Vita
Here is a copy of my current vita, February 2010.
Unionization Data Files
Working Papers/Published Articles
Here are some of my current working papers and articles in pdf format with William Even:
- The Growth of Participant Direction in Defined Contribution Plans April 2008.
- Pension Investments in Company Stock, Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, March 2008.
- Improving Pension Coverage at Small Firms, in Overcoming Barriers to Entrepreneurship, 2008.
- Defined Contribution Plans and the Distribution of Pension Wealth, Industrial Relations, July 2007.
- Determinants and Effects of Employer Matching Contributions in 401(k) Plans, Industrial Relations, July 2005.
- Do Pensions Impede Phased Retirement?, under revision, September 2004.
- When Will the Gender Gap in Retirement Income Narrow?, Southern Economic Journal, July 2004.
- Company Stock in Pension Funds, National Tax Journal, June 2004.
- Racial and Ethnic Differences in Pension Wealth, Research in Labor Economics, 2003.
- Wage and Employment Dynamics of Minimum Wage Workers, Southern Economic Journal, January 2003.
Here are some working papers and articles with Barry Hirsch:
- Wages, Sorting on Skill, and Racial Composition of Jobs, Journal of Labor Economics, January 2004
- Measuring Union and Nonunion Wage Growth- Puzzles in Search of Solutions, in Phani Wunnava, ed., The Changing Role of Unions:
New Forms of Representation,” M.E. Sharpe, 2004. Also with Edward Schumacher.
- Union Membership and Coverage Database from the Current Population Survey: Note, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, January 2003.
- Estimates of Union Density by State, Monthly Labor Review, July 2001. Also with Wayne Vroman.
- Occupational Age Structure and Access for Older Workers, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, April 2000.
Also with Melissa Hardy.
- Earnings, Rents, and Competition in the Airline Labor Market, Journal of Labor Economics, January 2000.
- Earnings Differentials Across Labor Markets and Workers- Does Cost of Living Matter?, Economic Inquiry, October 1999. Also with J. Michael
DuMond.
- Minimum Wage Effects on Teen Employment Transitions and Wage Growth, April 1999.
- Earnings and Employment in Trucking- Deregulating a Naturally Competitive Industry, in James Peoples, ed. Regulatory Reform
and Labor Markets, Kluwer Academic Publishing, 1998.
- Workers' Compensation Recipiency in Union and Nonunion Workplaces, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, January 1997.
Also with J. Michael DuMond.
- Wages and Gender Composition: Why Do Women's Jobs Pay Less?, Journal of Labor Economics, July 1995.