Publications

Department Publications by Field

Labor and Demographic Economics

The Intergenerational Persistence of Lifetime Earnings: Author(s): Lutz A. Hendricks; European Economic Review, Forthcoming; [Abstract]
Health Insurance Coverage Estimates for Iowa: Author(s): Liesl Eathington; ECON Staff Report, August 1, 2009; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
STOPPING START-UPS: HOW THE BUSINESS CYCLE AFFECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Author(s): Li Yu, Peter Orazem, Robert W. Jolly; ISU Economics Working Paper #09014, July 3, 2009; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
The Role of Mathematical and Verbal Skills on the Returns to Graduate and Professional Education: Author(s): Moohoun Song, Peter Orazem, Darin Wohlgemuth; Economics of Education Review, Vol. 27, No.6, pp. 664-675, December, 2008; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Should I stay or should I go?: Nursing License Renewal Decisions in Iowa: Author(s): Gina Russell, Shiva Sikdar, Mark D Imerman, Peter Orazem; Nursing Economic$, Vol. 26, No.6, pp. 361-373, November/December, 2008; [Abstract] [Publisher's Link]
Rising Food and Energy Prices: Projections for Labor Markets 2008-18 and Beyond: Author(s): Wallace Huffman; ISU Economics Working Paper #08030, October 28, 2008; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Optimal Wage Taxation When Human Capital and Employment Are Endogenous: Author(s): Brent Kreider; Economic Inquiry, Vol. 46, No.4, pp. 660-675, October, 2008; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
A Profile of Iowa’s Population by Age, Race, and Ethnicity in 2007: Author(s): Liesl Eathington; ECON Staff Report, August 1, 2008; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
If Johnny can’t work, can Johnny read better?: Child Labor Laws, Labor Supply and Schooling Outcomes: Author(s): Chanyoung Lee, Peter Orazem; ISU Economics Working Paper #08022, June 18, 2008; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Firing Cost and Firm Size: A Study of Sri Lanka’s Severance Pay System: Author(s): Babatunde Abidoye, Peter Orazem, Milan Vodopivec; ISU Economics Working Paper #08014, April 20, 2008; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
FIRM SIZE, TECHNICAL CHANGE AND WAGES IN THE PORK SECTOR, 1990 -2005: Author(s): Li Yu, Terrance M Hurley, James Kliebenstein, Peter Orazem; ISU Economics Working Paper #08013, April 19, 2008; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Can Racially Unbiased Police Perpetuate Long-Run Discrimination?: Author(s): Helle Bunzel, Philippe Marcoul; Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 60, No.1, pp. 36-47, 2008; [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Publisher's Link]
How Does Family Structure Affect Children’s Outcomes? Evidence from the Civil War.: Author(s): David M. Frankel; ISU Economics Working Paper #07010, May 24, 2007; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Binge Drinking and Labor Market Success: A Longitudinal Study on Young People: Author(s): Shao-Hsun Keng, Wallace Huffman; Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 20, pp. 35-54, February, 2007; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Understanding Post-War Changes in U.S. Household Production: A Full-Income Demand-System Perspective: Author(s): Wallace Huffman; ISU Economics Working Paper #06036, November 16, 2006 (Revised 2/21/08); [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Wages, benefits, hours, commuting time, and license renewal for Iowa Registered Nurses: Author(s): Mark D. Imerman, Peter Orazem, Shiva Sikdar, Gina Russell; ISU Economics Working Paper #06030, September 18, 2006; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
The Story Behind the Post-War Decline in Women’s Housework: Prices, Income, Family Size, and Technology Effects in a Demand System: Author(s): Wallace Huffman; ISU Economics Working Paper #06020, May 1, 2006; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Data in Context: Notes on Employment and Labor Force Data: Author(s): Mark D. Imerman; ISU Economics Working Paper #06018, April 24, 2006; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Off-farm labor supply responses to permanent and transitory farm income: Author(s): Chul-Woo Kwon, Peter Orazem, Daniel Otto; Agricultural Economics, Vol. 34, No.1, pp. 59-68, January, 2006; [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Publisher's Link]
The Effects of Local Labour Market Conditions on Welfare Program Participation: Author(s): S Pan, Helen H. Jensen, Wayne A Fuller; Applied Economics, Vol. 38, pp. 649-659, 2006; [Abstract] [Publisher's Link]
Child Labor and School Achievement in Latin America: Author(s): Victoria Gunnarsson, Peter Orazem, Mario A. Sanchez; World Bank Economic Review, Vol. 20, No.1, pp. 31-54, January, 2006; [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Publisher's Link]
Expected Wages and Other Labor Market Factors Affecting the Labor Force Decisions of Nurses in the State of Iowa: Author(s): Todd Doorenbos, Mark D. Imerman, Peter Orazem; ISU Economics Working Paper #05029, November 8, 2005; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Returns to Graduate and Professional Education: The Roles of Mathematical and Verbal Skills by Major: Author(s): Moohoun Song, Peter Orazem; ISU Economics Working Paper #05028, October 12, 2005; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Cyclicality and the Labor Market for Economists: Author(s): Craig A. Gallet, John A. List, Peter Orazem; Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 72, No.2, pp. 284-304, October, 2005; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Termination of Dynamic Contracts in an Equilibrium Labor Market Model (2008 update): Author(s): Cheng Wang; ISU Economics Working Paper #05024, July 28, 2005; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
WORKER DISPLACEMENT DURING THE TRANSITION: EXPERIENCE FROM SLOVENIA: Author(s): Peter Orazem, Milan Vodopivec, Ruth Wu; Economics of Transition, Vol. 13, No.2, pp. 311-340, April, 2005; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Slow Growth and the Kansas Productivity Puzzle: Author(s): Peter Orazem; Kansas Policy Review, Vol. 26, No.2, pp. 1-9, Fall, 2004; [Abstract] [Publisher's Link]
Long-Term Attachments and Long-Run Firm Rates of Return: Author(s): Peter Orazem, Marvin Bouillon, B. Michael Doran; Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 71, No.2, pp. 314-333, October, 2004; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
A Reexamination of the Time Path of Wage Differentials in Taiwan: Author(s): Chun-Hung A. Lin, Peter Orazem; Review of Development Economics, Vol. 8, pp. 295-308, May, 2004; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Child Labour, School Attendance and Performance: A Review: Author(s): Peter Orazem, L. Victoria Gunnarsson; ISU Economics Working Paper #04001, January 8, 2004; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Labor Market Search and Optimal Retirement Policy: Author(s): Joydeep Bhattacharya, Casey Mulligan, Rob Reed; Economic Inquiry, Vol. 42, pp. 560-571, 2004; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Dynamics of the planning solution in the discrete−time textbook model of labor market search and matching.: Author(s): Joydeep Bhattacharya, Helle Bunzel; Economics Bulletin, Vol. 5, No.19, pp. 1-10, December 23, 2003; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Wage Inequality and Returns to Skill in Taiwan, 1978-1996: Author(s): Chun-Hung A. Lin, Peter Orazem; Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 39, pp. 89-108, June, 2003; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Market Expectations, Job Search and Gender Differences in Starting Pay: Author(s): Peter Orazem, J. Werbel, J. McElroy; Journal of Labor Research, Vol. 24, pp. 307-321, Spring, 2003; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Age-Specific Employment Policies: Author(s): Joydeep Bhattacharya, Rob Reed; ISU Economics Working Paper #03016, March 27, 2003; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Aging, Unemployment, and Welfare in a Life-Cycle Model with Costly Labor Market Search: Author(s): Joydeep Bhattacharya, Robert Reed; ISU Economics Working Paper #03015, March 27, 2003; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Evolution of Worker-Employer Networks and Behaviors Under Alternative Non-Employment Benefits: An Agent-Based Computational Approach: Author(s): Mark Pingle, Leigh S. Tesfatsion; Innovations in Economic and Financial Networks, Edward Elgar, New York, NY, pp. 254-283, 2003; [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Publisher's Link]
Rural Population Growth, 1950-1990: The Roles of Human Capital, Industry Structure and Government Policy: Author(s): T. Huang, Peter Orazem, Darin Wohlgemuth; American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 84, pp. 615-627, August, 2002; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Hysteresis in an Evolutionary Labor Market with Adaptive Search: Author(s): Leigh S. Tesfatsion; Evolutionary Computation in Economics and Finance, Physica-Verlag Heidelberg, New York, N.Y., pp. 189-210, 2002; [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Publisher's Link]
Minimum Wage Effects on Hours, Employment and Number of Firms: The Iowa Case: Author(s): Peter F. Orazem, J. Peter Mattila; Journal of Labor Research, Vol. 23, No.1, pp. 3-23, Winter, 2002; [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Publisher's Link]
The Effects of Housing Prices, Wages, and Commuting Time on Urban-Rural Residential Choice: Author(s): Kim Sui So, Peter Orazem, Daniel Otto; American Journal Of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 83, pp. 1036-1048, November, 2001; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Deriving Empirical Definitions of Spatial Labor Markets: The Roles of Competing versus Complementary Growth: Author(s): Romana Khan, Peter Orazem, Daniel Otto; Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 41, pp. 735-756, November, 2001; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Structure, Behavior, and Market Power in an Evolutionary Labor Market with Adaptive Search: Author(s): Leigh Tesfatsion; Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol. 25, No.Nos. 3-4, pp. 419-457, March, 2001; [Abstract] [Publisher's Link]
Relative Growth of Subsidiary Farming in Post-Soviet Economies: A Labor Supply Story: Author(s): Lyubov A. Kurkalova, Helen H. Jensen; CARD Working Paper #00-WP 249, September 2000; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
A Computational Laboratory for Evolutionary Trade Networks: Author(s): David McFadzean, Deron Stewart, Leigh Tesfatsion; ISU Economics Working Paper #NDN0109, August 2000; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Concentration, Capacity, and Market Power in an Evolutionary Labor Market: Author(s): Leigh Tesfatsion; Evolution at Work for the Next Millenium: Proceedings of the Congress on Evolutionary Computation 2000, IEEE, Inc., Piscataway, NJ, pp. 1033-1040, July, 2000; [Abstract]
Structure, Behavior, and Market Power in an Evolutionary Labor Market with Adaptive Search: Author(s): Leigh Tesfatsion; ISU Economics Working Paper #NDN0083, October 1999; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Intrahousehold Resource Allocation in Developing Countries: Models, Methods, and Policy: Author(s): Peter F. Orazem; American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 81, No.Edited, pp. 480-2, May, 1999; [Abstract]
A Manual for Community and Fiscal Impact Modeling Systems: Author(s): David Swenson, Liesl Eathington; ISU Economics Working Paper #NDN0021, March 1, 1999; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Preferential Partner Selection in Evolutionary Labor Markets: Author(s): Leigh Tesfatsion; Evolutionary Programming VII, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 15-24, 1999; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Deriving Empirical Definitions of Spatial Labor Markets: The Roles of Competing versus Complementary Growth: Author(s): Romana Khan, Peter F. Orazem and Daniel M. Otto; ISU Economics Working Paper #NDN0019, August 1, 1998; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
Preferential Partner Selection in Evolutionary Labor Markets: A Study in Agent-Based Computational Economics: Author(s): Leigh Tesfatsion; Evolutionary Programming VII, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, pp. 15-24, 1998; [Abstract] [Publisher's Link]
Preferential Partner Selection in Evolutionary Labor Markets: A Study in Agent-Based Computational Economics: Author(s): Leigh Tesfatsion; ISU Economics Working Paper #NDN0110, January 1, 1998; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
An Analysis of the Causes and Consequences of Foreign Born Growth in the Midwest and South-Central States, 1950-1990: Author(s): Tzu-Ling Huang, Peter F. Orazem; ISU Economics Working Paper #NDN0018, July 1, 1996; [Abstract] [Download PDF]
An Evolutionary Trade Network Game with Preferential Partner Selection: Author(s): Leigh Tesfatsion; Evolutionary Programming V, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, pp. 45-54, 1996; [Abstract] [Publisher's Link]
Comparable Worth and Gender Discrimination: An International Perspective: Author(s): Peter F. Orazem; Industrial and Labor Relations Review, pp. 182-183, October, 1995; [Abstract]