Publications & Papers by David H. Autor

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Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

The Faltering Escalator of Urban Opportunity

in Securing Our Economic Future, Melissa S Kearney and Amy Ganz (eds.), 108–36, Aspen Institut
David H. Autor
December 2020
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

Importing Political Polarization? The Electoral Consequences of Rising Trade Exposure

American Economic Review, 2020, 110(10), 3139–3183
David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon Hanson, Kaveh Majlesi
October 2020
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

Foreign Competition and Domestic Innovation: Evidence from U.S. Patents

American Economic Review: Insights, 2(3), 357-374.
David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon H. Hanson, Gary Pisano, Pian Shu
September 2020
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

The Fall of the Labor Share and the Rise of Superstar Firms

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 135(2), 645–709
David Autor, David Dorn, Lawrence F. Katz, Christina Patterson, John Van Reenen
May 2020
American Economic Review
Labor Economics, Macroeconomics, Political Economy, Public Economics

Disability Benefits, Consumption Insurance, and Household Labor Supply

American Economic Review, 109(7), 2613–2654
David Autor, Andreas Ravndal Kostøl, Magne Mogstad and Bradley Setzler
July 2019
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

Family Disadvantage and the Gender Gap in Behavioral and Educational Outcomes

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 11(3), 338–381
David Autor, David Figlio, Krzysztof Karbownik, Jeffrey Roth, Melanie Wasserman
July 2019
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

Work of the Past, Work of the Future

Richard T. Ely Lecture, American Economic Association: Papers and Proceeding, 109(5), 1–32
David Autor
May 2019
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

When Work Disappears: Manufacturing Decline and the Falling Marriage-Market Value of Young Men

American Economic Review: Insights, 1(2): 161-178.
David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon Hanson
January 2019
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

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