Associate Professor
Department of
Economics
Oregon State University
&
Research Fellow
IZA - Institute for the Study
of Labor
CONTACT INFO
Department of
Economics
Oregon State
University
303 Ballard
Hall
Corvallis, Oregon
97331
Phone: (541) 737-1479
Fax: (541) 737-5917
E-mail: patrick.emerson@oregonstate.edu
WORKING PAPERS
"Waiting for Mr. Right? Asymmetric Information, Abortion Laws and the Timing of Marriage." (w/ Simon W. Bowmaker).
"Environmental Regulation and Induced Innovation in the Presence of Policy Uncertainty." (w/ Shawn Knabb).
"Expectations, Child Labor and Economic Development." (w/ Shawn Knabb).
PUBLICATIONS
"Is Child Labor Harmful? The Impact of Starting to Work as a Child on Adult Earnings." (w/ André Portela Souza) Forthcoming, Economic Development and Cultural Change.
"The Economic View of Child Labor" in The World of Child Labor, Hugh D. Hindman, ed. (Aramonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe).
"Birth Order, Child Labor and School Attendance in Brazil." (w/ André Portela Souza). World Development, September 2008, Vol. 36, No. 9, pp. 1637-1664.
"Child Labor, School Attendance and Intra-Household Gender Bias in Brazil." (w/ André Portela Souza). The World Bank Economic Review, 2007, Vol. 21, No. 2., pp. 301 - 316.
"Fiscal Policy, Expectation Traps and Child Labor." (w/ Shawn Knabb). Economic Inquiry, July 2007, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 453-469.
"Corruption, Competition and Democracy." Journal of Development Economics, October 2006, Vol. 81, No. 1, pp. 193-212.
"Opportunity, Inequality and the Intergenerational Transmission of Child Labor." (w/ Shawn Knabb). Economica, August 2006, Vol. 73, No. 291, pp. 413-434.
"Discrimination in Hiring v. Retention and Promotion: An Empirical Analysis of Within Firm Treatment of Workers in the NFL." (w/ Mike Conlin). Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, Spring 2006, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 115-136.
"The Inter-Generational Persistence of Child Labor." (w/ André Portela Souza) Forthcoming in: Child Labor in Latin America, Peter Orazem, Guilherme Sedlacek and Zafiris Tzannatos, eds. (Washington, D.C.: IADB and World Bank).
"Multi-Dimensional Separating Equilibria and Moral Hazard: An Empirical Study of National Football League Contract Negotiations." (w/ Mike Conlin) The Review of Economics and Statistics, August 2003, Vol. 85, No. 3, pp. 760-765.
"Efficiency Pricing, Tenancy Rent Control and Monopolistic Landlords." (w/ Kaushik Basu) Economica, May 2003, Vol. 70, No. 278, pp. 223-232.
"Is There a Child Labor Trap? Inter-Generational Persistence of Child Labor in Brazil." (w/ André Portela Souza) Economic Development and Cultural Change, January 2003, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 375 - 398.
"Corruption and Industrial Dualism in Less Developed Countries." Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, March 2002, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 63-76.
"The Economics of Tenancy Rent Control." (w/ Kaushik Basu) The Economic Journal, October 2000, Vol. 110, No. 466, pp. 939-962.
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