IMMIGRATION
“Renewing America, Revamping Immigration”.
The Hamilton Project Policy Proposal
, December 2022.
“The Economic and Fiscal Consequences of Immigration: Highlights from the National Academies Report”
(with Francine D. Blau).
Business Economics, July 2019.
“How Restricted is the Job Mobility of Temporary Work Visa Holders?”
(with Bin Xie).
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2019.
“The Labor Market Effects of Refugee Waves: Reconciling Conflicting Results”,
(with Michael Clemens).
Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2019.
“The Impact of Immigration on the Educational Attainment of Natives”.
Journal of Human Resources, Fall 2017.
“Immigrant Patents Boost Growth”.
Science, 19 May 2017.
“Is A Points System the Best Immigration Policy?”
In Francesco Fasani ed. Refugees and Economic Migrants: Facts, policies and challenges. Center for Economic Policy Research E-Book, 2017.
“Are Immigrants the Most Skilled U.S. Computer and Engineering Workers?”
Journal of Labor Economics, July 2015.
“Which Immigrants Are Most Innovative and Entrepreneurial? Distinctions by Entry Visa”.
Journal of Labor Economics, July 2011.
“How Much Does Immigration Boost Innovation?”
(with Marjolaine Gauthier-Loiselle).
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, April 2010.
"Staunching Emigration from East Germany: Age and the Determinants of Migration".
Journal of the European Economic Association, September 2006.
“Are Migrants More Skilled than Non-Migrants? Repeat, Return and Same-Employer Migrants”.
Canadian Journal of Economics, November 2004.
“Lessons From East Germany on Labor Mobility”.
In Bernhard Funck and Lodovico Pizzati eds. Labor, Employment and Social Policies in the EU Enlargement Process: Changing Perspectives and Policy Options, Washington D.C.: The World Bank, 2002.
"Immigrants and the Receiving Economies"
(with Rachel Friedberg).
In Charles Hirschman, Philip Kasinitz and Josh DeWind eds. Handbook of International Migration: The American Experience, New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1999.
"The Impact of Immigrants on Host Country Wages, Employment and Growth".
(with Rachel Friedberg).
Journal of Economic Perspectives, Spring 1995.
"The Impact of the 1962 Repatriates from Algeria on the French Labor Market".
Industrial and Labor Relations Review, April 1992.
INNOVATION AND SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING WORKFORCE
WAGES
"Has U.S. Employment Really Polarized? A Critical Reappraisal"
(with Ryan Nunn).
Labour Economics, April 2022.
“The Institutions and Worker Practices that Matter for Worker Compensation”
(with Ryan Nunn).
In Jennifer Romich, Timothy Smeeding and Michael Strain, eds. What Has Happened to the American Working Class Since the Great Recession?, Annals of the American Academy of Political Science, 2021.
“Ressourcenverschwendung in Deutschland: die geringe Anzahl weiblicher Vorgesetzter und die Lohneinbußen ihrer Untergebenen” (with Claus-Henning von Restorff).
[“Wasted Resources in Germany: the Paucity of Female Supervisors and the Wage Disadvantage of their Subordinates”.]
In Bernd Fitzenberger ed. Herausforderung für den Wirtschaftsstandort Deutschland, ZEW: Mannheim, 2004. English translation.
"The Transition in East Germany: When is a Ten Point Fall in the Gender Wage Gap Bad News?"
Journal of Labor Economics, January 2002.
"Post-Unification Wage Growth in East Germany".
Review of Economics and Statistics, February 2001.
"Wage Mobility in the United States"
(with Moshe Buchinsky).
Review of Economics and Statistics, August 1999.
EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT
“Do Female-Owned Employment Agencies Mitigate Discrimination and Expand Opportunity for Women?”
(with Carolyn Moehling). NBER Working Paper 32383, May 2024.
"JobKeeper: An Initial Assessment"
(with Jeff Borland).
Australian Economic Review, April 2022.
"Has U.S. Employment Really Polarized? A Critical Reappraisal"
(with Ryan Nunn).
Labour Economics, April 2022.
“Did The Australian JobKeeper Program Save Jobs by Subsidizing Temporary Layoffs?”
(with Jeff Borland).
In Michael Strain and Stan Veuger, eds. Preserving Links in the Pandemic: International Policies to Maintain Worker-Firm Attachments During Covid-19, American Enterprise Institute Press, 2023.
“Flexible Work in Time and Space”.
Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 2013.
“What Explains the German Labor Market Miracle in the Great Recession?”
(with Michael Burda).
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Spring 2011.
“Convergence and Determinants of Non-Employment Durations in Eastern and Western Germany”.
Journal of Population Economics, Volume 2 2004.
"The Transition in East Germany: When is a Ten Point Fall in the Gender Wage Gap Bad News?"
Journal of Labor Economics, January 2002.
“From Reunification to Economic Integration: Productivity and the Labor Market in Eastern Germany”
(with Michael Burda).
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Volume 2 2001.
"Firing Costs, Employment Fluctuations and Average Employment: An Examination of Germany".
Economica May 2000.
"Has Work-Sharing Worked in Germany?".
Quarterly Journal of Economics, February 1999.
"Hours Reductions as Work-Sharing".
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Volume 1 1998.
"Work-Sharing and Employment in Germany".
In Josef Rembser ed. Third Public GAAC [German-American Academic Council] Symposium: Labor Markets in the USA and Germany, Baden Baden: Nomos Verlag, 1998.
"The Effect of Unemployment Compensation on Unemployment Duration in Germany".
Journal of Labor Economics, January 1995.
"Wage Bargaining Structure, Employment and Economic Integration"
(with Jean-Pierre Danthine).
Economic Journal, May 1994.
Commentary
“Extending Unemployment Insurance Duration for Older Unemployed: A Step in the Wrong Direction”.
American Institute for Contemporary German Studies Advisor. November 2007.
“Value-Added Tax Instead of Payroll Tax: Is the Proposed CDU Reform an Economic Winner?”
American Institute for Contemporary German Studies election commentary, September 2005.
EAST GERMANY AND REUNIFICATION
“The Economics of German Reunification”.
New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2008.
"Staunching Emigration from East Germany: Age and the Determinants of Migration".
Journal of the European Economic Association, September 2006.
“Convergence and Determinants of Non-Employment Durations in Eastern and Western Germany”.
Journal of Population Economics, Volume 2 2004.
“Lessons From East Germany on Labor Mobility”.
In Bernhard Funck and Lodovico Pizzati eds. Labor, Employment and Social Policies in the EU Enlargement Process: Changing Perspectives and Policy Options, Washington D.C.: The World Bank, 2002. Unpublished version.
"The Transition in East Germany: When is a Ten Point Fall in the Gender Wage Gap Bad News?"
Journal of Labor Economics, January 2002.
"Post-Unification Wage Growth in East Germany".
Review of Economics and Statistics, February 2001.
“From Reunification to Economic Integration: Productivity and the Labor Market in Eastern Germany”
(with Michael Burda).
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Volume 2 2001.
Commentary
“Is the Transition in East Germany a Success? In Just Seven Years the Czech Republic Will Be Richer”.
American Institute for Contemporary German Studies Advisor. April 2006.
“What Happened to the Blooming Landscapes?”
American Institute for Contemporary German Studies Transatlantic Perspectives, 2009.
CORRUPTION AND CRIME
“Bribery: Who Pays, Who Refuses, What Are The Payoffs?”
(with Sonia Laszlo).
World Development, February 2012.
“Bribery in Health Care in Uganda”.
Journal of Health Economics, September 2010.
“How Corruption Hits People When They Are Down”.
Journal of Development Economics, November 2007.
“Do Teen Births Keep American Crime High?”
Journal of Law and Economics, October 2006.
“Why Are Some Public Officials More Corrupt Than Others?”
In Susan Rose-Ackerman ed. International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption, Northampton, M.A.: Edward Elgar, 2006.
Working papers
“The Contrasting Distributional Effects of Police and Judicial Bribery”. McGill working paper, May 2008.
“Trust and Bribery: The Role of the Quid Pro Quo and the Link with Crime”. NBER Working Paper 10510, May 2004.
Commentary
“What Determines Public Confidence in the Peruvian Judiciary?”
Commissioned for Global Corruption Report 2007, Transparency International, mysteriously not in the published report.
