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LABOR MARKET INEQUALITY

STARs: Work Experience as a Job Market Signal for Workers without Bachelor's Degrees

Blair, Castagnino, Groshen, Debroy, Auguste, Ahmed, Diaz, Bonavida

NBER WORKING PAPER | 2020

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HIGHER EDUCATION

Why Don't Elite Colleges Expand Supply?

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Peter Blair (Harvard), Kent Smetters, (University of Pennsylvania)

APPAM PANEL PAPER | 2019

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LABOR MARKET INEQUALITY

Job Market Signaling Through Occupational Licensing

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Peter Blair (Harvard), Bobby Chung (Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

NBER Working Paper | 2017

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LABOR MARKET INEQUALITY

The Effect of Labor Flexibility on Gender Wage Gaps

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Peter Blair (Harvard), Ben Posmanick (Clemson)

NBER Labor Studies Paper | 2019

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DEVELOPMENT

Outside Options More Important Than Race in Explaining Tipping Points in US Neighborhoods

Peter Blair (Harvard)

HCEO Working Paper | 2017

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LABOR MARKET INEQUALITY

STARs: Work Experience as a Job Market Signal for Workers without Bachelor's Degrees

Blair, Castagnino, Groshen, Debroy, Auguste, Ahmed, Diaz, Bonavida

NBER WORKING PAPER | 2020

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EDUCATION

The Effect of Unilateral Divorce Laws on College Educational Attainment

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Peter Blair (Harvard), Elijah Neilson (Clemson)

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Forthcoming

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LABOR MARKET INEQUALITY

How Much of a Barrier to Entry is Occupational Licensing?

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Peter Blair (Harvard), Bobby Chung (Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

British Journal of Industrial Relations

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LABOR MARKET INEQUALITY

The Labor Market Consequences of Ex-Offender Licensing Laws

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Peter Blair (Harvard), Morris Kleiner & Jason Hicks (Minnesota)

Upjohn Institute and Washington Center for Equitable Growth | 2019

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LABOR MARKET INEQUALITY

Structural Increases in Demand for Skill after the Great Recession

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Peter Blair (Harvard), David Deming (Harvard)

AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION | 2020

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DEVELOPMENT

The Effect of Selective Property Rights on Economic Development

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Peter Blair (Harvard)

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Forthcoming

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LABOR MARKET INEQUALITY

Disentangling Peer Effects and Economic Incentives in Customer Acquisition

Clarence Lee (Cornell), Peter Blair (Harvard)

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Forthcoming

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EDUCATION

Is Spending on Schools Efficient? Capitalization of Spending and Local Taxes

Pat Bayer (Duke), Peter Blair (Harvard), Ken Whaley (Clemson)

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NBER Public Economics Paper | 2020

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