Publications & Papers by David H. Autor

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Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

Is Automation Labor-Share Displacing: Productivity Growth, Employment, and the Labor Share

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1-63
David Autor, Anna Salomons
May 2018
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

Trade and Labor Markets: Lessons from China's Rise

IZA World of Labor, 2018:431
David Autor
February 2018

Gentrification and the Amenity Value of Crime Reductions: Evidence from Rent Deregulation

NBER Working Paper No. 23914
David H. Autor, Christopher J. Palmer and Parag A. Pathak
October 2017
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

Concentrating on the Falling Labor Share

American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings, 107(5): 180–185
David Autor, David Dorn, Lawrence Katz, Christina Patterson, John Van Reenen
May 2017
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

Does Delay Cause Decay? The Effect of Administrative Decision Time on the Labor Force Participation and Earnings of Disability Applicants

NBER Working Paper No. 20840
David H. Autor, Nicole Maestas, Kathleen J. Mullen, Alexander Strand
May 2017
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

Response to Robert Feenstra, Hong Ma, and Yuan Xu’s Comment on Autor, Dorn, and Hanson (AER 2013)

MIT Working Paper
David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon Hanson
April 2017
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

Comment on Jonathan Rothwell's Critique of Autor, Dorn, and Hanson (2013)

MIT Working Paper
David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon Hanson
March 2017
Labor Economics, Econometrics

Leveling Up: Early Results from a Randomized Evaluation of Post-Secondary Aid

Joshua Angrist, David Autor, Sally Hudson, Amanda Pallais
March 2017
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

The Effect of Work First Job Placements on the Distribution of Earnings: An Instrumental Variables Quantile Regression Approach

Journal of Labor Economics, 35(1), 149-190
David H. Autor, Susan N. Houseman, Sari Pekkala Kerr
January 2017
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

A Note on the Effect of Rising Trade Exposure on the 2016 Presidential Election

MIT Working Paper
David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon Hanson, Kaveh Majlesi
January 2017
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

How Long Has This Been Going On? A Discussion of “Recent Flattening in the Higher Education Wage Premium: Polarization, Skill Downgrading, or Both?” by Robert G. Valletta

NBER Conference on Research and Income in Wealth, forthcoming
David Autor
January 2017
Labor Economics, Econometrics

Evaluating Post-Secondary Aid: Enrollment, Persistence, and Projected Completion Effects

Joshua Angrist, David Autor, Sally Hudson, Amanda Pallais
December 2016
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

The China Shock: Learning from Labor Market Adjustment to Large Changes in Trade

Annual Review of Economics, 8, 205–240.
David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon Hanson
August 2016
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

The Impact of Disability Benefits on Labor Supply: Evidence from the VA’s Disability Compensation Program

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 8(3), 31–68.
David H. Autor, Mark Duggan, Kyle Greenberg, David S. Lyle
July 2016
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

School Quality and the Gender Gap in Educational Achievement

American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 106(5), 289–295.
David H. Autor, David N. Figlio, Krzysztof Karbownik, Jeffrey Roth, Melanie Wasserman
May 2016
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

The Contribution of the Minimum Wage to U.S. Wage Inequality over Three Decades: A Reassessment

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 8(1), 58–99.
David Autor, Alan Manning, Christopher L. Smith
January 2016
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International Economics, Labor Economics

Import Competition and the Great US Employment Sag of the 2000s

Journal of Labor Economics, 34(S1), pp. S141-S198
Daron Acemoglu, David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon H. Hanson, Brendan Price
January 2016
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File package containing datasets, do-files, and log files (zipped)
Labor Economics, Macroeconomics, Political Economy, Public Economics

Why Are There Still So Many Jobs? The History and Future of Workplace Automation

Journal of Economic Perspectives, 29(3), 3–30.
David H. Autor
August 2015