My Research

Overview

My research interests are primarily in the areas of labor, econometrics, and applied microeconomics. I'm also interested in estimating dynamic programming models and using them to answer empirical questions.


Publications

"Estimation of an Occupational Choice Model when Occupations are Misclassified,"   Journal of Human Resources (Spring 2009).


"A Dynamic Analysis of Educational Attainment, Occupational Choices, and Job Search," Forthcoming in the International Economic Review (February 2010).

Working Papers

Please contact me if you have any questions or comments about any of these papers (my email address is listed on my CV).


"Run-up in the House Price-Rent Ratio: How Much can be Explained by Fundamentals?," with Kamila Sommer and Randal Verbrugge


"Empirical Evidence on Occupation and Industry Specific Human Capital," (updated November 2009), Revision submitted to Labour Economics.


"Interpolating Value Functions in Discrete Choice Dynamic Programming Models"


Research in Progress (working papers coming soon)

"Search and Heterogeneous Worker Preferences," with Ted To.


"Estimating the Return to Schooling when Skills are Occupation Specific"