Publications & Papers by David H. Autor

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Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

The Effect of Transfer Income on Labor Force Participation and Enrollment in Federal Benefits Programs: Evidence from the Veterans Disability Compensation Program

A Report to the U.S. Social Security Administration
David Autor, Mark Duggan
October 2008
Labor Economics

The Economics of Labor Market Intermediation: An Analytic Framework

NBER Working Paper 14348
David Autor
September 2008
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

Trends in U.S. Wage Inequality: Revising the Revisionists

Review of Economics and Statistics, 90(2), 300–323
David H. Autor, Lawrence F. Katz, Melissa S. Kearney
May 2008
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

Does Job Testing Harm Minority Workers? Evidence from Retail Establishments

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 123(1), 219–277
David H. Autor, David Scarborough
February 2008
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Labor Economics, Macroeconomics, Political Economy, Public Economics

Does Employment Protection Reduce Productivity? Evidence from US States

Economic Journal, 117, F189–F219
David H. Autor, William R. Kerr, Adriana D. Kugler
June 2007
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

Distinguishing Income from Substitution Effects in Disability Insurance

American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, 97(2), 119–124
David Autor, Mark Duggan
May 2007
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

The Growth in the Social Security Disability Rolls: A Fiscal Crisis Unfolding

Journal of Economic Perspectives, 20(3), 71–96
David Autor, Mark Duggan
August 2006
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

The Costs of Wrongful-Discharge Laws

The Review of Economics and Statistics, 88(2), 211–231
David Autor, John Donohue III, Stewart Schwab
May 2006

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NBER Working Paper
Labor Economics, Macroeconomics, Political Economy, Public Economics

The Polarization of the U.S. Labor Market

American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, 96(2), 189–194
David H. Autor, Lawrence F. Katz, Melissa S. Kearney
May 2006
Labor Economics

The Cost of Wrongful-Discharge Laws

The Review of Economics and Statistics , 88(2), pp. 211-231
David H. Autor, John J. Donohue III and Stewart J. Schwab
March 2006
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

Temporary Agency Employment as a Way out of Poverty?

Working but Poor: How Economic and Policy Changes are Affecting Low-Wage Workers. Rebecca Blank, Sheldon Danziger, and Robert Schoeni (eds.)
David H. Autor, Susan N. Houseman
August 2005
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

Rising Wage Inequality: The Role of Composition and Prices

NBER Working Paper No. 11628
David H. Autor, Lawrence F. Katz, Melissa S. Kearney
August 2005
Journal of Political Economy
Labor Economics

Women, War and Wages: the Effect of Female Labor Supply on Labor Market Outcomes

Journal of Political Economics, 112, pp. 497-551
Daron Acemoglu, David Autor with David Lyle
June 2004
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

The Employment Consequences of Wrongful-Discharge Laws: Large, Small, or None at All?

American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, 93(2), 440–446
David H. Autor, John J. Donohue III, Stewart J. Schwab
May 2004
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

The Skill Content of Recent Technological Change: An Empirical Exploration

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 118(4), 1279–1333
David H. Autor, Frank Levy, Richard J. Murnane
November 2003
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

The Rise in the Disability Rolls and the Decline in Unemployment

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 118(1), 157–205
David Autor,Mark Duggan
February 2003
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

Outsourcing at Will: The Contribution of Unjust Dismissal Doctrine to the Growth of Employment Outsourcing

Journal of Labor Economics, 21(1), 1–42
David H. Autor
January 2003
Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy

Do Temporary Help Jobs Improve Labor Market Outcomes? A Pilot Analysis with Welfare Clients

MIT Working Paper
David H. Autor, Susan N. Houseman
December 2002