Donald O. Parsons

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• George Washington University / Department of Economics (weight: 50%)
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• Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (weight: 50%)
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Research profile

author of:

• Quit Rates Over Time: A Search and Information Approach
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1973)
  by Parsons, Donald O
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:63:y:1973:i:3:p:390-401)
• Health, Family Structure, and Labor Supply
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1977)
  by Parsons, Donald O
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:67:y:1977:i:4:p:703-12)
• Unemployment, the Allocation of Labor, and Optimal Government Intervention
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1980)
  by Parsons, Donald O
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:70:y:1980:i:4:p:626-35)
• Racial Trends in Male Labor Force Participation
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1980)
  by Parsons, Donald O
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:70:y:1980:i:5:p:911-20)
• The Health and Earnings of Rejected Disability Insurance Applicants: Comment
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1991)
  by Parsons, Donald O
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:81:y:1991:i:5:p:1419-26)
• Poverty and the Minimum Wage
  Books, American Enterprise Institute (1980)
  by David Parsons
  (ReDIF-book, aei:rpbook:937413)
• The Simple Analytics Of Job Displacement Insurance
  Journal of Risk & Insurance, The American Risk and Insurance Association (2019)
  by Donald O. Parsons
  (ReDIF-article, bla:jrinsu:v:86:y:2019:i:2:p:351-380)
• Voluntary Public Unemployment Insurance
  CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2003)
  by Donald O. Parsons & Torben Tranaes & Helene Bie Lilleør
  (ReDIF-paper, ces:ceswps:_1010)
• Voluntary Public Unemployment Insurance
  CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2015)
  by Donald O. Parsons & Torben Tranaes & Helene Bie Lilleør
  (ReDIF-paper, ces:ceswps:_5181)
• Understanding severance pay
  Cuadernos de Economía - Spanish Journal of Economics and Finance, Asociación Cuadernos de Economía (2013)
  by Donald O. Parsons
  (ReDIF-article, cud:journl:v:36:y:2013:i:102:p:155-165)
• Male Retirement Behavior in the United States, 1930–1950
  The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (1991)
  by Parsons, Donald O.
  (ReDIF-article, cup:jechis:v:51:y:1991:i:03:p:657-674_03)
• The decline in private pension coverage in the United States
  Economics Letters, Elsevier (1991)
  by Parsons, Donald O.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:ecolet:v:36:y:1991:i:4:p:419-423)
• The employment relationship: Job attachment, work effort, and the nature of contracts
  Handbook of Labor Economics, Elsevier (1987)
  by Parsons, Donald O.
  (ReDIF-chapter, eee:labchp:2-14)
• Imperfect 'tagging' in social insurance programs
  Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (1996)
  by Parsons, Donald O.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:pubeco:v:62:y:1996:i:1-2:p:183-207)
• The Unemployment Insurance Taxable Wage Base Mystery
  IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2017)
  by Parsons, Donald O.
  (ReDIF-paper, iza:izadps:dp10893)
• Voluntary Employer-Provided Severance Pay
  IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2017)
  by Parsons, Donald O.
  (ReDIF-paper, iza:izadps:dp11067)
• Employer-Provided Severance Pay: The Emergence of Job Displacement Insurance, 1930–1954
  IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2017)
  by Parsons, Donald O.
  (ReDIF-paper, iza:izadps:dp11068)
• Insuring Displaced Workers: Human Capital Losses and Severance Pay Design
  IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2006)
  by Feng, Shuaizhang & Parsons, Donald O.
  (ReDIF-paper, iza:izadps:dp2238)
• The Firing Cost Implications of Alternative Severance Pay Designs
  IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2010)
  by Parsons, Donald O.
  (ReDIF-paper, iza:izadps:dp4967)
• Mandated Severance Pay and Firing Cost Distortions: A Critical Review of the Evidence
  IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2011)
  by Parsons, Donald O.
  (ReDIF-paper, iza:izadps:dp5776)
• Severance Pay Mandates: Firing Costs, Hiring Costs, and Firm Avoidance Behaviors
  IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2011)
  by Parsons, Donald O.
  (ReDIF-paper, iza:izadps:dp5876)
• Double-Sided Moral Hazard in Job Displacement Insurance Contracts
  IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2011)
  by Parsons, Donald O.
  (ReDIF-paper, iza:izadps:dp6003)
• Understanding Severance Pay
  IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2013)
  by Parsons, Donald O.
  (ReDIF-paper, iza:izadps:dp7641)
• Job Displacement Insurance: An Overview
  IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2014)
  by Parsons, Donald O.
  (ReDIF-paper, iza:izadps:dp8223)
• Voluntary Public Unemployment Insurance
  IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2015)
  by Parsons, Donald O. & Tranæs, Torben & Lilleør, Helene Bie
  (ReDIF-paper, iza:izadps:dp8783)
• The Simple Analytics of Job Displacement Insurance
  IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2016)
  by Parsons, Donald O.
  (ReDIF-paper, iza:izadps:dp9823)
• Moral-Hazard-Free First-Best Unemployment Insurance
  IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2016)
  by Parsons, Donald O.
  (ReDIF-paper, iza:izadps:dp9824)
• Job Displacement Insurance: A Policy Typology
  IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2016)
  by Parsons, Donald O.
  (ReDIF-paper, iza:izadps:dp9865)
• Compensating displaced workers
  IZA World of Labor, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2018)
  by Donald O. Parsons
  (ReDIF-article, iza:izawol:journl:2018:n:444)
• How should job displacement wage losses be insured?
  IZA World of Labor, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2023)
  by Donald O. Parsons
  (ReDIF-article, iza:izawol:journl:2023:n:446)
• Compensating displaced workers
  IZA World of Labor, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (None)
  by Donald O. Parsons
  (ReDIF-article, iza:izawol:journl:2024:n:444)
• How should job displacement wage losses be insured?
  IZA World of Labor, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2018)
  by Donald O. Parsons
  (ReDIF-article, iza:izawol:journl:y:2018:n:446)
• Voluntary Public Unemployment Insurance
  EPRU Working Paper Series, Economic Policy Research Unit (EPRU), University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics (1999)
  by Donald O. Parsons & Torben Tranæs & Helene Bie Lilleør
  (ReDIF-paper, kud:epruwp:03-05)
• Health, Family Structure, and Labor Supply
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1976)
  by Donald O. Parsons
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:0132)
• Economic Well-Being and Child Labor: The Inter action of Family and Industry
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1981)
  by Claudia D. Goldin & Donald O. Parsons
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:0707)
• Parental Altruism and Self-Interest: Child Labor among Late Nineteenth-Century American Families
  Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (1989)
  by Parsons, Donald O & Goldin, Claudia
  (ReDIF-article, oup:ecinqu:v:27:y:1989:i:4:p:637-59)
• Intergenerational Wealth Transfers and the Educational Decisions of Male Youth
  The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Oxford University Press (1975)
  by Donald O. Parsons
  (ReDIF-article, oup:qjecon:v:89:y:1975:i:4:p:603-617.)
• Intergenerational Wealth Transfers and the Educational Decisions of Male Youth: The Mother's Home Time Hypothesis
  The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Oxford University Press (1978)
  by Donald O. Parsons
  (ReDIF-article, oup:qjecon:v:92:y:1978:i:3:p:521-524.)
• The Autocorrelation of Earnings, Human Wealth Inequality, and Income Contingent Loans
  The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Oxford University Press (1978)
  by Donald O. Parsons
  (ReDIF-article, oup:qjecon:v:92:y:1978:i:4:p:551-569.)
• The Job Search Behavior of Employed Youth
  The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (1991)
  by Parsons, Donald O
  (ReDIF-article, tpr:restat:v:73:y:1991:i:4:p:597-604)
• The Internal Distribution of Union Rents: An Empirical Test of the Voting Power Model
  The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (1992)
  by Parsons, Donald O
  (ReDIF-article, tpr:restat:v:74:y:1992:i:3:p:439-45)
• The United States Steel Consolidation: The Creation of Market Control
  Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press (1975)
  by Parsons, Donald O & Ray, Edward John
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jlawec:v:18:y:1975:i:1:p:181-219)
• Specific Human Capital: An Application to Quit Rates and Layoff Rates
  Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1972)
  by Parsons, Donald O
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jpolec:v:80:y:1972:i:6:p:1120-43)
• The Cost of School Time, Foregone Earnings, and Human Capital Formation
  Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1974)
  by Parsons, Donald O
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jpolec:v:82:y:1974:i:2:p:251-66)
• Time-Series Changes in Personal Income Inequality in the United States from 1939 with Projections to 1985: A Comment
  Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1974)
  by Schwartz, Aba & Parsons, Donald O
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jpolec:v:82:y:1974:i:5:p:1027-32)
• The Decline in Male Labor Force Participation
  Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1980)
  by Parsons, Donald O
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jpolec:v:88:y:1980:i:1:p:117-34)
• Disability Insurance and Male Labor Force Participation: A Response
  Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1984)
  by Parsons, Donald O
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jpolec:v:92:y:1984:i:3:p:542-49)
• Self-Screening in Targeted Public Transfer Programs
  Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1991)
  by Parsons, Donald O
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jpolec:v:99:y:1991:i:4:p:859-76)
• Demographic Effects on Public Charity to the Aged
  Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (1982)
  by Donald O. Parsons
  (ReDIF-article, uwp:jhriss:v:17:y:1982:i:1:p:144-152)