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Working Papers

2024

1. School Equalization in the Shadow of Jim Crow: Causes and Consequences of Resource Disparity in Mississippi circa 1940
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2022

2. Is There a VA Advantage? Evidence from Dually Eligible Veterans
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
3. The Impact of Female Teachers on Female Students' Lifetime Well-Being
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)

2018

4. The Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Evidence from the Golden Age of Upward Mobility
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (37)
   See also Journal Article The Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Evidence from the Golden Age of Upward Mobility, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2022) View citations (29) (2022)

2017

5. The Methuselah Effect: The Pernicious Impact of Unreported Deaths on Old Age Mortality Estimates
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
   See also Journal Article The Methuselah Effect: The Pernicious Impact of Unreported Deaths on Old-Age Mortality Estimates, Demography, Springer (2017) View citations (11) (2017)

2012

6. The Effect of a Hospital Nurse Staffing Mandate on Patient Health Outcomes: Evidence from California’s Minimum Staffing Regulation
   The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol, UK View citations (31)
   See also Journal Article The effect of a hospital nurse staffing mandate on patient health outcomes: Evidence from California's minimum staffing regulation, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2012) View citations (27) (2012)

2011

7. Are Children “Normal”?
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
   Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2009) View citations (24)
   See also Journal Article Are Children “Normal”?, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2013) View citations (26) (2013)

2010

8. African-American economic progress in urban areas: a tale of 14 American cities
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
9. Do Entry Regulations Deter Entrepreneurship and Job Creation? Evidence from Recent Reforms in Portugal
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (31)
   See also Journal Article Do Entry Regulations Deter Entrepreneurship and Job Creation? Evidence from Recent Reforms in Portugal, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2014) View citations (100) (2014)
10. Extrinsic Rewards and Intrinsic Motives: Standard and Behavioral Approaches To Agency and Labor Markets
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute View citations (11)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2010) View citations (11)
    See also Chapter Extrinsic Rewards and Intrinsic Motives: Standard and Behavioral Approaches to Agency and Labor Markets, Handbook of Labor Economics, Elsevier (2011) View citations (40) (2011)
11. The Effect of Hospital Nurse Staffing on Patient Health Outcomes: Evidence from California's Minimum Staffing Regulation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)

2009

12. The role of location in evaluating racial wage disparity
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (18)
    See also Journal Article The role of location in evaluating racial wage disparity, IZA Journal of Labor Economics, Springer (2013) View citations (10) (2013)

2008

13. Local price variation and labor supply behavior
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Local price variation and labor supply behavior, Review, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2009) View citations (4) (2009)
14. Organizational Fragmentation and Care Quality in the U.S. Health Care System
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (50)
    See also Journal Article Organizational Fragmentation and Care Quality in the U.S. Healthcare System, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2008) View citations (49) (2008)
15. The labor supply of married women: why does it differ across U.S. cities?
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (5)
16. Unhealthy Insurance Markets: Search Frictions and the Cost and Quality of Health Insurance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Unhealthy Insurance Markets: Search Frictions and the Cost and Quality of Health Insurance, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2011) View citations (33) (2011)

2007

17. Earnings functions when wages and prices vary by location
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Earnings Functions When Wages and Prices Vary by Location, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2009) View citations (61) (2009)

2006

18. When Knowledge Is an Asset: Explaining the Organizational Structure of Large Law Firms
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (4)
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute (2006) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article When Knowledge Is an Asset: Explaining the Organizational Structure of Large Law Firms, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2007) View citations (26) (2007)

2002

19. Incentives in HMO's
    The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol, UK
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2001) View citations (8)
    GSIA Working Papers, Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business View citations (10)
    Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute (2001) View citations (8)
    Macroeconomics, University Library of Munich, Germany (2001) View citations (6)
20. Monitoring, Motivation and Management: The Determinants of Opportunistic Behavior in a Field Experiment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (197)
    See also Journal Article Monitoring, Motivation, and Management: The Determinants of Opportunistic Behavior in a Field Experiment, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2002) View citations (200) (2002)

1999

21. Demographics of the Gay and Lesbian Population in the United States: Evidence from Available Systematic Data Sources
    Center for Policy Research Working Papers, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University View citations (24)
    See also Journal Article Demographics of the gay and lesbian population in the United States: Evidence from available systematic data sources, Demography, Springer (2000) View citations (121) (2000)
22. Low-powered incentives
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (2)

1998

23. Seniority-based layoffs as an incentive device
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (2)
24. Valuable jobs and uncertainty
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

1997

25. Economic models of employee motivation
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Economic models of employee motivation, Review, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (1997) View citations (6) (1997)

1991

26. Do Labor Markets Provide Enough Short Hour Jobs? An Analysis of Work Hours and Work Incentives
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Do Labor Markets Provide Enough Short-Hour Jobs? An Analysis of Work Hours and Work Incentives, Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (1995) View citations (29) (1995)
27. The Consequences of Minimum Wage Laws: Some New Theoretical Ideas
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article The consequences of minimum wage laws Some new theoretical ideas, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (1995) View citations (172) (1995)
28. Work Incentives and the Demand for Primary and Contingent Labor
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)

Journal Articles

2022

1. The Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Evidence from the Golden Age of Upward Mobility
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2022, 40, (S1), S39 - S95 View citations (29)
   See also Working Paper The Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Evidence from the Golden Age of Upward Mobility, NBER Working Papers (2018) View citations (37) (2018)

2017

2. Combining forward and backward mortality estimation
   Population Studies, 2017, 71, (3), 281-292
3. The Methuselah Effect: The Pernicious Impact of Unreported Deaths on Old-Age Mortality Estimates
   Demography, 2017, 54, (6), 2001-2024 View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper The Methuselah Effect: The Pernicious Impact of Unreported Deaths on Old Age Mortality Estimates, NBER Working Papers (2017) View citations (10) (2017)

2016

4. Does Affirmative Action Work? Caste, Gender, College Quality, and Academic Success in India
   American Economic Review, 2016, 106, (6), 1495-1521 View citations (74)

2015

5. Empirical evidence in the study of labor markets: Opportunities and challenges for a new household survey
   Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 2015, (1-4), 97-122
6. Predictive Inference Using Latent Variables with Covariates
   Psychometrika, 2015, 80, (3), 727-747 View citations (6)
7. The Impact of the Great Migration on Mortality of African Americans: Evidence from the Deep South
   American Economic Review, 2015, 105, (2), 477-503 View citations (80)
8. The effect of early-life education on later-life mortality
   Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 44, (C), 1-9 View citations (21)

2014

9. Do Entry Regulations Deter Entrepreneurship and Job Creation? Evidence from Recent Reforms in Portugal
   Economic Journal, 2014, 124, (577), 805-832 View citations (100)
   See also Working Paper Do Entry Regulations Deter Entrepreneurship and Job Creation? Evidence from Recent Reforms in Portugal, NBER Working Papers (2010) View citations (31) (2010)
10. Local Labor Markets and the Evolution of Inequality
    Annual Review of Economics, 2014, 6, (1), 605-628 View citations (2)
11. Why do so few women work in New York (and so many in Minneapolis)? Labor supply of married women across US cities
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2014, 79, (C), 59-71 View citations (102)

2013

12. Are Children “Normal”?
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 95, (1), 21-33 View citations (26)
    See also Working Paper Are Children “Normal”?, IZA Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (2) (2011)
13. The role of location in evaluating racial wage disparity
    IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2013, 2, (1), 1-18 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper The role of location in evaluating racial wage disparity, Working Papers (2009) View citations (18) (2009)

2012

14. The effect of a hospital nurse staffing mandate on patient health outcomes: Evidence from California's minimum staffing regulation
    Journal of Health Economics, 2012, 31, (2), 340-348 View citations (27)
    See also Working Paper The Effect of a Hospital Nurse Staffing Mandate on Patient Health Outcomes: Evidence from California’s Minimum Staffing Regulation, The Centre for Market and Public Organisation (2012) View citations (31) (2012)
15. The use of cognitive ability measures as explanatory variables in regression analysis
    IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2012, 1, (1), 1-19 View citations (12)

2011

16. Racial Disparity in Unemployment
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93, (1), 30-42 View citations (73)
17. Unhealthy Insurance Markets: Search Frictions and the Cost and Quality of Health Insurance
    American Economic Review, 2011, 101, (5), 1842-71 View citations (33)
    See also Working Paper Unhealthy Insurance Markets: Search Frictions and the Cost and Quality of Health Insurance, NBER Working Papers (2008) View citations (8) (2008)

2010

18. The economic progress of African Americans in urban areas: a tale of 14 cities
    Review, 2010, 92, (Sep), 353-379 View citations (2)

2009

19. Earnings Functions When Wages and Prices Vary by Location
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2009, 27, (1), 21-47 View citations (61)
    See also Working Paper Earnings functions when wages and prices vary by location, Working Papers (2007) View citations (11) (2007)
20. Local price variation and labor supply behavior
    Review, 2009, 91, (Nov), 613-626 View citations (4)
    Also in Regional Economic Development, 2008, (Oct), 2-14 (2008) View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Local price variation and labor supply behavior, Working Papers (2008) View citations (3) (2008)

2008

21. Gender Wage Disparities among the Highly Educated
    Journal of Human Resources, 2008, 43, (3), 630-659 View citations (131)
22. Organizational Fragmentation and Care Quality in the U.S. Healthcare System
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2008, 22, (4), 93-113 View citations (49)
    See also Working Paper Organizational Fragmentation and Care Quality in the U.S. Health Care System, NBER Working Papers (2008) View citations (50) (2008)

2007

23. Optimal wages in the market for nurses: An analysis based on Heyes' model
    Journal of Health Economics, 2007, 26, (5), 1027-1030 View citations (14)
24. The Economics of Lesbian and Gay Families
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2007, 21, (2), 53-70 View citations (139)
25. When Knowledge Is an Asset: Explaining the Organizational Structure of Large Law Firms
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2007, 25, (2), 201-229 View citations (26)
    See also Working Paper When Knowledge Is an Asset: Explaining the Organizational Structure of Large Law Firms, IZA Discussion Papers (2006) View citations (2) (2006)

2006

26. Can Supply Restrictions Lower Price? Violence, Drug Dealing and Positional Advantage
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2006, 5, (1), 20 View citations (17)
27. Why Do Minority Men Earn Less? A Study of Wage Differentials among the Highly Educated
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2006, 88, (2), 300-313 View citations (70)

2004

28. Physician Incentives in Health Maintenance Organizations
    Journal of Political Economy, 2004, 112, (4), 915-931 View citations (73)

2003

29. Measurement of Higher Education in the Census and Current Population Survey
    Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2003, 98, 545-554 View citations (68)
30. The Earnings Effects of Sexual Orientation
    ILR Review, 2003, 56, (3), 449-469 View citations (102)
31. The Economic Reward for Studying Economics
    Economic Inquiry, 2003, 41, (3), 365-377 View citations (29)

2002

32. Monitoring, Motivation, and Management: The Determinants of Opportunistic Behavior in a Field Experiment
    American Economic Review, 2002, 92, (4), 850-873 View citations (200)
    See also Working Paper Monitoring, Motivation and Management: The Determinants of Opportunistic Behavior in a Field Experiment, NBER Working Papers (2002) View citations (197) (2002)
33. Why Do Gay Men Live in San Francisco?
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2002, 51, (1), 54-76 View citations (99)

2000

34. Demographics of the gay and lesbian population in the United States: Evidence from available systematic data sources
    Demography, 2000, 37, (2), 139-154 View citations (121)
    See also Working Paper Demographics of the Gay and Lesbian Population in the United States: Evidence from Available Systematic Data Sources, Center for Policy Research Working Papers (1999) View citations (24) (1999)

1999

35. Why Do Low-Income Households not Use Food Stamps? Evidence from an Experiment
    Journal of Human Resources, 1999, 34, (3), 612-628 View citations (109)
36. Work motivation, commentary
    Review, 1999, (May), 51-54

1997

37. Economic models of employee motivation
    Review, 1997, (Sep), 3-21 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Economic models of employee motivation, Working Papers (1997) View citations (4) (1997)

1996

38. Rat Race Redux: Adverse Selection in the Determination of Work Hours in Law Firms
    American Economic Review, 1996, 86, (3), 329-48 View citations (254)

1995

39. Do Labor Markets Provide Enough Short-Hour Jobs? An Analysis of Work Hours and Work Incentives
    Economic Inquiry, 1995, 33, (2), 257-73 View citations (29)
    See also Working Paper Do Labor Markets Provide Enough Short Hour Jobs? An Analysis of Work Hours and Work Incentives, NBER Working Papers (1991) View citations (5) (1991)
40. Efficiency Wages and Employment Rents: The Employer-Size Wage Effect in the Job Market for Lawyers
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1995, 13, (4), 678-708 View citations (24)
41. The Employment Effect in Retail Trade of California's 1988 Minimum Wage Increase
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 1995, 13, (2), 175-82 View citations (39)
42. The consequences of minimum wage laws Some new theoretical ideas
    Journal of Public Economics, 1995, 56, (2), 245-255 View citations (172)
    See also Working Paper The Consequences of Minimum Wage Laws: Some New Theoretical Ideas, NBER Working Papers (1991) View citations (5) (1991)

1994

43. Workers as Creditors: Performance Bonds and Efficiency Wages
    American Economic Review, 1994, 84, (3), 694-704 View citations (24)

1991

44. A Model of Dual Labor Markets When Product Demand Is Uncertain
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1991, 106, (4), 1373-1383 View citations (63)

1988

45. Undocumented Mexican immigrants and the earnings of other workers in the United States
    Demography, 1988, 25, (1), 35-52 View citations (49)

Chapters

2011

1. Extrinsic Rewards and Intrinsic Motives: Standard and Behavioral Approaches to Agency and Labor Markets
   Elsevier View citations (40)
   See also Working Paper Extrinsic Rewards and Intrinsic Motives: Standard and Behavioral Approaches To Agency and Labor Markets, Levy Economics Institute (2010) View citations (11) (2010)