Kevin Lang
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Dept. of Economics Boston University 270 Bay State Road Boston, MA 02215 |
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Boston University
→ Department of Economics (weight: 78%)
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- location: Boston, Massachusetts (United States)
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National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) (weight: 10%)
- website
- location: Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (weight: 10%)
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Boston University
→ Department of Economics
→ Institute for Economic Development (weight: 1%)
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- location: Boston, Massachusetts (United States)
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Boston University
→ Department of Economics
→ Industry Studies Program (ISP) (weight: 1%)
- website
- location: Boston, Massachusetts (United States)
Research profile
author of:
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Language Skill Complementarity: Returns to Immigrant Language Acquisition
by Eli Berman & Kevin Lang & Erez Siniver
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Testing Dual Labor Market Theory: A Reconsideration of the Evidence
by William T. Dickens & Kevin Lang
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Labor Market Segmentation and the Union Wage Premium
by William T. Dickens & Kevin Lang
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Are Efficiency Wages Efficient?
by William T. Dickens & Lawrence F. Katz & Kevin Lang
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Neoclassical and Sociological Perspectives on Segmented Labor Markets
by Kevin Lang & William T. Dickens
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Why Was there Mandatory Retirement? or the Impossibility of Efficient Bonding Contracts
by Kevin Lang
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Constraints on the Choice of Work Hours: Agency vs. Specific-Capital
by Shulamit Kahn & Kevin Lang
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A Goodness of Fit Test of Dual Labor Market Theory
by William T. Dickens & Kevin Lang
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The Effects of Hours Constraints on Labor Supply Estimates
by Shulamit Kahn & Kevin Lang
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An Analysis of the Nature of Unemployment in Sri Lanka
by William T. Dickens & Kevin Lang
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Does the Human-Capital/Educational-Sorting Debate Matter for Development Policy?
by Kevin Lang
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Labor Market Segmentation, Wage Dispersion and Unemployment
by Kevin Lang & William T. Dickens
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Labor Market Segmentation Theory: Reconsidering the Evidence
by William T. Dickens & Kevin Lang
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Bilateral Search as an Explanation for Labor Market Segmentation and Other Anomalies
by Kevin Lang & William T. Dickens
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Language-Skill Complementarity: Returns to Immigrant Language Acquisition
by Eli Berman & Kevin Lang & Erez Siniver
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How Important are Classroom Peer Effects? Evidence from Boston's Metco Program
by Joshua D. Angrist & Kevin Lang
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The Effect of the Payroll Tax on Earnings: A Test of Competing Models of Wage Determination
by Kevin Lang
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Are All Economic Hypotheses False?
by J. Bradford De Long & Kevin Lang
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A Test of Dual Labor Market Theory.
by Dickens, William T. & Lang, Kevin
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The Reemergence of Segmented Labor Market Theory.
by Dickens, William T. & Lang, Kevin
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Does the Human-Capital/Educational-Sorting Debate Matter for Development Policy?
by Lang, Kevin
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The Causes of Hours Constraints: Evidence from Canada.
by Shulamit B. Kahn & Kevin Lang
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Hours Constraints and the Wage/Hours Locus.
by Shulamit Kahn & Kevin Lang
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Why are Canadian and US Unemployment Rates So Highly Correlated?
by Kevin Lang & Jay Zagorsky
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Bargaining Piecemeal or All at Once?
by Lang, Kevin & Rosenthal, Robert W.
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Efficient Estimation of Structural Hedonic Systems.
by Kahn, Shulamit & Lang, Kevin
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Pareto Improving Minimum Wage Laws.
by Lang, Kevin
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Job Signalling and Welfare Improving Minimum Wage Laws: Reply.
by Lang, Kevin
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Efficiency Wage Models of Unemployment: A Second View.
by Lang, Kevin & Kahn, Shulamit
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The Contractors' Game
by Kevin Lang & Robert W. Rosenthal
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Partnerships as Insurance Devices: Theory and Evidence
by Kevin Lang & Peter-John Gordon
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Returns to Schooling, Implicit Discount Rates and Black-White Wage Differentials.
by Lang, Kevin & Ruud, Paul A.
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Labor Market Segmentation and the Union Wage Premium.
by Dickens, William T. & Lang, Kevin
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The Effect of Hours Constraints on Labor Supply Estimates.
by Kahn, Shulamit & Lang, Kevin
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Relative Wages, Wage Growth, and Quit Behavior.
by Galizzi, Monica & Lang, Kevin
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The Effect of Trade Liberalization on Wages and Employment: The Case of New Zealand.
by Lang, Kevin
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Are All Economic Hypotheses False?
by De Long, J. Bradford & Lang, Kevin
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The Pricing of Job Characteristics When Markets Do Not Clear: Theory and Implications
by Kevin Lang & Sumon Majumdar
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Language-skill complementarity: returns to immigrant language acquisition
by Berman, Eli & Lang, Kevin & Siniver, Erez
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Does School Integration Generate Peer Effects? Evidence from Boston's Metco Program
by Angrist, Joshua & Lang, Kevin
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The effect of minimum-wage laws on the distribution of employment: theory and evidence
by Lang, Kevin & Kahn, Shulamit
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A Test of Dual Labor Market Theory
by William T. Dickens & Kevin Lang
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How Important are Classroom Peer Effects? Evidence from Boston's Metco Program
by Joshua D. Angrist & Kevin Lang
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Property taxes and property values: evidence from Proposition
by Lang, Kevin & Jian, Tianlun
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The Effect of the Payroll Tax on Earnings: A Test of Competing Models of Wage Determination
by Kevin Lang
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Employee Crime, Monitoring, and the Efficiency Wage Hypothesis
by William T. Dickens & Lawrence F. Katz & Kevin Lang & Lawrence H. Summers
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THE PRICING OF JOB CHARACTERISTICS WHEN MARKETS DO NOT CLEAR: THEORY AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS
by Kevin Lang & Sumon Majumdar
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Does School Integration Generate Peer Effects? Evidence from Boston's Metco Program
by Joshua D. Angrist & Kevin Lang
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Worker Sorting, Taxes and Health Insurance Coverage
by Kevin Lang & Hong Kang
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Racial Discrimination in Labor Markets with Posted Wage Offers
by Kevin Lang & Michael Manove & William T. Dickens
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Racial Discrimination in Labor Markets with Posted Wage Offers
by Kevin Lang & Michael Manove & William T. Dickens
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Education and Labor-Market Discrimination
by Kevin Lang & Michael Manove
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The Return to English in a Non-English Speaking Country: Russian Immigrants and Native Israelis in Israel
by Kevin Lang & Erez Siniver
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The Consequences of Teenage Childbearing
by Adam Ashcraft & Kevin Lang
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An economic model of the intake disposition of juvenile offenders
by Lang, Kevin & Bell, Duran
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Why was there mandatory retirement?
by Lang, Kevin
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Education and Labor-Market Discrimination
by Kevin Lang & Michael Manove
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Worker Sorting, Taxes and Health Insurance Coverage
by Kevin Lang & Hong Kang
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Inference with Difference-in-Differences and Other Panel Data
by Stephen G. Donald & Kevin Lang
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THE RETURN TO ENGLISH IN A NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRY: RUSSIAN IMMIGRANTS AND NATIVE ISRAELIS IN ISRAEL
by Kevin Lang & Erez Siniver
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Introduction to Poverty and Discrimination
by Kevin Lang
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The Role of Social Ties in the Job Search of Recent Immigrants
by Goel, Deepti & Lang, Kevin
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Undocumented Mexican-born Workers in the United States: How Many, How Permanent?
by George J. Borjas & Richard B. Freeman & Kevin Lang
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THE RETURN TO ENGLISH IN A NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRY: RUSSIAN IMMIGRANTS AND NATIVE ISRAELIS IN ISRAEL
by Kevin Lang & Erez Siniver
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Social Ties and the Job Search of Recent Immigrants
by Deepti Goel & Kevin Lang
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School Entry, Educational Attainment and Quarter of Birth: A Cautionary Tale of LATE
by Rashmi Barua & Kevin Lang
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The Return to English in a Non-English Speaking Country: Russian Immigrants and Native Israelis in Israel
by Lang Kevin & Siniver Erez
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Measurement Matters: Perspectives on Education Policy from an Economist and School Board Member
by Kevin Lang
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Constraints on the Choice of Work Hours: Agency Versus Specific-Capital
by Shulamit Kahn & Kevin Lang
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Does Growing up with a Parent Absent Really Hurt?
by Kevin Lang & Jay L. Zagorsky
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Social Ties and the Job Search of Recent Immigrants
by Deepti Goel & Kevin Lang
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Ability Bias, Discount Rate Bias and the Return to Education
by Lang, Kevin
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Measurement Matters: Perspectives on Education Policy from an Economist and School Board Member
by Kevin Lang
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Social Ties and the Job Search of Recent Immigrants
by Deepti Goel & Kevin Lang
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Why Is an Elite Undergraduate Education Valuable? Evidence from Israel
by Kevin Lang & Erez Siniver
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Education and Labor Market Discrimination
by Kevin Lang & Michael Manove
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Racial Discrimination in the Labor Market: Theory and Empirics
by Kevin Lang & Jee-Yeon K. Lehmann
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Social Ties and the Job Search of Recent Immigrants
by Deepti Goel & Kevin Lang
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A Theory of Monitoring and Internal Labor Markets
by Gautam Bose & Kevin Lang
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A Theory of Monitoring and Internal Labor Markets
by Gautam Bose & Kevin Lang
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Social Ties and the Job Search of Recent Immigrants
by Deepti Goel & Kevin Lang
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The Evolution of the Black-White Test Score Gap in Grades K-3: The Fragility of Results
by Timothy N. Bond & Kevin Lang
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A Theory of Monitoring and Internal Labor Markets
by Kevin Lang & Gautam Bose
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Why Is an Elite Undergraduate Education Valuable? Evidence from Israel
by Kevin Lang & Erez Siniver
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RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN THE LABOR MARKET: THEORY AND EMPIRICS
by Kevin Lang & Jee-Yeon K. Lehmann
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School Entry, Educational Attainment and Quarter of Birth: A Cautionary Tale of LATE
by Kevin Lang & Rashmi Barua
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The Consequences of Teenage Childbearing: Consistent Estimates When Abortion Makes Miscarriage Nonrandom
by Kevin Lang & Adam Ashcraft
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Worker Sorting, Taxes and Health Insurance Coverage
by Kevin Lang
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Evaluating Student Outcomes at For-Profit Colleges
by Kevin Lang & Russell Weinstein
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Employee Crime and the Monitoring Puzzle
by Summers, Lawrence H. & Dickens, William T. & Katz, Lawrence F. & Lang, Kevin
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Why is an elite undergraduate education valuable? Evidence from Israel
by Lang, Kevin & Siniver, Erez
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Trends in Self-reported Spontaneous Abortions: 1970–2000
by Kevin Lang & Ana Nuevo-Chiquero
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Racial Discrimination in the Labor Market: Theory and Empirics
by Kevin Lang & Jee-Yeon K. Lehmann
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The Wage Effects of Not-for-Profit and For-Profit Certifications: Better Data, Somewhat Different Results
by Kevin Lang & Russell Weinstein
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The Effect of High School Exit Exams on Graduation, Employment, Wages and Incarceration
by Olesya Baker & Kevin Lang
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The Black-White Education-Scaled Test-Score Gap in Grades K-7
by Timothy N. Bond & Kevin Lang
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The Consequences of Teenage Childbearing Before Roe v Wade
by Kevin Lang & Russell Weinstein
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The Evolution of the Black-White Test Score Gap in Grades K–3: The Fragility of Results
by Timothy N. Bond & Kevin Lang
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The Consequences of Teenage Childbearing: Consistent Estimates When Abortion Makes Miscarriage Non‐random
by Adam Ashcraft & Iván Fernández‐Val & Kevin Lang
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The wage effects of not-for-profit and for-profit certifications: Better data, somewhat different results
by Lang, Kevin & Weinstein, Russell
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The Sad Truth About Happiness Scales
by Timothy N. Bond & Kevin Lang
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Does Competition Eliminate Discrimination? Evidence from the Commercial Sex Market in Singapore
by Huailu Li & Kevin Lang & Kaiwen Leong
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Racial Realism: A Review Essay on John Skrentny's After Civil Rights
by Kevin Lang
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Discrimination and Worker Evaluation
by Costas Cavounidis & Kevin Lang
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A Test of Adverse Selection in the Market for Experienced Workers
by Kevin Lang & Russell Weinstein
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Does Competition Eliminate Discrimination? Evidence from the Commercial Sex Market in Singapore
by Huailu Li & Kevin Lang & Kaiwen Leong
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Human Capital Versus Sorting: The Effects of Compulsory Attendance Laws
by Kevin Lang & David Kropp
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Persistent Wage Dispersion and Involuntary Unemployment
by Kevin Lang
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A Language Theory of Discrimination
by Kevin Lang
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Social Ties and the Job Search of Recent Immigrants
by Goel, Deepti & Lang, Kevin
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Wage announcements with a continuum of worker type
by Kevin Lang & Michael Manove
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The Consequences of Teenage Childbearing before Roe v. Wade
by Kevin Lang Jr. & Russell Weinstein Jr.
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Educational Homogamy and Assortative Mating Have Not Increased
by Rania Gihleb & Kevin Lang
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Educational Homogamy and Assortative Mating Have Not Increased
by Gihleb, Rania & Lang, Kevin
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School Entry, Educational Attainment, and Quarter of Birth: A Cautionary Tale of a Local Average Treatment Effect
by Rashmi Barua & Kevin Lang
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Ben-Porath meets Lazear: Lifetime Skill Investment and Occupation Choice with Multiple Skills
by Costas Cavounidis & Kevin Lang
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Monitoring for Worker Quality
by Gautam Bose & Kevin Lang
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Educational Homogamy and Assortative Mating Have Not Increased
by Kevin Lang & Rania Gihleb
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The Sad Truth About Happiness Scales: Empirical Results
by Timothy N. Bond & Kevin Lang
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The Promise and Pitfalls of Differences-in-Differences: Reflections on ‘16 and Pregnant’ and Other Applications
by Ariella Kahn-Lang & Kevin Lang
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The Determinants of Teachers' Occupational Choice
by Kevin Lang & Maria Dolores Palacios
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The Black–White Education Scaled Test-Score Gap in Grades K-7
by Timothy N. Bond & Kevin Lang
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Does Competition Eliminate Discrimination? Evidence from the Commercial Sex Market in Singapore
by Huailu Li & Kevin Lang & Kaiwen Leong
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Social Ties and the Job Search of Recent Immigrants
by Deepti Goel & Kevin Lang
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Employee Crime and the Monitoring Puzzle.
by Dickens, William T. & Katz, Lawrence F. & Lang, Kevin & Summers, Lawrence H.
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The Sad Truth about Happiness Scales
by Timothy N. Bond & Kevin Lang
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The Boss is Watching: How Monitoring Decisions Hurt Black Workers
by Costas Cavounidis & Kevin Lang & Russell Weinstein
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Lending to the Unbanked: Relational Contracting with Loan Sharks
by Kevin Lang & Kaiwen Leong & Huailu Li & Haibo Xu
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Effort and wages: Evidence from the payroll tax
by Kevin Lang
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Ben-Porath Meets Lazear: Microfoundations for Dynamic Skill Formation
by Costas Cavounidis & Kevin Lang
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Lending to the Unbanked: Relational Contracting with Loan Sharks
by Kevin Lang & Kaiwen Leong & Huailu Li & Haibo Xu
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How Discrimination and Bias Shapes Outcomes
by Ariella Kahn-Lang Spitzer & Kevin Lang
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Lending to the Unbanked: Relational Contracting with Loan Sharks
by Lang, Kevin & Leong, Kaiwen & Li, Huailu & Xu, Haibo
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Race Discrimination: An Economic Perspective
by Kevin Lang & Ariella Kahn-Lang Spitzer
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The Promise and Pitfalls of Differences-in-Differences: Reflections on 16 and Pregnant and Other Applications
by Ariella Kahn-Lang & Kevin Lang
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Race Discrimination: An Economic Perspective
by Kevin Lang & Ariella Kahn-Lang Spitzer