Current Papers

 

Christopher Bollinger and Barry Hirsch, “How Well are Earnings Measured in the Current Population Survey? Bias from Nonresponse and Proxy Respondents,” in progress.

 

Barry T. Hirsch and Edward Schumacher, “Wage Analyses Using Job versus Worker Attributes: An Application to Nursing,” in progress.

 

Published Articles and Book Chapters

 

James A. Freeman and Barry T. Hirsch, “College Majors and the Knowledge Content of JobsEconomics of Education Review, forthcoming.

 

Barry T. Hirsch, “Wage Gaps Large and Small,” SEA Presidential Address, Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 74, No. 4, April 2008, pp. 915-33.

 

Barry T. Hirsch, “Sluggish Institutions in a Dynamic World: Can Unions and Industrial Competition Coexist?” Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter 2008, pp. 153-76. Accompanying Data Appendix.

 

Jeffrey M. Hirsch and Barry T. Hirsch, “The Rise and Fall of Private Sector Unionism: What Next for the NLRA?” Florida State University Law Review, Vol. 34, 2007, pp. 1133-80.

 

Barry T. Hirsch, “Wage Determination in the U.S. Airline Industry: Union Power Under Product Market Constraints,” in Advances in Airline Economics, Vol. 2: The Economics of Airline Institutions, Operations and Marketing. Editor, Darin Lee (Amsterdam, Elsevier, 2007, pp. 27-59).

 

Christopher R. Bollinger and Barry T. Hirsch, “Match Bias from Earnings Imputation in the Current Population Survey: The Case of Imperfect MatchingJournal of Labor Economics, Vol. 24, No. 3, July 2006, pp. 483-519.  Accompanying "Mathematical Appendix"

 

Barry T. Hirsch and Jeffrey M. Hirsch, “The NLRA After Seventy Years: What Next?” Proceedings of the Labor and Employment Relations Association, Joint AEA/LERA Session, 2006.

 

Barry T. Hirsch and Edward J. Schumacher, “Classic or New Monopsony? Searching for Evidence in Nursing Labor MarketsJournal of Health Economics, Vol. 24 (5), September 2005, pp. 969-89.

 

Barry T. Hirsch, “Why Do Part-Time Workers Earn Less? The Role of Worker and Job SkillsIndustrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 58, No. 4, July 2005, pp. 525-51.

 

Barry T. Hirsch, “What Do Unions Do for Economic Performance?” Journal of Labor Research, Vol. 25, No. 3, Summer 2004, pp. 415-55.  Also forthcoming in James T. Bennett and Bruce E. Kaufman, eds. What Do Unions Do? The Evidence Twenty Years Later, Chapter 6.

 

Barry T. Hirsch and Edward J. Schumacher, “Match Bias in Wage Gap Estimates Due to Earnings ImputationJournal of Labor Economics, Vol. 22, No. 3, July 2004, pp. 689-722.

 

Barry T. Hirsch, “Reconsidering Union Wage Effects: Surveying New Evidence on an Old TopicJournal of Labor Research, Vol. 25, No. 2, Spring 2004, pp. 233-66.

 

William Breit and Barry T. Hirsch, “Afterword: Lessons from the Laureates,” in William Breit and Barry T. Hirsch, eds. Lives of the Laureates, 4th ed., Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2004, pp. 335-48.

 

Barry T. Hirsch, David A. Macpherson, and Edward J. Schumacher, “Measuring Union and Nonunion Wage Growth: Puzzles in Search of Solutions,” in Phani Wunnava, ed., The Changing Role of Unions: New Forms of Representation,” (Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 2004, pp. 115-47).

 

Barry T. Hirsch and David A. Macpherson, “Wages, Sorting on Skill, and the Racial Composition of JobsJournal of Labor Economics, Vol. 22, No. 1, January 2004, pp. 189-210.

 

Barry T. Hirsch and Stephen L. Mehay, “Evaluating the Labor Market Performance of Veterans Using a Matched Comparison Group DesignJournal of Human Resources, Vol. 38, No. 3, Summer 2003, pp. 673-700.

 

Barry T. Hirsch and David A. Macpherson, “Union Membership and Coverage Database from the Current Population Survey: Note,” Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 2003, pp. 349-54.

 

Barry T. Hirsch and Edward J. Schumacher, “Private Sector Union Density and the Wage Premium: Past, Present, and Future,” in James Bennett and Bruce Kaufman, eds., The Future of Private Sector Unionism in the United States, M.E. Sharpe, 2002, Chapter 6, pp. 92-128 (same as paper below).

 

Barry T. Hirsch and Edward J. Schumacher, “Private Sector Union Density and the Wage Premium: Past, Present, and FutureJournal of Labor Research, Vol. 22, No. 3, Summer 2001, pp. 487-518 (same as paper above).

 

James A. Freeman and Barry T. Hirsch, “Do Returns to Human Capital Equalize Across Occupational Paths?” Research in Labor Economics, (Worker Wellbeing in a Changing Labor Market), Vol. 20, 2001, pp. 217-42.

 

Barry T. Hirsch, David A. Macpherson, and Wayne G. Vroman, “Estimates of Union Density by StateMonthly Labor Review, Vol. 124, No. 7, July 2001, pp. 51-55 (accompanying data online).

 

Michael L. Wachter, Barry T. Hirsch, and James W. Gillula, “Difficulties of Deregulation When Wage Costs are the Major Cost,” in Michael A. Crew and Paul R. Kleindorfer, eds. Future Directions in Postal Reform (Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001), Chapter 1, pp. 3-24.

 

Barry T. Hirsch, David A. Macpherson, and Melissa Hardy, “Occupational Age Structure and Access for Older WorkersIndustrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 53, No. 3, April 2000, pp. 401-18.

 

Barry T. Hirsch and David A. Macpherson, “Earnings, Rents, and Competition in the Airline Labor MarketJournal of Labor Economics, Vol. 18, No. 1, January 2000, pp. 125-55.

 

Barry T. Hirsch, Michael L. Wachter, and James W. Gillula, “Postal Service Compensation and the Comparability StandardResearch in Labor Economics, Vol. 18, 1999, pp. 243-79.

 

J. Michael DuMond, Barry T. Hirsch, and David A. Macpherson, “Wage Differentials Across Labor Markets and Workers: Does Cost of Living Matter?” Economic Inquiry, Vol. 37, No. 4, October 1999, pp. 577-98.

 

Barry T. Hirsch and Edward J. Schumacher, “Unions, Wages, and SkillsJournal of Human Resources, Vol. 33, No. 1, Winter 1998, pp. 201-19.

 

Barry T. Hirsch and David A. Macpherson, “Earnings and Employment in Trucking: Deregulating a Naturally Competitive Industry,” in James Peoples, ed. Regulatory Reform and Labor Markets, Kluwer Academic Publishing, 1998, pp. 61-112.

 

Barry T. Hirsch and Edward J. Schumacher, “Union Wages, Rents, and Skills in Health Care Labor MarketsJournal of Labor Research, Vol. 19, No. 1, Winter 1998, pp. 125-47.

 

John T. Addison and Barry T. Hirsch, “The Economic Effects of Employment Regulation: What Are the Limits?” in Bruce Kaufman, ed. Government Regulation of the Employment Relationship, IRRA 50th Anniversary Volume, Madison, WI: Industrial Relations Research Association, 1997, pp. 125-78.

 

Barry T. Hirsch, “Unionization and Economic Performance: Evidence on Productivity, Profits, Investment, and Growth,” in Fazil Mihlar, ed. Unions and Right-to-Work Laws, Vancouver, B.C.: The Fraser Institute, 1997, pp. 35-70.

 

Edward J. Schumacher and Barry T. Hirsch, “Compensating Differentials and Unmeasured Ability in the Labor Market for Nurses: Why Do Hospitals Pay More?” Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 50, No. 4, July 1997, pp. 557-79.

 

Barry T. Hirsch, David A. Macpherson, and J. Michael DuMond, “Workers' Compensation Recipiency in Union and Nonunion WorkplacesIndustrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 50, No. 2, January 1997, pp. 213-36.

 

Stephen L. Mehay and Barry T. Hirsch, “The Post-Military Earnings of Female VeteransIndustrial Relations, Vol. 35, No. 2, April 1996, pp. 197-217.

 

Barry T. Hirsch, “The Dunlop Commission's Premise: A Tilted Playing Field?” Symposium on the Dunlop Commission Report on the Future of Worker-Management Relations, Journal of Labor Research, Vol. 17, No. 1, Winter 1996, pp. 15-37. 

 

Barry T. Hirsch and Edward J. Schumacher, “Monopsony Power and Relative Wages in the Labor Market for NursesJournal of Health Economics, Vol. 14, No. 4, October 1995, pp. 443-76. 

 

David A. Macpherson and Barry T. Hirsch, “Wages and Gender Composition:  Why Do Women's Jobs Pay Less?” Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 13, No. 3, July 1995, pp. 426-71.

 

Barry T. Hirsch and Kislaya Prasad, “Wage-Employment Determination and a Union Tax on Capital:  Can Theory and Evidence be Reconciled?” Economics Letters, Vol. 48, No. 1, April 1995, pp. 61-71.

 

Barry T. Hirsch and Barbara A. Morgan, “Shareholder Risk and Returns in Union and Nonunion FirmsIndustrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 47, No. 2, January 1994, pp. 302-18.

 

Barry T. Hirsch and Terry G. Seaks, “Functional Form in Regression Models of Tobin’s qReview of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 75, No. 2, May 1993, pp. 381-85.

 

Barry T. Hirsch, “Trucking Deregulation, Unionization, and Earnings: Is the Union Premium a Compensating Differential?” Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 11, No. 2, April 1993, pp. 279-301.

 

Barry T. Hirsch and David A. Macpherson, “Union Membership and Coverage Files from the Current Population Surveys: NoteIndustrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 46, No. 3, April 1993, pp. 574-78. 

 

Barry T. Hirsch and Edward J. Schumacher, “Labor Earnings, Discrimination, and the Racial Composition of JobsJournal of Human Resources, Vol. 27, No. 4, Fall 1992, pp. 602-28 

 

Barry T. Hirsch, “Firm Investment Behavior and Collective Bargaining Strategy,” Industrial Relations, Vol. 31, No. 1, Winter 1992, pp. 95-121, and reprinted in Labor Market Institutions and the Future Role of Unions, edited by Mario F. Bognanno and Morris M. Kleiner, Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell Publishers, 1992.

 

Barry T. Hirsch, “Union Coverage and Profitability Among U.S. FirmsReview of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 73, No. 1, February 1991, pp. 69-77. 

 

Michael A. Curme, Barry T. Hirsch, and David A. Macpherson, "Union Membership and Contract Coverage in the United States, 1983-1988," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 44, No. 1, October 1990, pp. 5-33.

 

Barry T. Hirsch, "Innovative Activity, Productivity Growth, and Firm Performance:  Are Unions a Spur or a Deterrent?" Advances in Applied Micro-Economics, Vol. 5, edited by A.N. Link and V. Kerry Smith, Greenwich, Conn.: JAI Press, 1990, pp. 69-104.

 

Barry T. Hirsch, “Market Structure, Union Rent Seeking, and Firm ProfitabilityEconomics Letters, January 1990, Vol. 32, pp. 75-79.

 

Robert M. Feinberg and Barry T. Hirsch, "Industry Rent Seeking and the Filing of Unfair Trade Complaints," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 7, No. 4, December 1989, pp. 325-40.

 

John T. Addison and Barry T. Hirsch, "Union Effects on Productivity, Profits, and Growth:  Has the Long Run Arrived?Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 7, No. 1, January 1989, pp. 72-105.

 

Barry T. Hirsch, "Trucking Regulation, Unionization, and Labor Earnings:1973-1985," Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 23, No. 3, Summer 1988, pp. 296-319.

 

Barry T. Hirsch and Robert A. Connolly, "Do Unions Capture Monopoly Profits?" Industrial and LaborRelations Review, Vol. 41, No. 1, October 1987, pp. 118-36.

 

Barry T. Hirsch and Albert N. Link, "Labor Union Effects on Innovative Activity," Journal of Labor Research, Vol. 8, No. 4, Fall 1987, pp. 323-32.

 

Barry T. Hirsch and John L. Neufeld, "Nominal and Real Union Wage Differentials and the Effects of Industry and SMSA Density:1973-1983," Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 22, No. 1, Winter 1987, pp. 138-48.

 

Robert A. Connolly, Barry T. Hirsch and Mark Hirschey, "Union Rent Seeking, Intangible Capital, and Market Value of the Firm," Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 68, No. 4, November 1986, pp. 567-77.

 

Mark C. Berger and Barry T. Hirsch, "Veteran Status as a Screening Device During the Vietnam Era," Social Science Quarterly, Vol. 66, No. 1, March 1985, pp. 79-89.

 

Barry T. Hirsch, "What Do Unions Do?: Comment," symposium on What Do Unions Do? by Richard Freeman and James Medoff, in Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 38, No. 2, January 1985, pp. 247-50.

 

Barry T. Hirsch, "Poverty, Transfers, and Economic Growth," Public Finance Quarterly, Vol. 13, No. 1, January 1985, pp. 81-98.

 

Barry T. Hirsch, Randall Austin, John Brooks and J. Bradley Moore, “Economics Departmental Rankings:  CommentAmerican Economic Review, Vol. 74, No. 4, September 1984, pp. 822-26.

 

Barry T. Hirsch and Mark C. Berger, “Union Membership Determination and Industry CharacteristicsSouthern Economic Journal, Vol. 50, No. 3, January 1984, pp. 665-79.

 

Barry T. Hirsch and Albert N. Link, “Unions, Productivity, and Productivity GrowthJournal of Labor Research, Vol. 5, No. 1, Winter 1984, pp. 29-37.

 

Mark C. Berger and Barry T. Hirsch, “The Civilian Earnings Experience of Vietnam-Era VeteransJournal of Human Resources, Vol. 18, No. 4, Fall 1983, pp. 455-79.

 

Barry T. Hirsch and William J. Hausman, “Labour Productivity in the British and South Wales Coal IndustryEconomica, Vol. 50, No. 198, May 1983, pp. 145-58.

 

Clifford Donn and Barry T. Hirsch, “Making Interest Arbitration Costly:  A Policy ProposalJournal of Collective Negotiations, Vol. 12, No. 1, Spring 1983, pp. 21-32.

 

Barry T. Hirsch, “Physical Capital, Human Capital, and the Distribution of EarningsEconomics of Education Review, Vol. 3, No. 1, Winter 1983, pp. 55-64.

 

Barry T. Hirsch, “The Interindustry Structure of Unionism, Earnings, and Earnings DispersionIndustrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 36, No. 1, October 1982, pp. 22-39.

 

William Hausman and Barry T. Hirsch, “Wages, Leisure, and Productivity in South Wales Coalmining, 1874-1914:  An Economic AnalysisLlafur (Journal of the Society for the Study of Welsh Labour History) Vol. 3, No. 3, 1982, pp. 58-66.

 

Barry T. Hirsch and Karen Leppel, “Sex Discrimination in Faculty Salaries:  Evidence from a Historically Women's UniversityAmerican Economic Review, Vol. 72, No. 4, September 1982, pp. 829-35.

 

Barry T. Hirsch and Clifford Donn, “Arbitration and the Incentive to Bargain:  The Role of Expectations and CostsJournal of Labor Research, Vol. 3, No. 1, Winter 1982, pp. 55-68.

 

Barry T. Hirsch, “Income Distribution, City Size, and Urban Growth:  A Final Re-examination,” Urban Studies, Vol. 19, No. 1, February 1982, pp. 71-74.

 

Barry T. Hirsch, Terry Seaks, and John Formby, “Inter-Age and Intra-Age Income Inequality:  A Cross-Sectional AnalysisSouthern Economic Journal, Vol. 46, No. 4, April 1980, pp. 1187-96.

 

Barry T. Hirsch, “The Determinants of Unionization:  An Analysis of Interarea DifferencesIndustrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 33, No. 2, January 1980, pp. 147-61.

 

Barry T. Hirsch, “Poverty and Economic Growth:  Has Trickle Down Petered Out?” Economic Inquiry, Vol. 18, No. 1, January 1980, pp. 151-58.

 

Barry T. Hirsch, “Education and Differences in Postschool Human Investment:  CommentEconomic Inquiry, Vol. 17, No. 2, April 1979, pp. 310-14.

 

Barry T. Hirsch, “Earnings Inequality Across Labor Markets:  A Test of the Human Capital Model,” Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 45, No. 1, July 1978, pp. 32-45.

 

Barry T. Hirsch, “Earnings, Occupation, and Human Capital InvestmentAtlantic Economic Journal, Vol. 6, No. 2, July 1978, pp. 31-40.

 

Barry T. Hirsch, “Predicting Earnings Distributions Across Cities:  The Human Capital Model Versus the National Distribution HypothesisJournal of Human Resources, Vol. 13, No. 3, Summer 1978, pp. 366-84.