Lowell Taylor

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• Carnegie Mellon University / H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
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• Unhealthy Insurance Markets: Search Frictions and the Cost and Quality of Health Insurance
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2011)
  by Randall D. Cebul & James B. Rebitzer & Lowell J. Taylor & Mark E. Votruba
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:101:y:2011:i:5:p:1842-71)
• The Impact of the Great Migration on Mortality of African Americans: Evidence from the Deep South
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2015)
  by Dan A. Black & Seth G. Sanders & Evan J. Taylor & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:105:y:2015:i:2:p:477-503)
• Does Affirmative Action Work? Caste, Gender, College Quality, and Academic Success in India
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2016)
  by Surendrakumar Bagde & Dennis Epple & Lowell Taylor
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:106:y:2016:i:6:p:1495-1521)
• Workers as Creditors: Performance Bonds and Efficiency Wages
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1994)
  by Ritter, Joseph A & Taylor, Lowell J
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:84:y:1994:i:3:p:694-704)
• Rat Race Redux: Adverse Selection in the Determination of Work Hours in Law Firms
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1996)
  by Landers, Renee M & Rebitzer, James B & Taylor, Lowell J
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:86:y:1996:i:3:p:329-48)
• Monitoring, Motivation, and Management: The Determinants of Opportunistic Behavior in a Field Experiment
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2002)
  by Daniel S. Nagin & James B. Rebitzer & Seth Sanders & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:92:y:2002:i:4:p:850-873)
• The Economics of Lesbian and Gay Families
  Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2007)
  by Dan A. Black & Seth G. Sanders & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-article, aea:jecper:v:21:y:2007:i:2:p:53-70)
• Organizational Fragmentation and Care Quality in the U.S. Healthcare System
  Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2008)
  by Randall D. Cebul & James B. Rebitzer & Lowell J. Taylor & Mark E. Votruba
  (ReDIF-article, aea:jecper:v:22:y:2008:i:4:p:93-113)
• Local Labor Markets and the Evolution of Inequality
  Annual Review of Economics, Annual Reviews (2014)
  by Dan A. Black & Natalia Kolesnikova & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-article, anr:reveco:v:6:y:2014:p:605-628)
• Measurement of Higher Education in the Census and Current Population Survey
  Journal of the American Statistical Association, American Statistical Association (2003)
  by Black, Dan & Sanders, Seth & Taylor, Lowell
  (ReDIF-article, bes:jnlasa:v:98:y:2003:p:545-554)
• The Employment Effect in Retail Trade of California's 1988 Minimum Wage Increase
  Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, American Statistical Association (1995)
  by Kim, Taeil & Taylor, Lowell J
  (ReDIF-article, bes:jnlbes:v:13:y:1995:i:2:p:175-82)
• Can Supply Restrictions Lower Price? Violence, Drug Dealing and Positional Advantage
  The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter (2006)
  by Caulkins Jonathan P & Reuter Peter & Taylor Lowell J
  (ReDIF-article, bpj:bejeap:v:contributions.5:y:2006:i:1:n:3)
• Incentives in HMO's
  The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol, UK (2002)
  by Martin Gaynor & James B Rebitzer & Lowell J Taylor
  (ReDIF-paper, bri:cmpowp:03/089)
• The Effect of a Hospital Nurse Staffing Mandate on Patient Health Outcomes: Evidence from California’s Minimum Staffing Regulation
  The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol, UK (2012)
  by Andrew Cook & Martin Gaynor & Melvin Stephens, Jr. & Lowell Taylor
  (ReDIF-paper, bri:cmpowp:12/283)
• Incentives in HMOs
  GSIA Working Papers, Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business ()
  by Martin Gaynor & James Rebitzer & Lowell Taylor
  (ReDIF-paper, cmu:gsiawp:864288806)
• Optimal wages in the market for nurses: An analysis based on Heyes' model
  Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2007)
  by Taylor, Lowell J.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:jhecon:v:26:y:2007:i:5:p:1027-1030)
• The effect of a hospital nurse staffing mandate on patient health outcomes: Evidence from California's minimum staffing regulation
  Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2012)
  by Cook, Andrew & Gaynor, Martin & Stephens Jr, Melvin & Taylor, Lowell
  (ReDIF-article, eee:jhecon:v:31:y:2012:i:2:p:340-348)
• The effect of early-life education on later-life mortality
  Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2015)
  by Black, Dan A. & Hsu, Yu-Chieh & Taylor, Lowell J.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:jhecon:v:44:y:2015:i:c:p:1-9)
• Why Do Gay Men Live in San Francisco?
  Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2002)
  by Black, Dan & Gates, Gary & Sanders, Seth & Taylor, Lowell
  (ReDIF-article, eee:juecon:v:51:y:2002:i:1:p:54-76)
• Why do so few women work in New York (and so many in Minneapolis)? Labor supply of married women across US cities
  Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2014)
  by Black, Dan A. & Kolesnikova, Natalia & Taylor, Lowell J.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:juecon:v:79:y:2014:i:c:p:59-71)
• Extrinsic Rewards and Intrinsic Motives: Standard and Behavioral Approaches to Agency and Labor Markets
  Handbook of Labor Economics, Elsevier (2011)
  by Rebitzer, James B. & Taylor, Lowell J.
  (ReDIF-chapter, eee:labchp:4-08)
• The consequences of minimum wage laws Some new theoretical ideas
  Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (1995)
  by Rebitzer, James B. & Taylor, Lowell J.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:pubeco:v:56:y:1995:i:2:p:245-255)
• Local price variation and labor supply behavior
  Regional Economic Development, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2008)
  by Dan A. Black & Natalia A. Kolesnikova & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-article, fip:fedlrd:y:2008:i:oct:p:2-14:n:v.4no.1)
• Economic models of employee motivation
  Review, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (1997)
  by Joseph A. Ritter & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-article, fip:fedlrv:y:1997:i:sep:p:3-21)
• Work motivation, commentary
  Review, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (1999)
  by Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-article, fip:fedlrv:y:1999:i:may:p:51-54:n:3)
• Local price variation and labor supply behavior
  Review, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2009)
  by Dan A. Black & Natalia A. Kolesnikova & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-article, fip:fedlrv:y:2009:i:nov:p:613-626:n:v.91no.6)
• The economic progress of African Americans in urban areas: a tale of 14 cities
  Review, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2010)
  by Dan A. Black & Natalia A. Kolesnikova & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-article, fip:fedlrv:y:2010:i:sep:p:353-379:n:v.92no.5)
• Valuable jobs and uncertainty
  Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (1998)
  by Joseph A. Ritter & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fedlwp:1997-005)
• Economic models of employee motivation
  Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (1997)
  by Joseph A. Ritter & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fedlwp:1997-006)
• Seniority-based layoffs as an incentive device
  Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (1998)
  by Joseph A. Ritter & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fedlwp:1998-006)
• Low-powered incentives
  Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (1999)
  by Joseph A. Ritter & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fedlwp:1999-005)
• Earnings functions when wages and prices vary by location
  Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2007)
  by Dan A. Black & Natalia A. Kolesnikova & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fedlwp:2007-031)
• The labor supply of married women: why does it differ across U.S. cities?
  Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2008)
  by Dan A. Black & Natalia A. Kolesnikova & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fedlwp:2007-043)
• Local price variation and labor supply behavior
  Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2008)
  by Dan A. Black & Natalia A. Kolesnikova & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fedlwp:2008-016)
• Are children 'normal'?
  Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2009)
  by Dan A. Black & Natalia A. Kolesnikova & Seth G. Sanders & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fedlwp:2008-040)
• The role of location in evaluating racial wage disparity
  Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2009)
  by Dan A. Black & Natalia A. Kolesnikova & Seth G. Sanders & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fedlwp:2009-043)
• African-American economic progress in urban areas: a tale of 14 American cities
  Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2010)
  by Dan A. Black & Natalia A. Kolesnikova & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fedlwp:2010-015)
• When Knowledge Is an Asset: Explaining the Organizational Structure of Large Law Firms
  IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2006)
  by Rebitzer, James B. & Taylor, Lowell J.
  (ReDIF-paper, iza:izadps:dp2353)
• Extrinsic Rewards and Intrinsic Motives: Standard and Behavioral Approaches to Agency and Labor Markets
  IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2010)
  by Rebitzer, James B. & Taylor, Lowell J.
  (ReDIF-paper, iza:izadps:dp5058)
• Are Children “Normal”?
  IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2011)
  by Black, Dan A. & Kolesnikova, Natalia & Sanders, Seth G. & Taylor, Lowell J.
  (ReDIF-paper, iza:izadps:dp5959)
• Incentives In HMOs
  Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute (2001)
  by Martin Gaynor & James B. Rebitzer & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-paper, lev:wrkpap:wp_340)
• When Knowledge is an Asset: Explaining the Organizational Structure of Large Law Firms
  Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute (2006)
  by James B. Rebitzer & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-paper, lev:wrkpap:wp_477)
• Extrinsic Rewards and Intrinsic Motives: Standard and Behavioral Approaches To Agency and Labor Markets
  Economics Working Paper Archive, Levy Economics Institute (2010)
  by James B. Rebitzer & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-paper, lev:wrkpap:wp_607)
• Demographics of the Gay and Lesbian Population in the United States: Evidence from Available Systematic Data Sources
  Center for Policy Research Working Papers, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University (1999)
  by Dan Black & Gary Gates & Seth Sanders & Lowell Taylor
  (ReDIF-paper, max:cprwps:12)
• When Knowledge is an Asset: Explaining the Organizational Structure of Large Law Firms
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006)
  by James B. Rebitzer & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:12583)
• Organizational Fragmentation and Care Quality in the U.S. Health Care System
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008)
  by Randall D. Cebul & James B. Rebitzer & Lowell J. Taylor & Mark Votruba
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:14212)
• Unhealthy Insurance Markets: Search Frictions and the Cost and Quality of Health Insurance
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008)
  by Randall D. Cebul & James B. Rebitzer & Lowell J. Taylor & Mark E. Votruba
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:14455)
• The Effect of Hospital Nurse Staffing on Patient Health Outcomes: Evidence from California's Minimum Staffing Regulation
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010)
  by Andrew Cook & Martin Gaynor & Melvin Stephens, Jr. & Lowell Taylor
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:16077)
• Do Entry Regulations Deter Entrepreneurship and Job Creation? Evidence from Recent Reforms in Portugal
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010)
  by Lee G. Branstetter & Francisco Lima & Lowell J. Taylor & Ana Venâncio
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:16473)
• The Methuselah Effect: The Pernicious Impact of Unreported Deaths on Old Age Mortality Estimates
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017)
  by Dan A. Black & Yu-Chieh Hsu & Seth G. Sanders & Lynne Steuerle Schofield & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:23574)
• The Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Evidence from the Golden Age of Upward Mobility
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018)
  by David Card & Ciprian Domnisoru & Lowell Taylor
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:25000)
• Is There a VA Advantage? Evidence from Dually Eligible Veterans
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022)
  by David C. Chan Jr & David Card & Lowell Taylor
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:29765)
• The Impact of Female Teachers on Female Students' Lifetime Well-Being
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022)
  by David Card & Ciprian Domnisoru & Seth G. Sanders & Lowell Taylor & Victoria Udalova
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:30430)
• School Equalization in the Shadow of Jim Crow: Causes and Consequences of Resource Disparity in Mississippi circa 1940
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2024)
  by David Card & Leah Clark & Ciprian Domnisoru & Lowell Taylor
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:32496)
• Work Incentives and the Demand for Primary and Contingent Labor
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1991)
  by James B. Rebitzer & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:3647)
• The Consequences of Minimum Wage Laws: Some New Theoretical Ideas
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1991)
  by James B. Rebitzer & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:3877)
• Do Labor Markets Provide Enough Short Hour Jobs? An Analysis of Work Hours and Work Incentives
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1991)
  by James B. Rebitzer & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:3883)
• Incentives in HMOs
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2001)
  by Martin Gaynor & James B. Rebitzer & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:8522)
• Monitoring, Motivation and Management: The Determinants of Opportunistic Behavior in a Field Experiment
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2002)
  by Daniel Nagin & James Rebitzer & Seth Sanders & Lowell Taylor
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:8811)
• Do Labor Markets Provide Enough Short-Hour Jobs? An Analysis of Work Hours and Work Incentives
  Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (1995)
  by Rebitzer, James B & Taylor, Lowell J
  (ReDIF-article, oup:ecinqu:v:33:y:1995:i:2:p:257-73)
• The Economic Reward for Studying Economics
  Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (2003)
  by Dan A. Black & Seth Sanders & Lowell Taylor
  (ReDIF-article, oup:ecinqu:v:41:y:2003:i:3:p:365-377)
• A Model of Dual Labor Markets When Product Demand Is Uncertain
  The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (1991)
  by James B. Rebitzer & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-article, oup:qjecon:v:106:y:1991:i:4:p:1373-1383.)
• Empirical evidence in the study of labor markets: Opportunities and challenges for a new household survey
  Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, IOS Press (2015)
  by Black, Dan A. & Taylor, Lowell J. & Zaber, Melanie
  (ReDIF-article, ris:iosjes:0029)
• The Earnings Effects of Sexual Orientation
  ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School (2003)
  by Dan A. Black & Hoda R. Makar & Seth G. Sanders & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-article, sae:ilrrev:v:56:y:2003:i:3:p:449-469)
• Undocumented Mexican immigrants and the earnings of other workers in the United States
  Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA) (1988)
  by Frank Bean & B. Lowell & Lowell Taylor
  (ReDIF-article, spr:demogr:v:25:y:1988:i:1:p:35-52)
• Demographics of the gay and lesbian population in the United States: Evidence from available systematic data sources
  Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA) (2000)
  by Dan Black & Gary Gates & Seth Sanders & Lowell Taylor
  (ReDIF-article, spr:demogr:v:37:y:2000:i:2:p:139-154)
• The Methuselah Effect: The Pernicious Impact of Unreported Deaths on Old-Age Mortality Estimates
  Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA) (2017)
  by Dan A. Black & Yu-Chieh Hsu & Seth G. Sanders & Lynne Steuerle Schofield & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-article, spr:demogr:v:54:y:2017:i:6:d:10.1007_s13524-017-0623-x)
• The use of cognitive ability measures as explanatory variables in regression analysis
  IZA Journal of Labor Economics, Springer;Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA) (2012)
  by Brian Junker & Lynne Schofield & Lowell Taylor
  (ReDIF-article, spr:izalbr:v:1:y:2012:i:1:p:1-19:10.1186/2193-8997-1-4)
• The role of location in evaluating racial wage disparity
  IZA Journal of Labor Economics, Springer;Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA) (2013)
  by Dan Black & Natalia Kolesnikova & Seth Sanders & Lowell Taylor
  (ReDIF-article, spr:izalbr:v:2:y:2013:i:1:p:1-18:10.1186/2193-8997-2-2)
• Predictive Inference Using Latent Variables with Covariates
  Psychometrika, Springer;The Psychometric Society (2015)
  by Lynne Schofield & Brian Junker & Lowell Taylor & Dan Black
  (ReDIF-article, spr:psycho:v:80:y:2015:i:3:p:727-747)
• Combining forward and backward mortality estimation
  Population Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2017)
  by Dan A. Black & Yu-Chieh Hsu & Seth G. Sanders & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-article, taf:rpstxx:v:71:y:2017:i:3:p:281-292)
• Why Do Minority Men Earn Less? A Study of Wage Differentials among the Highly Educated
  The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2006)
  by Dan Black & Amelia Haviland & Seth Sanders & Lowell Taylor
  (ReDIF-article, tpr:restat:v:88:y:2006:i:2:p:300-313)
• Racial Disparity in Unemployment
  The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2011)
  by Joseph A Ritter & Lowell J Taylor
  (ReDIF-article, tpr:restat:v:93:y:2011:i:1:p:30-42)
• Are Children “Normal”?
  The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2013)
  by Dan A. Black & Natalia Kolesnikova & Seth G. Sanders & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-article, tpr:restat:v:95:y:2013:i:1:p:21-33)
• The Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Evidence from the Golden Age of Upward Mobility
  Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2022)
  by David Card & Ciprian Domnisoru & Lowell Taylor
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jlabec:doi:10.1086/718417)
• Efficiency Wages and Employment Rents: The Employer-Size Wage Effect in the Job Market for Lawyers
  Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (1995)
  by Rebitzer, James B & Taylor, Lowell J
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jlabec:v:13:y:1995:i:4:p:678-708)
• When Knowledge Is an Asset: Explaining the Organizational Structure of Large Law Firms
  Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2007)
  by James B. Rebitzer & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jlabec:v:25:y:2007:p:201-229)
• Earnings Functions When Wages and Prices Vary by Location
  Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2009)
  by Dan Black & Natalia Kolesnikova & Lowell Taylor
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jlabec:v:27:y:2009:i:1:p:21-47)
• Physician Incentives in Health Maintenance Organizations
  Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2004)
  by Martin Gaynor & James B. Rebitzer & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jpolec:v:112:y:2004:i:4:p:915-931)
• Why Do Low-Income Households not Use Food Stamps? Evidence from an Experiment
  Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (1999)
  by Beth Osborne Daponte & Seth Sanders & Lowell Taylor
  (ReDIF-article, uwp:jhriss:v:34:y:1999:i:3:p:612-628)
• Gender Wage Disparities among the Highly Educated
  Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2008)
  by Dan A. Black & Amelia M. Haviland & Seth G. Sanders & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-article, uwp:jhriss:v:43:y:2008:i:3:p:630-659)
• Do Entry Regulations Deter Entrepreneurship and Job Creation? Evidence from Recent Reforms in Portugal
  Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2014)
  by Lee Branstetter & Francisco Lima & Lowell J. Taylor & Ana Venâncio
  (ReDIF-article, wly:econjl:v:124:y:2014:i:577:p:805-832)
• Incentives In HMOs
  Macroeconomics, University Library of Munich, Germany (2001)
  by Martin Gaynor & James B. Rebitzer & Lowell J. Taylor
  (ReDIF-paper, wpa:wuwpma:0111001)