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Working Papers

2021

1. Inequality in the Welfare Costs of Disinflation
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (3)

2019

2. Demographic Origins of the Startup Deficit
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (41)
   Also in Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2019) View citations (16)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019) View citations (37)
   See also Journal Article Demographic Origins of the Start-up Deficit, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2024) View citations (2) (2024)
3. Liquidity Effects of Unemployment Insurance Benefit Extensions: Evidence from Consumer Credit Data
   2019 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
4. Macroeconomic Perspective on the Rise of Pass-through Businesses
   2019 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (1)

2018

5. Longitudinal Linking of Enterprises in the LBD and SSL
   CES Technical Notes Series, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau View citations (2)
6. Older and Slower: The Startup Deficit’s Lasting Effects on Aggregate Productivity Growth
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (56)
   Also in 2017 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2017) View citations (15)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) View citations (16)
   See also Journal Article Older and slower: The startup deficit’s lasting effects on aggregate productivity growth, Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier (2018) View citations (52) (2018)
7. Taxes, Regulations of Businesses and Evolution of Income Inequality in the US
   2018 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (13)
   Also in 2017 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2017) View citations (8)
8. The Nature of Firm Growth
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (15)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (23)
   LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2017) View citations (8)
   2017 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2017) View citations (9)
   Discussion Papers, Centre for Macroeconomics (CFM) (2017) View citations (6)
   See also Journal Article The Nature of Firm Growth, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2021) View citations (42) (2021)

2016

9. The Role of Start-Ups in StructuralTransformation
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies
   Also in Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2016) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article The Role of Startups in Structural Transformation, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2016) View citations (20) (2016)

2015

10. Grown-Up Business Cycles
    Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (30)
    Also in 2015 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2015) View citations (30)
    Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2014) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Grown-up Business Cycles, The Review of Financial Studies, Society for Financial Studies (2019) View citations (33) (2019)
11. Understanding the 30 year Decline in Business Dynamism: a General Equilibrium Approach
    2015 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (16)
12. Wealth, Tastes, and Entrepreneurial Choice
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
    Also in Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2015) View citations (7)
    Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies (2015) View citations (26)
    See also Chapter Wealth, Tastes, and Entrepreneurial Choice, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (4) (2016)

2014

13. How Attached to the Labor Market Are the Long-Term Unemployed?
    Liberty Street Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
14. Measuring Labor Market Slack: Are the Long-Term Unemployed Different?
    Liberty Street Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
15. The Long-Term Unemployed and the Wages of New Hires
    Liberty Street Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

2011

16. Are Household Surveys Like Tax Forms: Evidence from Income Underreporting of the Self-Employed
    Working Papers, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State View citations (1)
    Also in Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) (2011) View citations (37)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) View citations (45)
    See also Journal Article Are Household Surveys Like Tax Forms? Evidence from Income Underreporting of the Self-Employed, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2014) View citations (152) (2014)
17. Understanding Small Business Heterogeneity
    Working Papers, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State View citations (4)
18. What Do Small Businesses Do?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (391)
    See also Journal Article What Do Small Businesses Do?, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution (2011) View citations (390) (2011)

2006

19. The mistake of 1931: A general equilibrium analysis
    CFS Working Paper Series, Center for Financial Studies (CFS) View citations (4)

Journal Articles

2025

1. The Rise of Pass-Throughs: an Empirical Investigation
   The Economic Journal, 2025, 135, (665), 387-403

2024

2. Demographic Origins of the Start-up Deficit
   American Economic Review, 2024, 114, (7), 1986-2023 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Demographic Origins of the Startup Deficit, Working Papers (2019) View citations (41) (2019)

2021

3. The Nature of Firm Growth
   American Economic Review, 2021, 111, (2), 547-79 View citations (42)
   See also Working Paper The Nature of Firm Growth, Working Papers (2018) View citations (15) (2018)

2019

4. Grown-up Business Cycles
   The Review of Financial Studies, 2019, 32, (3), 1102-1147 View citations (33)
   See also Working Paper Grown-Up Business Cycles, Working Papers (2015) View citations (30) (2015)

2018

5. Comment on “Structural transformation and the rise of information technology” by Gallipoli and Makridis
   Journal of Monetary Economics, 2018, 97, (C), 111-116
6. Older and slower: The startup deficit’s lasting effects on aggregate productivity growth
   Journal of Monetary Economics, 2018, 93, (C), 68-85 View citations (52)
   See also Working Paper Older and Slower: The Startup Deficit’s Lasting Effects on Aggregate Productivity Growth, Working Papers (2018) View citations (56) (2018)

2017

7. Do Job-to-Job Transitions Drive Wage Fluctuations over the Business Cycle?
   American Economic Review, 2017, 107, (5), 353-57 View citations (29)

2016

8. The Role of Startups in Structural Transformation
   American Economic Review, 2016, 106, (5), 219-23 View citations (20)
   See also Working Paper The Role of Start-Ups in StructuralTransformation, Working Papers (2016) (2016)

2014

9. Are Household Surveys Like Tax Forms? Evidence from Income Underreporting of the Self-Employed
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2014, 96, (1), 19-33 View citations (152)
   See also Working Paper Are Household Surveys Like Tax Forms: Evidence from Income Underreporting of the Self-Employed, Working Papers (2011) View citations (1) (2011)

2011

10. What Do Small Businesses Do?
    Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2011, 42, (2 (Fall)), 73-142 View citations (390)
    See also Working Paper What Do Small Businesses Do?, NBER Working Papers (2011) View citations (391) (2011)

2006

11. The Mistake of 1937: A General Equilibrium Analysis
    Monetary and Economic Studies, 2006, 24, (S1), 151-190 View citations (32)

Chapters

2016

1. Wealth, Tastes, and Entrepreneurial Choice
   A chapter in Measuring Entrepreneurial Businesses: Current Knowledge and Challenges, 2016, pp 111-151 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper Wealth, Tastes, and Entrepreneurial Choice, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (13) (2015)