Publications & Papers by David H. Autor

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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
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
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Replication files and instructions File package containing datasets, and do-files (zipped)
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
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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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

Sources

Replication Package: Data, Code, Log Files, and Readme file
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

Untangling Trade and Technology: Evidence from Local Labor Markets

The Economic Journal, 125 (May), 621–646
David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon Hanson
May 2015

Sources

File package containing do-files (zipped)
Labor Economics, Econometrics

Evaluating Econometric Evaluations of Post-Secondary Aid

American Economic Review, 105(5), 502-507
Joshua Angrist, David Autor, Sally Hudson, Amanda Pallais
May 2015
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

Polanyi's Paradox and the Shape of Employment Growth

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City: Economic Policy Proceedings, Reevaluating Labor Market Dynamics. 129–177.
David H. Autor
April 2015
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

The Unsustainable Rise of the Disability Rolls in the United States: Causes, Consequences, and Policy Options

Social Policies in an Age of Austerity: A Comparative Analysis of the US and Korea, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, John Karl Scholz, Hyunpyo Moon, and Sang-Hyop Lee (eds.), 107–136
David H. Autor
April 2015
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

The Paradox of Abundance: Automation Anxiety Returns

Performance and Progress: Essays on Capitalism, Business, and Society, Oxford: Oxford University Press, Subramanian Rangan (ed.)
David H. Autor
April 2015
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

Moral Hazard and Claims Deterrence in Private Disability Insurance

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 6(4): 110–141.
David Autor, Mark Duggan, Jonathan Gruber
October 2014
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

Trade Adjustment: Worker Level Evidence

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 129(4), 1799–1860.
David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon Hanson, Jae Song
September 2014
JPE

Housing Market Spillovers: Evidence from the End of Rent Control in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Journal of Political Economy, 122(3), 661–717.
David H. Autor, Christopher J. Palmer and Parag A. Pathak
June 2014
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

Skills, Education, and the Rise of Earnings Inequality Among the "Other 99 Percent"

Science: 344 (6186), 843–851
David H. Autor
May 2014
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Replication files and instructions
Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

Return of the Solow Paradox: IT, Productivity, and Employment in US Manufacturing

American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, 104(5), pp. 394–399.
Daron Acemoglu, David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon H. Hanson, Brendan Price
January 2014