricanes Affect Wages and Employment in Local Labor Markets
    American Economic Review, 2008, 98, (2), 49-53 View citations (103)

2007

23. Geographic Proximity, Trade, and International Conflict/Cooperation
    Conflict Management and Peace Science, 2007, 24, (1), 1-24 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper Geographic Proximity, Trade and International Conflict/Cooperation, IZA Discussion Papers (2006) View citations (7) (2006)
24. How trade affects international interactions
    Economics of Peace and Security Journal, 2007, 2, (2), 60-68 View citations (3)
25. THE IMPACT OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT ON INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT
    Defence and Peace Economics, 2007, 18, (5), 415-429 View citations (16)

2006

26. Do Former College Athletes Earn More at Work?: A Nonparametric Assessment
    Journal of Human Resources, 2006, 41, (3) View citations (23)
    See also Working Paper Do Former College Athletes Earn More at Work? A Nonparametric Assessment, IZA Discussion Papers (2005) View citations (5) (2005)
27. Medical interventions among pregnant women in fee-for-service and managed care insurance: a propensity score analysis
    Applied Economics, 2006, 38, (13), 1513-1525
    See also Working Paper Medical Interventions among Pregnant Women in Fee-for-Service and Managed Care Insurance: A Propensity Score Analysis, IZA Discussion Papers (2005) (2005)

2005

28. Medicaid Coverage and Medical Interventions During Pregnancy
    International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 2005, 5, (3), 255-271 View citations (3)

2004

29. Book Review: Historical Studies: Human Capital in the United States from 1975 to 2000: Patterns of Growth and Utilization
    ILR Review, 2004, 57, (4), 638-639
30. Conflict and trade: the relationship between geographic distance and international interactions
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2004, 33, (4), 491-509 View citations (15)

2003

31. Labor Economics Mincer-Style: A Personal Reflection
    Review of Economics of the Household, 2003, 1, (4), 363-366
    See also Chapter Labor Economics Mincer-Style: A Personal Reflection, Springer Books, 2006, 29-33 (2006) View citations (1) (2006)
32. Mincer's Overtaking Point and the Life Cycle Earnings Distribution
    Review of Economics of the Household, 2003, 1, (4), 273-304 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Mincer's Overtaking Point and the Lifecycle Earnings Distribution, IZA Discussion Papers (2003) View citations (6) (2003)
33. Perceptions of female faculty treatment in higher education: which institutions treat women more fairly?
    Economics of Education Review, 2003, 22, (1), 59-67 View citations (4)

2002

34. Trade-Based Interactions: an Interdisciplinary Perspective
    Conflict Management and Peace Science, 2002, 19, (2), 1-21 View citations (4)

2001

35. Trends in the Male‐Female Wage Gap: The 1980s Compared with the 1970s
    Southern Economic Journal, 2001, 67, (4), 869-888

1999

36. Conflict and Trade: An Economics Approach to Political International Interactions
    Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy, 1999, 5, (2), 32 View citations (14)
37. Liberalism and Interdependence: Extending the Trade-Conflict Model
    Journal of Peace Research, 1999, 36, (4), 405-422 View citations (46)

1998

38. Employee labor market information: comparing direct world of work measures of workers' knowledge to stochastic frontier estimates
    Labour Economics, 1998, 5, (2), 231-242 View citations (45)

1997

39. Why Democracies Cooperate More and Fight Less: The Relationship between International Trade and Cooperation
    Review of International Economics, 1997, 5, (3), 295-309 View citations (43)

1996

40. Panel Estimates of a Two-Tiered Earnings Frontier
    Journal of Applied Econometrics, 1996, 11, (2), 169-78 View citations (71)

1995

41. Discerning Discrimination: Does Interviewing Firms Make a Difference?
    Eastern Economic Journal, 1995, 21, (3), 393-398 View citations (2)
42. Earnings over the Life Cycle: What Do Human Capital Models Explain?
    Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 1995, 42, (3), 267-89 View citations (10)

1994

43. Male-Female Wage Differentials in Taiwan: A Human Capital Approach
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1994, 42, (2), 351-74 View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper Male-Female Wage Differentials in Taiwan: A Human Capital Approach, Discussion Papers (1992) (1992)
44. Panel Estimates of Male-Female Earnings Functions
    Journal of Human Resources, 1994, 29, (2) View citations (54)
45. Panel estimates of the gender earnings gap: Individual-specific intercept and individual-specific slope models
    Journal of Econometrics, 1994, 61, (1), 23-42 View citations (49)

1993

46. Why the Gender Gap in Wages Narrowed in the 1980s
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1993, 11, (1), 205-28 View citations (115)

1987

47. A Two-tiered Earnings Frontier Estimation of Employer and Employee Information in the Labor Market
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1987, 69, (2), 296-302 View citations (70)
48. Panel Estimates of Union Effects on Wages and Wage Growth
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1987, 69, (3), 527-31 View citations (2)
49. Residual Differences by Sex: Perspectives on the Gender Gap in Earnings
    American Economic Review, 1987, 77, (2), 143-51 View citations (58)

1986

50. Union effects on wages and wage growth
    Economics Letters, 1986, 21, (3), 297-303

1985

51. A new approach for measuring wage ignorance in the labor market
    Journal of Economics and Business, 1985, 37, (3), 267-276 View citations (24)
52. Economics
    The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1985, 482, (1), 213-214
53. Occupation Segregation: A Defense of Human Capital Predictions
    Journal of Human Resources, 1985, 20, (3), 437-440 View citations (17)
54. Occupational Segregation: Reply to England
    Journal of Human Resources, 1985, 20, (3), 444 View citations (3)

1983

55. International Relations and Politics
    The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1983, 469, (1), 207-208

1982

56. Conflict and Interdependence
    Journal of Conflict Resolution, 1982, 26, (4), 709-729 View citations (20)

1981

57. Occupational Self-Selection: A Human Capital Approach to Sex Differences in Occupational Structure
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1981, 63, (1), 60-69 View citations (348)

1980

58. Conflict and Trade
    Journal of Conflict Resolution, 1980, 24, (1), 55-78 View citations (155)

1978

59. An Exchange: The Theory of Human Capital and the Earnings of Women: Women's Earnings Reexamined
    Journal of Human Resources, 1978, 13, (1), 118-134 View citations (14)
60. Educational Production Functions
    Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 1978, 3, (3), 209-231 View citations (11)
61. Sex Differences in College Major
    ILR Review, 1978, 31, (4), 498-508 View citations (47)
62. The Rate of Return to Schooling and the Business Cycle
    Journal of Human Resources, 1978, 13, (2), 264-277 View citations (14)

1975

63. Differences in Expected Post-school Investments as a Determinant of Market Wage Differentials
    International Economic Review, 1975, 16, (2), 451-70 View citations (40)
64. Potential Biases in Measuring Male-Female Discrimination
    Journal of Human Resources, 1975, 10, (2), 205-229 View citations (28)

1974

65. Family Investment in Human Capital: Earnings of Women
    Journal of Political Economy, 1974, 82, (2), S76-S108 View citations (565)
    See also Chapter Family Investments in Human Capital: Earnings of Women, NBER Chapters, 1974, 76-110 (1974) View citations (681) (1974)

Books

1993

1. The Economics of Earnings
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (127)

Edited books

2014

1. Predicting the Future in Science, Economics, and Politics
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing

Chapters

2015

1. A Biological Basis for the Gender Wage Gap: Fecundity and Age and Educational Hypogamy☆Part of this paper was written while Solomon W. Polachek was a visiting scholar at the NBER in Cambridge, MA. We thank Vikesh Amin, Talia Bar, Erling Barth, Fran Blau, Richard Burkhauser, Henry Farber, Dan Feenberg, Richard Freeman, Claudia Goldin, David Hacker, Larry Kahn, Subal Kumbhakar, Shelly Lundberg, Haim Ofek, Thomas Rawski, Susan Wolcott, Dennis Yang, Xi Yang, seminar participants at Cornell University, IZA, Kasetsart University (Thailand), Rutgers University, SUNY-Albany, and SUNY-Buffalo, as well as Kostas Tatsiramos and two anonymous referees for valuable comments and suggestions
   A chapter in Gender Convergence in the Labor Market, 2015, vol. 41, pp 35-88

2014

2. Innovations in forecasting the future that one can learn from: predicting the future in science, economics, and politics
   Chapter 17 in Predicting the Future in Science, Economics, and Politics, 2014, pp 459-473

2013

3. Natural disasters and migration
   Chapter 17 in International Handbook on the Economics of Migration, 2013, pp 309-330 View citations (8)

2007

4. Trade, Peace and Democracy: An Analysis of Dyadic Dispute
   Elsevier View citations (24)
   See also Working Paper Trade, Peace and Democracy: An Analysis of Dyadic Dispute, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2006) View citations (24) (2006)

2006

5. Labor Economics Mincer-Style: A Personal Reflection
   Springer View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Labor Economics Mincer-Style: A Personal Reflection, Springer (2003) (2003)
6. Proving Mincer Right: Mincer’s Overtaking Point and the Lifecycle Earnings Distribution
   Springer
7. The Effects of Incomplete Employee Wage Information: A Cross-Country Analysis
   A chapter in The Economics of Immigration and Social Diversity, 2006, pp 35-75
   See also Working Paper The Effects of Incomplete Employee Wage Information: A Cross-Country Analysis, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg (2005) View citations (3) (2005)

2003

8. GENDER DIFFERENCES IN REASONS FOR JOB MOBILITY INTENTIONS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
   A chapter in Worker Well-Being and Public Policy, 2003, pp 465-505

1999

9. The Effects of Price Changes on Alcohol Consumption in Alcohol-Experienced Rats
   A chapter in The Economic Analysis of Substance Use and Abuse: An Integration of Econometric and Behavioral Economic Research, 1999, pp 75-102
   See also Working Paper The Effects of Price Changes on Alcohol Consumption in Alcohol-Experienced Rats, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1998) (1998)

1974

10. Family Investments in Human Capital: Earnings of Women
    A chapter in Marriage, Family, Human Capital, and Fertility, 1974, pp 76-110 View citations (681)
    See also Journal Article Family Investment in Human Capital: Earnings of Women, University of Chicago Press (1974) View citations (565) (1974)

Editor

1. Research in Labor Economics
   Emerald Group Publishing Limited