Research

Publications

"The Impact of College Education on Geographic Mobility," with Ofer Malamud. NBER Working Paper #16463. Forthcoming. Journal of Human Resources.

"Labor Reallocation over the Business Cycle: New Evidence from Internal Migration," with Raven Molloy. 2011. Journal of Labor Economics. 29(4): 697-739. [Older PDF]

"Internal Migration in the United States," with Raven Molloy and Christopher Smith. 2011. Journal of Economic Perspectives. 25(3): 173-196. [Proofs]

Press Features

• The New York Times Economic Scene column
• Bloomberg News
• Businessweek
• Freakonomics blog
• Washington Post
• USA Today/ABC News

"Field Perspectives on the Causes of Low Employment among Less Skilled Black Men." 2011. American Journal of Economics and Sociology. 70(3): 811-844.

"Are College Graduates More Responsive to Distant Labor Market Opportunities?" 2010. Journal of Human Resources. 45(4): 944-970. [PDF] Revised version of "Educational Differences in the Migration Response of Young Workers to Local Labor Market Conditions," IZA Discussion Paper #1954.

Press Features

• The Wall Street Journal / Dow Jones Columnist Al Lesar (Appeared in Sunday Wall Street Journal on 10/10/2010)
• WNIT program "Politically Speaking" (Local PBS affiliate, air date 10/10/2010)
• Huffington Post (5/2011)

"Product Markets and Paychecks: Deregulation’s Effect on the Compensation Structure in Banking." 2007. Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 60(2): 246-264. [PDF]

Working Papers

"Racial Differences in Inequality Aversion: Evidence from Real World Respondents in the Ultimatum Game," (with John Griffin and David Nickerson) (Under review) IZA Discussion Paper 5569.

"Discrimination and the Effects of Drug Testing on Black Employment" (Under review)*

"Timing is Everything: Short-run Population Impacts of Immigration in U.S. Cities" (with Thomas J. Murray) (Under review)*

* Paper available upon request.

Work in Progress

Effects of higher education on health over the lifecycle, with Kasey Buckles, Ofer Malamud, and Melinda Morrill

Explaining the decline in U.S. internal migration, with Raven Molloy and Christopher L. Smith

Racial differences in responses to unequal treatment