The W.J. Usery Workplace Research Group includes scholars at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, with research interests bearing on the workplace, labor markets, education, health, and related areas. To learn more about the group and college, visit https://usery.gsu.edu and https://aysps.gsu.edu.
Submissions from 2015
Transnational Activities of Immigrant-Owned Firms and Their Performances in the United States, Qingfang Wang and Cathy Yang Liu
Transnational Activities of Immigrant-Owned Firms and Their Performances in the United States, Qingfang Wang and Cathy Yang Liu
Submissions from 2014
Unauthorized Immigration and Electoral Outcomes, Nicole Rae Baerg, Julie L. Hotchkiss, and Myriam Quispe-Agnoli
Unauthorized Immigration and Electoral Outcomes, Nicole Rae Baerg, Julie L. Hotchkiss, and Myriam Quispe-Agnoli
Impacts of the Affordable Care Act Dependent Coverage Provision on Health-Related Outcomes of Young Adults, Silvia Barbaresco, Charles J. Courtemanche, and Yanling Qi
Impacts of the Affordable Care Act Dependent Coverage Provision on Health-Related Outcomes of Young Adults, Silvia Barbaresco, Charles J. Courtemanche, and Yanling Qi
Charter High Schools’ Effects on Long-Term Attainment and Earnings, Kevin Booker, Brian Gill, Tim Sass, and Ron Zimmer
Charter High Schools’ Effects on Long-Term Attainment and Earnings, Kevin Booker, Brian Gill, Tim Sass, and Ron Zimmer
Time Preferences and Consumer Behavior, David Bradford, Charles J. Courtemanche, Garth Heutel, and Patrick McAlvanah
Time Preferences and Consumer Behavior, David Bradford, Charles J. Courtemanche, Garth Heutel, and Patrick McAlvanah
Evaluating Workplace Mandates with Flows versus Stocks: An Application to California Paid Family Leave, E. Mark Curtis, Barry T. Hirsch, and Mary C. Schroeder
Evaluating Workplace Mandates with Flows versus Stocks: An Application to California Paid Family Leave, E. Mark Curtis, Barry T. Hirsch, and Mary C. Schroeder
Who Cares – and Does It Matter? Measuring Wage Penalties for Caring Work, Barry T. Hirsch and Julia Manzella
Who Cares – and Does It Matter? Measuring Wage Penalties for Caring Work, Barry T. Hirsch and Julia Manzella
Adjusted Employment-to-Population Ratio as an Indicator of Labor Market Strength, Julie L. Hotchkiss
Adjusted Employment-to-Population Ratio as an Indicator of Labor Market Strength, Julie L. Hotchkiss
Family Welfare and the Great Recession, Julie L. Hotchkiss, Robert E. Moore, and Fernando Rios-Avila
Family Welfare and the Great Recession, Julie L. Hotchkiss, Robert E. Moore, and Fernando Rios-Avila
Impact of First-Birth Career Interruption on Earnings: Evidence from Administrative Data, Julie L. Hotchkiss, M. Melinda Pitts, and Mary Beth Walker
Impact of First-Birth Career Interruption on Earnings: Evidence from Administrative Data, Julie L. Hotchkiss, M. Melinda Pitts, and Mary Beth Walker
Health Insurance Generosity and Conditional Coverage: Evidence from Medicaid and Managed Care in Kentucky, James Marton and Aaron Yelowitz
Health Insurance Generosity and Conditional Coverage: Evidence from Medicaid and Managed Care in Kentucky, James Marton and Aaron Yelowitz
Migrant Scientists and International Networks, Giuseppe Scellato, Chiara Franzoni, and Paula Stephan
Migrant Scientists and International Networks, Giuseppe Scellato, Chiara Franzoni, and Paula Stephan
International Competition for PhDs and Postdoctoral Scholars: What Does (and Does Not) Matter, Paula Stephan, Giuseppe Scellato, and Chiara Franzoni
International Competition for PhDs and Postdoctoral Scholars: What Does (and Does Not) Matter, Paula Stephan, Giuseppe Scellato, and Chiara Franzoni
Submissions from 2013
Air Pollution and Infant Mortality: Evidence from the Expansion of Natural Gas Infrastructure, Resul Cesur, Erdal Tekin, and Aydogan Ulker
Air Pollution and Infant Mortality: Evidence from the Expansion of Natural Gas Infrastructure, Resul Cesur, Erdal Tekin, and Aydogan Ulker
Adjusting Body Mass for Measurement Error with Invalid Validation Data, Charles J. Courtemanche, Joshua Pinkston, and Jay Stewart
Adjusting Body Mass for Measurement Error with Invalid Validation Data, Charles J. Courtemanche, Joshua Pinkston, and Jay Stewart
Modeling Area-Level Health Rankings, Charles J. Courtemanche, Samir Soneji, and Rusty Tchernis
Modeling Area-Level Health Rankings, Charles J. Courtemanche, Samir Soneji, and Rusty Tchernis
The Impact of Incarceration on Food Insecurity among Households with Children, Robynn Cox and Sally Wallace
The Impact of Incarceration on Food Insecurity among Households with Children, Robynn Cox and Sally Wallace
Even One is Too Much: The Economic Consequences of Being a Smoker, Julie L. Hotchkiss and M. Melinda Pitts
Even One is Too Much: The Economic Consequences of Being a Smoker, Julie L. Hotchkiss and M. Melinda Pitts
Employee Voice before Hirschman: Its Early History, Conceptualization, and Practice, Bruce E. Kaufman
Employee Voice before Hirschman: Its Early History, Conceptualization, and Practice, Bruce E. Kaufman
Sidney and Beatrice Webb’s Institutional Theory of Labor Markets and Wage Determination, Bruce E. Kaufman
Sidney and Beatrice Webb’s Institutional Theory of Labor Markets and Wage Determination, Bruce E. Kaufman
Entrepreneurial Entry and Self-Employment Earnings among Urban Residents in China, Cathy Yang Liu and Xi Huang
Entrepreneurial Entry and Self-Employment Earnings among Urban Residents in China, Cathy Yang Liu and Xi Huang
Anthropometric Mobility During Childhood, Daniel L. Millimet and Rusty Tchernis
Anthropometric Mobility During Childhood, Daniel L. Millimet and Rusty Tchernis
Licensure and Worker Quality: A Comparison of Alternative Routes to Teaching, Tim R. Sass
Licensure and Worker Quality: A Comparison of Alternative Routes to Teaching, Tim R. Sass
The Co-Movement of Couples’ Incomes, Stephen H. Shore
The Co-Movement of Couples’ Incomes, Stephen H. Shore
Identifying Idiosyncratic Career Taste and Skill with Income Risk, Stephen H. Shore, Daniel Barth, and Shane T. Jensen
Identifying Idiosyncratic Career Taste and Skill with Income Risk, Stephen H. Shore, Daniel Barth, and Shane T. Jensen
Reaping What Bush Sowed?, Paula Stephan
Reaping What Bush Sowed?, Paula Stephan
Does Residence in an Ethnic Community Help Immigrants in a Recession?, Pengyu Zhu, Cathy Yang Liu, and Gary Painter
Does Residence in an Ethnic Community Help Immigrants in a Recession?, Pengyu Zhu, Cathy Yang Liu, and Gary Painter
Submissions from 2012
The Minimum Dropout Age and Student Victimization, D. Mark Anderson, Benjamin Hansen, and Mary Beth Walker
The Minimum Dropout Age and Student Victimization, D. Mark Anderson, Benjamin Hansen, and Mary Beth Walker
Does Shortening the School Week Impact Student Performance? Evidence from the Four-Day School Week, D. Mark Anderson and Mary Beth Walker
Does Shortening the School Week Impact Student Performance? Evidence from the Four-Day School Week, D. Mark Anderson and Mary Beth Walker
Does Employing Undocumented Workers Give Firms a Competitive Advantage?, J. David Brown, Julie L. Hotchkiss, and Myriam Quispe-Agnoli
Does Employing Undocumented Workers Give Firms a Competitive Advantage?, J. David Brown, Julie L. Hotchkiss, and Myriam Quispe-Agnoli
Combat Exposure and Migraine Headache: Evidence from Exogenous Deployment Assignment, Resul Cesur, Joseph J. Sabia, and Erdal Tekin
Combat Exposure and Migraine Headache: Evidence from Exogenous Deployment Assignment, Resul Cesur, Joseph J. Sabia, and Erdal Tekin
Competing with Costco and Sam’s Club: Warehouse Club Entry and Grocery Prices, Charles Courtemanche and Art Carden
Competing with Costco and Sam’s Club: Warehouse Club Entry and Grocery Prices, Charles Courtemanche and Art Carden
Impatience, Incentives, and Obesity, Charles J. Courtemanche, Garth Heutel, and Patrick McAlvanah
Impatience, Incentives, and Obesity, Charles J. Courtemanche, Garth Heutel, and Patrick McAlvanah
Does Universal Coverage Improve Health? The Massachusetts Experience, Charles J. Courtemanche and Daniela Zapata
Does Universal Coverage Improve Health? The Massachusetts Experience, Charles J. Courtemanche and Daniela Zapata
COMPETING RISKS ANALYSIS OF DROPOUT AND EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, Li Feng and Tim R. Sass
COMPETING RISKS ANALYSIS OF DROPOUT AND EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, Li Feng and Tim R. Sass
TEACHER QUALITY AND TEACHER MOBILITY, Li Feng and Tim R. Sass
TEACHER QUALITY AND TEACHER MOBILITY, Li Feng and Tim R. Sass
WHAT MAKES SPECIAL-EDUCATION TEACHERS SPECIAL? TEACHER TRAINING AND ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, Li Feng and Tim R. Sass
WHAT MAKES SPECIAL-EDUCATION TEACHERS SPECIAL? TEACHER TRAINING AND ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, Li Feng and Tim R. Sass
FOREIGN BORN SCIENTISTS: MOBILITY PATTERNS FOR SIXTEEN COUNTRIES, Chiara Franzoni, Giuseppe Scellato, and Paula Stephan
FOREIGN BORN SCIENTISTS: MOBILITY PATTERNS FOR SIXTEEN COUNTRIES, Chiara Franzoni, Giuseppe Scellato, and Paula Stephan
SKILLS, PRODUCTIVITY AND THE EVALUATION OF TEACHER PERFORMANCE, Douglas N. Harris and Tim R. Sass
SKILLS, PRODUCTIVITY AND THE EVALUATION OF TEACHER PERFORMANCE, Douglas N. Harris and Tim R. Sass
Child Care Subsidies, Maternal Well-Being, and Child-Parent Interactions: Evidence from Three Nationally Representative Datasets, Chris Herbst and Erdal Tekin
Child Care Subsidies, Maternal Well-Being, and Child-Parent Interactions: Evidence from Three Nationally Representative Datasets, Chris Herbst and Erdal Tekin
A Closer Look at Nonparticipants During and After the Great Recession, Julie L. Hotchkiss, M. Melinda Pitts, and Fernando Rios-Avila
A Closer Look at Nonparticipants During and After the Great Recession, Julie L. Hotchkiss, M. Melinda Pitts, and Fernando Rios-Avila
The Wage Impact of Undocumented Workers, Julie L. Hotchkiss, Myriam Quispe-Agnoli, and Fernando Rios-Avila
The Wage Impact of Undocumented Workers, Julie L. Hotchkiss, Myriam Quispe-Agnoli, and Fernando Rios-Avila
From Cities to Suburbs: Intrametropolitan Location and Growth of Ethnic Enterprises, Cathy Yang Liu and Samir Abdullahi
From Cities to Suburbs: Intrametropolitan Location and Growth of Ethnic Enterprises, Cathy Yang Liu and Samir Abdullahi
Immigrant Employment through the Great Recession: Individual Characteristics and Metropolitan Contexts, Cathy Yang Liu and Jason Edwards
Immigrant Employment through the Great Recession: Individual Characteristics and Metropolitan Contexts, Cathy Yang Liu and Jason Edwards
Where you Come From or Where You Go? Distinguishing Between School Quality and the Effectiveness of Teacher Preparation Program Graduates, Kata Mihaly, Daniel McCaffrey, Tim R. Sass, and J.R. Lockwood
Where you Come From or Where You Go? Distinguishing Between School Quality and the Effectiveness of Teacher Preparation Program Graduates, Kata Mihaly, Daniel McCaffrey, Tim R. Sass, and J.R. Lockwood
Unions, Wage Gaps, and Wage Dispersion: New Evidence from the Americas, Fernando Rios-Avila and Barry T. Hirsch
Unions, Wage Gaps, and Wage Dispersion: New Evidence from the Americas, Fernando Rios-Avila and Barry T. Hirsch
Value Added of Teachers in High-Poverty Schools and Lower Poverty Schools, Tim R. Sass, Jane Hannaway, David Figlio, and Li Feng
Value Added of Teachers in High-Poverty Schools and Lower Poverty Schools, Tim R. Sass, Jane Hannaway, David Figlio, and Li Feng
An Anatomy of Racial and Ethnic Trends in Male Earnings, John V. Winters and Barry T. Hirsch
An Anatomy of Racial and Ethnic Trends in Male Earnings, John V. Winters and Barry T. Hirsch
Submissions from 2011
The Psychological Costs of War: Military Combat and Mental Health, Resul Cesur, Joseph J. Sabia, and Erdal Tekin
The Psychological Costs of War: Military Combat and Mental Health, Resul Cesur, Joseph J. Sabia, and Erdal Tekin
Flexible Bivariate Count Data Regression Models, Shiferaw Gurmu and John Elder
Flexible Bivariate Count Data Regression Models, Shiferaw Gurmu and John Elder