Research

Publications:

“Search, effort, and locus of control.” (with Peter McGee). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 126 (June 2016), pp. 89-101.
“Performance pay, competitiveness, and the gender wage gap: evidence from the United States.” (with Peter McGee and Jessica Pan). Economics Letters, 128 (January 2015), pp. 35-38.
“Does Employer Learning Vary by Schooling Attainment? The Answer Depends on How Career Start Dates are Defined.” (with Audrey Light). Labour Economics, 32 (January 2015), pp. 57-66.
“Employer Learning and the 'Importance' of Skills.” (with Audrey Light). Journal of Human Resources, 50 (January 2015), pp. 72-107.
“How the Perception of Control Influences Unemployed Job Search.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 68 (January 2015), pp. 184-211.
“Delegation and Consultation with Contingent Information.” Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 169(2) (June 2013), pp. 229-252.
“Cheap Talk with Two Senders and Complementary Information.” (with Huanxing Yang) Games & Economic Behavior, 79 (May 2013), pp. 181-191.
“Skills, Standards, and Disabilities: How Youth with Learning Disabilities Fare in High School and Beyond.” Economics of Education Review, 30 (February 2011), pp. 109-129.

Working Papers:


“Moving up or falling behind? Gender, promotions, and wages in Canada,” with Mohsen Javdani, May 2015, under review.  (pdf)
“After the Tournament: Outcomes and Effort Provision,” with Peter McGee, IZA Discussion Paper 7759, under review.  (pdf)

Work in Progress:

“Intra-firm Upward Mobility and Immigration,” with Mohsen Javdani. 
“Evaluating the ‘Least Restrictive Environment’ Mandate: The Effects of Mainstreaming on Cognitive and Noncognitive Development,” with Hitoshi Shigeoka. 
“Whoever you want me to be: Personality and Incentives,” with Peter McGee.
“The Effects of Competition and Peer-to-peer Teaching on Learning,” with Erik Kimbrough and Hitoshi Shigeoka.


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