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Working Papers

2024

1. Wage Adjustment in Efficient Long-Term Employment Relationships
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (2023) View citations (1)

2019

2. How Prevalent Is Downward Rigidity in Nominal Wages? Evidence from Payroll Records in Washington State
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (47)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2019) View citations (47)
3. How Prevalent Is Downward Rigidity in Nominal Wages? International Evidence from Payroll Records and Pay Slips
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (57)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (9)
   See also Journal Article How Prevalent Is Downward Rigidity in Nominal Wages? International Evidence from Payroll Records and Pay Slips, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2019) View citations (58) (2019)

2018

4. New Directions in Measuring Intergenerational Mobility
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (11)

2017

5. What Do We Know So Far about Multigenerational Mobility?
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (33)
   See also Journal Article What Do We Know So Far about Multigenerational Mobility?, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2018) View citations (56) (2018)

2013

6. Theoretical Models of Inequality Transmission across Multiple Generations
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
7. Wage Adjustment in the Great Recession
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
8. What Are We Weighting For?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (148)
   See also Journal Article What Are We Weighting For?, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2015) View citations (591) (2015)

2011

9. The Fragility of Estimated Effects of Unilateral Divorce Laws on Divorce Rates
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (50)
   See also Journal Article The Fragility of Estimated Effects of Unilateral Divorce Laws on Divorce Rates, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter (2011) View citations (47) (2011)

2010

10. Measuring What Employers Really Do about Entry Wages over the Business Cycle
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (20)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2010) View citations (15)

2008

11. Trends in Men's Earnings Volatility: What Does the Panel Study of Income Dynamics Show?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (27)
    See also Journal Article Trends in men's earnings volatility: What does the Panel Study of Income Dynamics show?, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2011) View citations (79) (2011)

2007

12. Nature and Nurture in the Intergenerational Transmission of Socioeconomic Status: Evidence from Swedish Children and Their Biological and Rearing Parents
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (55)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (57)
    See also Journal Article Nature and Nurture in the Intergenerational Transmission of Socioeconomic Status: Evidence from Swedish Children and Their Biological and Rearing Parents, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter (2007) View citations (57) (2007)
13. The Ins and Outs of Cyclical Unemployment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (52)
    See also Journal Article The Ins and Outs of Cyclical Unemployment, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, American Economic Association (2009) View citations (334) (2009)

2006

14. Life-Cycle Variation in the Association between Current and Lifetime Earnings
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (517)
    See also Journal Article Life-Cycle Variation in the Association between Current and Lifetime Earnings, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2006) View citations (550) (2006)
15. New Evidence on Real Wage Cyclicality within Employer-Employee Matches
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article NEW EVIDENCE ON REAL WAGE CYCLICALITY WITHIN EMPLOYER–EMPLOYEE MATCHES, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Scottish Economic Society (2007) View citations (40) (2007)
16. Trends in Intergenerational Income Mobility
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (26)
    See also Journal Article Trends in Intergenerational Income Mobility, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2009) View citations (225) (2009)

2005

17. A Portmanteau Test for Serially Correlated Errors in Fixed Effects Models
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article A PORTMANTEAU TEST FOR SERIALLY CORRELATED ERRORS IN FIXED EFFECTS MODELS, Econometric Theory, Cambridge University Press (2006) View citations (27) (2006)
18. Two-Sample Instrumental Variables Estimators
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Two-Sample Instrumental Variables Estimators, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2010) View citations (150) (2010)

2000

19. Nonrandom Selection in the HRS Social Security Earnings Sample
    Working Papers, RAND - Labor and Population Program View citations (33)

1999

20. Dynamique et inegalite des revenus chez les hommes au Canada, 1976-1992: analyse fondee sur des dossiers fiscaux longitudinaux
    Direction des études analytiques : documents de recherche, Statistics Canada, Direction des études analytiques
21. Earnings Dynamics and Inequality Among Canadian Men, 1976-1992: Evidence from Longitudinal Income Tax Records
    Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch View citations (12)
    Also in Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics (1998) View citations (4)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1999) View citations (35)
    See also Journal Article Earnings Dynamics and Inequality among Canadian Men, 1976-1992: Evidence from Longitudinal Income Tax Records, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2003) View citations (191) (2003)

1998

22. Double Trouble: On the Value of Twins-Based Estimation of the Return to Schooling
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Double trouble: on the value of twins-based estimation of the return to schooling, Economics of Education Review, Elsevier (1999) View citations (231) (1999)

1992

23. Measuring the Cyclicality of Real Wages: How Important is Composition Bias
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (27)
    See also Journal Article Measuring the Cyclicality of Real Wages: How Important is Composition Bias?, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (1994) View citations (571) (1994)

1989

24. Effects of Family and Community Background on Men's Economic Status
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
25. Real Wages Over The Business Cycle
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (38)

1987

26. Sibling and Intergenerational Correlations in Welfare Program Participation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Sibling and Intergenerational Correlations in Welfare Program Participation, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (1988) View citations (34) (1988)
27. The Effect of Family Background on Economic Status: A Longitudinal Analysis of Sibling Correlations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

1986

28. Bias in Longitudinal Estimation of Wage Gaps
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)

1984

29. Estimating Autocorrelations in Fixed-Effects Models
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (20)
    Also in Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. (1983)
30. Pay Differences Between Women's and Men's Jobs: The Empirical Foundations of Comparable Worth Legislation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
31. Wage Bargaining, Labor Turnover, and the Business Cycle: A Model with Asymmetric Information
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article Wage Bargaining, Labor Turnover, and the Business Cycle: A Model with Asymmetric Information, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (1985) View citations (4) (1985)
32. Work Incentive Effects of Taxing Unemployment Benefits
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. (1982)
    See also Journal Article Work Incentive Effects of Taxing Unemployment Benefits, Econometrica, Econometric Society (1985) View citations (60) (1985)

1983

33. The Effects of Unemployment Insurance Eligibility Rules on Job Quitting Behavior
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section.
    See also Journal Article The Effects of Unemployment Insurance Eligibility Rules on Job Quitting Behavior, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (1984) View citations (13) (1984)

1982

34. Longitudinal Labor Market Data: Sources, Uses, and Limitations
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. View citations (6)

1981

35. Unemployment Insurance, Filing Delay, and Unemployment Duration
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2019

1. How Prevalent Is Downward Rigidity in Nominal Wages? International Evidence from Payroll Records and Pay Slips
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2019, 33, (3), 185-201 View citations (58)
   See also Working Paper How Prevalent Is Downward Rigidity in Nominal Wages? International Evidence from Payroll Records and Pay Slips, IZA Discussion Papers (2019) View citations (57) (2019)

2018

2. New Directions in Measuring Intergenerational Mobility: Introduction
   Economic Journal, 2018, 128, (612), F335-F339 View citations (11)
3. What Do We Know So Far about Multigenerational Mobility?
   Economic Journal, 2018, 128, (612), F340-F352 View citations (56)
   See also Working Paper What Do We Know So Far about Multigenerational Mobility?, IZA Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (3) (2017)

2016

4. Wage Adjustment in the Great Recession and Other Downturns: Evidence from the United States and Great Britain
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2016, 34, (S1), S249 - S291 View citations (121)
   See also Chapter Wage Adjustment in the Great Recession and Other Downturns: Evidence from the United States and Great Britain, NBER Chapters, 2013, 246-291 (2013) View citations (1) (2013)

2015

5. What Are We Weighting For?
   Journal of Human Resources, 2015, 50, (2), 301-316 View citations (591)
   See also Working Paper What Are We Weighting For?, NBER Working Papers (2013) View citations (148) (2013)

2012

6. Measuring What Employers Do about Entry Wages over the Business Cycle: A New Approach
   American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2012, 4, (4), 36-55 View citations (113)

2011

7. The Fragility of Estimated Effects of Unilateral Divorce Laws on Divorce Rates
   The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2011, 11, (1), 11 View citations (47)
   See also Working Paper The Fragility of Estimated Effects of Unilateral Divorce Laws on Divorce Rates, NBER Working Papers (2011) View citations (50) (2011)
8. Trends in men's earnings volatility: What does the Panel Study of Income Dynamics show?
   Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (7), 973-982 View citations (79)
   Also in Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (7-8), 973-982 (2011) View citations (124)
   See also Working Paper Trends in Men's Earnings Volatility: What Does the Panel Study of Income Dynamics Show?, NBER Working Papers (2008) View citations (27) (2008)

2010

9. A simple microeconomic foundation for a Tobit model of consumer demand
   Economics Letters, 2010, 106, (2), 131-132 View citations (3)
10. Two-Sample Instrumental Variables Estimators
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2010, 92, (3), 557-561 View citations (150)
    See also Working Paper Two-Sample Instrumental Variables Estimators, NBER Technical Working Papers (2005) View citations (9) (2005)

2009

11. The Ins and Outs of Cyclical Unemployment
    American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2009, 1, (1), 84-110 View citations (334)
    See also Working Paper The Ins and Outs of Cyclical Unemployment, NBER Working Papers (2007) View citations (52) (2007)
12. Trends in Intergenerational Income Mobility
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2009, 91, (4), 766-772 View citations (225)
    See also Working Paper Trends in Intergenerational Income Mobility, NBER Working Papers (2006) View citations (26) (2006)

2007

13. NEW EVIDENCE ON REAL WAGE CYCLICALITY WITHIN EMPLOYER–EMPLOYEE MATCHES
    Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2007, 54, (5), 648-660 View citations (40)
    See also Working Paper New Evidence on Real Wage Cyclicality within Employer-Employee Matches, NBER Working Papers (2006) View citations (12) (2006)
14. Nature and Nurture in the Intergenerational Transmission of Socioeconomic Status: Evidence from Swedish Children and Their Biological and Rearing Parents
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2007, 7, (2), 23 View citations (57)
    See also Working Paper Nature and Nurture in the Intergenerational Transmission of Socioeconomic Status: Evidence from Swedish Children and Their Biological and Rearing Parents, IZA Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (55) (2007)

2006

15. A PORTMANTEAU TEST FOR SERIALLY CORRELATED ERRORS IN FIXED EFFECTS MODELS
    Econometric Theory, 2006, 22, (5), 835-851 View citations (27)
    See also Working Paper A Portmanteau Test for Serially Correlated Errors in Fixed Effects Models, NBER Technical Working Papers (2005) (2005)
16. Life-Cycle Variation in the Association between Current and Lifetime Earnings
    American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (4), 1308-1320 View citations (550)
    See also Working Paper Life-Cycle Variation in the Association between Current and Lifetime Earnings, NBER Working Papers (2006) View citations (517) (2006)

2005

17. Implications of Mean-Reverting Measurement Error for Longitudinal Studies of Wages and Employment
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2005, 87, (1), 193-196 View citations (42)

2003

18. Are point-in-time measures of neighborhood characteristics useful proxies for children's long-run neighborhood environment?
    Economics Letters, 2003, 79, (2), 231-237 View citations (27)
19. Correlations between Brothers and Neighboring Boys in Their Adult Earnings: The Importance of Being Urban
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2003, 21, (4), 831-856 View citations (85)
20. Correlations between sisters and neighbouring girls in their subsequent income as adults
    Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2003, 18, (5), 545-562 View citations (14)
21. Earnings Dynamics and Inequality among Canadian Men, 1976-1992: Evidence from Longitudinal Income Tax Records
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2003, 21, (2), 267-288 View citations (191)
    See also Working Paper Earnings Dynamics and Inequality Among Canadian Men, 1976-1992: Evidence from Longitudinal Income Tax Records, Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series (1999) View citations (12) (1999)

2002

22. Cross-Country Differences in Intergenerational Earnings Mobility
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2002, 16, (3), 59-66 View citations (329)
23. Intergenerational Income Mobility Among Daughters
    American Economic Review, 2002, 92, (1), 335-344 View citations (217)
24. Jackknife minimum distance estimation
    Economics Letters, 2002, 76, (1), 35-45 View citations (9)
25. The impact of health plan report cards on managed care enrollment
    Journal of Health Economics, 2002, 21, (1), 19-41 View citations (57)

2000

26. Correlations Between Neighboring Children In Their Subsequent Educational Attainment
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2000, 82, (3), 383-392 View citations (135)

1999

27. Double trouble: on the value of twins-based estimation of the return to schooling
    Economics of Education Review, 1999, 18, (2), 169-182 View citations (231)
    See also Working Paper Double Trouble: On the Value of Twins-Based Estimation of the Return to Schooling, NBER Working Papers (1998) View citations (7) (1998)

1997

28. Wage Changes and Intrafirm Job Mobility over the Business Cycle: Two Case Studies
    ILR Review, 1997, 50, (3), 402-415 View citations (57)

1994

29. Measuring the Cyclicality of Real Wages: How Important is Composition Bias?
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1994, 109, (1), 1-25 View citations (571)
    See also Working Paper Measuring the Cyclicality of Real Wages: How Important is Composition Bias, NBER Working Papers (1992) View citations (27) (1992)

1993

30. Shift Work and the Business Cycle
    American Economic Review, 1993, 83, (2), 224-28 View citations (18)

1992

31. Intergenerational Income Mobility in the United States
    American Economic Review, 1992, 82, (3), 393-408 View citations (924)
32. The Association between Men's Economic Status and Their Family and Community Origins
    Journal of Human Resources, 1992, 27, (4), 575-601 View citations (73)

1991

33. A Longitudinal Analysis of Sibling Correlations in Economic Status
    Journal of Human Resources, 1991, 26, (3), 509-534 View citations (101)

1989

34. Biases in the Estimation of Intergenerational Earnings Correlations
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1989, 71, (1), 172-74 View citations (97)

1988

35. Self-selection bias in longitudinal estimation of wage gaps
    Economics Letters, 1988, 28, (3), 285-290 View citations (20)
36. Sibling and Intergenerational Correlations in Welfare Program Participation
    Journal of Human Resources, 1988, 23, (3), 388-396 View citations (34)
    See also Working Paper Sibling and Intergenerational Correlations in Welfare Program Participation, NBER Working Papers (1987) View citations (9) (1987)

1987

37. Sheepskin Effects in the Returns to Education
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1987, 69, (1), 175-77 View citations (202)

1986

38. Effects of Rotation Group Bias on Estimation of Unemployment
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 1986, 4, (1), 105-09 View citations (19)
39. Estimates of the Direct Effects of Comparable Worth Policy
    American Economic Review, 1986, 76, (5), 1117-25 View citations (65)

1985

40. The Minimum Wage and Teenage Employment: A Reanalysis with Attention to Serial Correlation and Seasonality
    Journal of Human Resources, 1985, 20, (2), 292-297 View citations (10)
41. Wage Bargaining, Labor Turnover, and the Business Cycle: A Model with Asymmetric Information
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1985, 3, (4), 421-33 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Wage Bargaining, Labor Turnover, and the Business Cycle: A Model with Asymmetric Information, NBER Working Papers (1984) (1984)
42. Work Incentive Effects of Taxing Unemployment Benefits
    Econometrica, 1985, 53, (2), 295-306 View citations (60)
    See also Working Paper Work Incentive Effects of Taxing Unemployment Benefits, NBER Working Papers (1984) View citations (1) (1984)

1984

43. The Effects of Unemployment Insurance Eligibility Rules on Job Quitting Behavior
    Journal of Human Resources, 1984, 19, (1), 118-126 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper The Effects of Unemployment Insurance Eligibility Rules on Job Quitting Behavior, Working Papers (1983) (1983)

1983

44. Errors in variables and reverse regression in the measurement of wage discrimination
    Economics Letters, 1983, 13, (4), 393-396

1982

45. Employment Statistics: The Interaction of Economics and Policy
    American Economic Review, 1982, 72, (2), 233-36

Chapters

2013

1. Wage Adjustment in the Great Recession and Other Downturns: Evidence from the United States and Great Britain
   A chapter in Labor Markets in the Aftermath of the Great Recession, 2013, pp 246-291 View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Wage Adjustment in the Great Recession and Other Downturns: Evidence from the United States and Great Britain, University of Chicago Press (2016) View citations (121) (2016)

1999

2. Intergenerational mobility in the labor market
   Chapter 29 in Handbook of Labor Economics, 1999, vol. 3, Part A, pp 1761-1800 View citations (644)