Productivity Research and Program Development

Working Papers

Giandrea, Michael D.

• “Employment Patterns and Determinants Among Older Individuals with a History of Short-Duration Jobs,” with Kevin E. Cahill and Joseph F. Quinn, (2009) U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Working Paper No. 440.
• “How Does Occupational Status Impact Bridge Job Prevalence?” with Kevin E. Cahill and Joseph F. Quinn, (2011) U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Working Paper No. 447.
• “Self Employment Among Older American Workers”, (with Kevin E. Cahill and Joseph F. Quinn). BLS Working Paper No. 418, 2008.
• “An Update on Bridge Jobs: The HRS War Babies”, (with Kevin E. Cahill and Joseph F. Quinn). BLS Working Paper No. 407, 2008.
• “A Micro-level Analysis of Recent Increases in Labor Force Participation among Older Workers”, (with Kevin E. Cahill and Joseph F. Quinn). BLS Working Paper No. 400, 2006.
• “Industry Competition and Total Factor Productivity Growth”, BLS Working Paper No. 399, 2006.
• “Are Traditional Retirements a Thing of the Past? New Evidence on Retirement Patterns and Bridge Jobs”, (with Kevin E. Cahill and Joseph F. Quinn). BLS Working Paper No. 384, 2005.
• Publications by Michael Giandrea

Meyer, Peter Benjamin

• “Statipedia: a platform for collaboration across statistical agencies” (2009 presentation, with Jim Buszuwski)
• “Statipedia: a platform for collaboration across statistical agencies” (2010 conference paper with Jim Buszuwski)
• “Network of Tinkerers: A Model of Open-Source Technology Innovation”, BLS Working Paper No. 413, November 2007.
• “Workplace Organization and Innovation”, (with Cindy Zoghi and Robert Mohr) BLS Working Paper No. 405, May 2007.
• “Proposed Category System for 1960-2000 Census Occupations”, (with Anastasiya Osborne) BLS Working Paper No. 383, September 2005.
• “Turbulence, Inequality, and Cheap Steel”, BLS Working Paper No. 375, February 2005.
• “Episodes of Collective Invention”, BLS Working Paper No. 368, August 2003.
• Publications by Peter Benjamin Meyer

Pabilonia, Sabrina Wulff

• “What Effect do Macroeconomic Conditions Have on Families’ Time Together?”, (with Melinda Sandler Morrill). Presented at the International Perspectives on Time Use Conference, June 2011.
• “The Effect of Child Gender on Parents’ Labor Supply: Responses among Natives, Immigrants, and Racial and Ethnic Subgroups”, (with Jennifer Ward-Batts). Presented at the 8th IZA Annual Migration Meeting, 2011.
• “Which Job Skills Are Complementary to IT Adoption and Use?”, (with Cindy Zoghi). Presented at the Southern Economic Association Meetings, 2009.
• “Time Allocation of Parents and Investments in Sons and Daughters”, (with Shelly Lundberg and Jennifer Ward-Batts). Presented at the Workshop on Gender and the Labor Market at ZEW, March 2008.
• “Working at Home: An Analysis of Telecommuting in Canada”, Presented at the Southern Economic Association Meetings, 2005.
• “Investigation of the Volatility of Quarterly Nonfarm Unincorporated Self-Employed Hours in the CPS”, (with Shawn Sprague). Unpublished manuscript, 2004.
• “Youth Earnings and Parental Allowances”, Presented at the Western Economic Association Meetings, 2002.
• “The Effects of Federal and State Minimum Wage Laws Upon Youth Employment”, Presented at the Society of Labor Economist Meetings, 2002.
• Publications by Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia

Powers, Susan

• “Reconciling Differences Between BEA and BLS Industry Output Measures.”, Unpublished working paper. April 2008.
• Publications by Susan Powers

Stewart, Jay

• “How to Think About Time-Use Data: What Inferences Can We Make About Long- and Short-Run Time Use from Time Diaries?”, (with Harley Frazis), BLS Working Paper No. 442, November 2010.
• “Tobit or Not Tobit?”, BLS Working Paper No. 432, November 2009.
• “Recent Trends in Job Stability and Job Security”, BLS Working Paper No. 356, 2002.
• “A Report on the Feasibility of Conducting a Time-Use Survey”,(with Michael Horrigan, Diane Herz, Ed Robison, and Linda Stinson). Report submitted to the National Academy of Sciences, May 1999.
• “Has Job Mobility Increased? Evidence from the Current Population Survey: 1975-1995”, BLS Working Paper No. 308, February 1998.
• “Do Older Workers Respond to Changes in Social Security? A Look at the Time Series Evidence”, BLS Working Paper No. 272, December 1995.
• Publications by Jay Stewart

Sveikauskas, Leo

• “R&D and Productivity Growth: A Review of the Literature”, BLS Working Paper No. 408, September 2007.
• “CES Efficiency Parameters”, BLS Working Paper No. 81, 1980.
• Publications by Leo Sveikauskas

Zoghi, Cindy

• “Why Are Jobs Designed the Way They Are?”, (with Mike Gibbs and Alec Levenson). BLS Working Paper No. 382, June 2005.
• “The Distribution of Decision Rights in the Workplace: Evidence from Canadian, Australian and UK Data”, BLS Working Paper No. 363, December 2002. (renamed “The Decentralization of Decision-Making and Employee Involvement within the Workplace: Evidence from British, Australian and Canadian Establishments”,)
• “Measuring Labor Composition: A Comparison of Alternate Methodologies” June 2007.
• “Changes to the BLS Labor Composition Index”, Unpublished manuscript, June 2006.
• “Sectoral Wage Differentials and Job Requirements”, (with Alec Levenson). Unpublished manuscript, April 2007.
• “The Strength of Occupation Indicators as a Proxy for Skill”, (with Alec Levenson). BLS Working Paper No. 404, December 2006.
• “Job Characteristics and Labor Market Discrimination in Promotions: New Theory and Empirical Evidence”, (with Jed DeVaro and Suman Ghosh). Cornell University ILR Working Paper, August 2007.
• Publications by Cindy Zoghi

Other Productivity Research

“U.S. Public Infrastructure and Its Contribution to Private Sector Productivity”, by Aklilu A. Zegeye, BLS Working paper No. 329, June 2000.

“The Empirical Importance of Market Power and Scale Economies for Productivity Measurement”, Unpublished manuscript.