Sylvia Allegretto

Publications

“Do Minimum Wages Really Reduce Teen Employment? Accounting for Heterogeneity and Selectivity in State Panel Data ,” with Arindrajit Dube and Michael Reich in Industrial Relations, Vol. 50, No. 2,  April 2011.

“The Composition of the Unemployed and Long–term Unemployed in Tough Labor Markets ,” with Devon Lynch in Monthly Labor Review, Vol. 133, No. 10, pp.  3-18. October 2010. Received Lawrence R. Klein Award.

“Down and Out: Economists Assess the Teacher Pay Disadvantage ,” with Sean P. Corcoran, and Lawrence Mishel. California Public Employee Relations Journal, February 2008, No. 128, pp. 13-21.

“Basic Family Budgets: Working Families’ Incomes Often Fail to Meet Living Expenses Around the United States .” International Journal of Health Services, 2006, Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 443-454.

“An Empirical Analysis of Homosexual/Heterosexual Male Wage Differentials: Unmarried And Unequal?” with Michelle Arthur. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, April 2001, Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 631-646.

Books

The Teaching Penalty: Teacher Pay Losing Ground , with Sean Corcoran and Lawrence Mishel, January 2008. Economic Policy Institute, Washington, DC.   

The State of Working America: 2006-07 , with Lawrence Mishel and Jared Bernstein, September 2006. Ithaca, NY: ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press.

The State of Working America: 2004-05 , with Lawrence Mishel and Jared Bernstein, September 2004. Ithaca, NY: ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press.

How Does Teacher Pay Compare? Methodological Challenges and Answers , with Sean Corcoran and Lawrence Mishel, August 2004. Economic Policy Institute, Washington, DC.    

Book Chapters and Contributions

“California Workers’ Retirement Prospects ,” with Nari Rhee, Joelle Saad-Lessler and Lauren Schmitz, in Meeting California’s Retirement Security Challenge, edited by Nari Rhee, pp. 21-41. October 2011.

“How Blacks Might Fare in the Jobless Recovery ,” with Steven Pitts in The Economic Crisis Reader, Dollars & Sense Real World Economics Reader 2nd edition. Edited by Gerald Friedman, Fred Moseley, and Chris Sturr. Chapter 7, section 7.  November 2010.

“Dow’s Rebound after Recession Inconsequential for Most Americans ,” in Real World Banking and Finance, Dollars & Sense Real World Economics Reader 6th edition. Chapter 5, section 6.  November 2010.