Henry S. Farber

Princeton University

Hughes-Rogres Professor of Economics and Director

Industrial Relations Section

Firestone Library

Princeton, NJ 08544

United States

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (48)

1.

Round Up the Usual Suspects: The Decline of Unions in the Private Sector, 1973-1998

Princeton University IRS Working Paper No. 437
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 25 May 2000
Henry S. Farber and Bruce Western
Princeton University and Harvard University - Department of Sociology
Downloads 617 (86,235)
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Modern Models of Monopsony in Labor Markets: A Brief Survey

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4915
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 03 May 2010
Orley Ashenfelter, Henry S. Farber and Michael R. Ransom
Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section, Princeton University and Brigham Young University - Department of Economics
Downloads 537 (102,799)
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Why Do Plaintiffs Lose Appeals? Biased Trial Courts, Litigious Losers, or Low Trial Win Rates?

Princeton University Industrial Relations Section Working Paper No. 567
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 11 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 15 May 2012
Henry S. Farber and Theodore Eisenberg (Deceased)
Princeton University and Cornell University - Law School
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Union Membership in the United States: The Decline Continues

NBER Working Paper No. w4216
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 27 Apr 2000 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2022
Henry S. Farber and Alan B. Krueger
Princeton University and Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section
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Job Loss in the Great Recession: Historical Perspective from the Displaced Workers Survey, 1984-2010

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5696
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 17 May 2011
Henry S. Farber
Princeton University
Downloads 74 (630,670)
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displacement, job loss, unemployment

Job Loss in the Great Recession: Historical Perspective from the Displaced Workers Survey, 1984-2010

NBER Working Paper No. w17040
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 16 May 2011 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2023
Henry S. Farber
Princeton University
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Learning and Wage Dynamics

NBER Working Paper No. w3764
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 08 Jun 2004 Last Revised: 16 Oct 2022
Henry S. Farber and Robert S. Gibbons
Princeton University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School and Department of Economics
Downloads 134 (416,818)
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Job Loss in the United States, 1981-2001

NBER Working Paper No. w9707
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 18 May 2003 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2022
Henry S. Farber
Princeton University
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Factors Determining Callbacks to Job Applications by the Unemployed: An Audit Study

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9465
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 02 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Henry S. Farber, Dan Silverman and Till von Wachter
Princeton University, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Economics Department and Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Economics
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interim job, unemployment duration, audit study, age discrimination

Factors Determining Callbacks to Job Applications by the Unemployed: An Audit Study

NBER Working Paper No. w21689
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 02 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2023
Henry S. Farber, Dan Silverman and Till Von Wachter
Princeton University, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Economics Department and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics
Downloads 48 (780,134)
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Unions and Inequality Over the Twentieth Century: New Evidence from Survey Data

NBER Working Paper No. w24587
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 14 May 2018 Last Revised: 08 May 2023
Princeton University, University of Arizona - Department of Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Columbia University
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The Effect of Extended Unemployment Insurance Benefits: Evidence from the 2012-2013 Phase-Out

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8784
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 31 Jan 2015
Henry S. Farber, Jesse Rothstein and Robert G. Valletta
Princeton University, University of California, Berkeley, The Richard & Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy and Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
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extended unemployment benefits, job search, labor force

Why You Can't Find a Taxi in the Rain and Other Labor Supply Lessons from Cab Drivers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8562
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 25 Oct 2014
Henry S. Farber
Princeton University
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labor supply, reference dependent preferences

Why You Can't Find a Taxi in the Rain and Other Labor Supply Lessons from Cab Drivers

NBER Working Paper No. w20604
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 22 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2023
Henry S. Farber
Princeton University
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Is Tomorrow Another Day? The Labor Supply of New York Cab Drivers

NBER Working Paper No. w9706
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 18 May 2003 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2022
Henry S. Farber
Princeton University
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The Analysis of Union Behavior

NBER Working Paper No. w1502
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 25 May 2006 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2022
Henry S. Farber
Princeton University
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Common Interests or Common Polities? Reinterpreting the Democratic Peace

NBER Working Paper No. w5005
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 25 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 05 Sep 2022
Henry S. Farber and Joanne Gowa
Princeton University and Princeton University - Department of Political Science
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Have Employment Reductions Become Good News for Shareholders? the Effect of Job Loss Announcements on Stock Prices, 1970-97

NBER Working Paper No. w7295
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 22 Oct 1999 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2022
Henry S. Farber and Kevin F. Hallock
Princeton University and Cornell University
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Do Extended Unemployment Benefits Lengthen Unemployment Spells? Evidence from Recent Cycles in the U.S. Labor Market

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7347
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 28 Apr 2013
Henry S. Farber and Robert G. Valletta
Princeton University and Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
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unemployment, unemployment insurance, unemployment duration

Do Extended Unemployment Benefits Lengthen Unemployment Spells? Evidence from Recent Cycles in the U.S. Labor Market

NBER Working Paper No. w19048
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 18 May 2013 Last Revised: 20 Jul 2023
Henry S. Farber and Robert G. Valletta
Princeton University and Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
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Medical Malpractice: an Empirical Examination of the Litigation Process

NBER Working Paper No. w3428
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 18 Jun 2004 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2022
Henry S. Farber and Michelle J. White
Princeton University and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Economics
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Rational Choice and Voter Turnout: Evidence from Union Representation Elections

NBER Working Paper No. w16160
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 12 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2022
Henry S. Farber
Princeton University
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Rational Choice and Voter Turnout: Evidence from Union Representation Elections

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5033
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 12 Jul 2010
Henry S. Farber
Princeton University
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labor unions, voting, voter turnout

The Litigious Plaintiff Hypothesis: Case Selection and Resolution

NBER Working Paper No. w5649
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 14 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2022
Theodore Eisenberg (Deceased) and Henry S. Farber
Cornell University - Law School and Princeton University
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The Litigious Plaintiff Hypothesis: Case Selection and Resolution

RAND Journal of Economics, Vol. 28, Special Issue (1997).
Posted: 11 Jun 1997
Theodore Eisenberg (Deceased) and Henry S. Farber
Cornell University - Law School and Princeton University

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Job Duration, Seniority, and Earnings

NBER Working Paper No. w1819
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 08 Jun 2004 Last Revised: 23 Dec 2022
Katharine G. Abraham and Henry S. Farber
University of Maryland - Joint Program in Survey Methodology and Department of Economics and Princeton University
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The General Basis of Arbitrator Behavior: an Empirical Analysis of Conventional and Final-Offer Arbitration

NBER Working Paper No. w1488
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 15 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 28 Jul 2022
Henry S. Farber and Max H. Bazerman
Princeton University and Harvard Business School - Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit
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Whom Do Employers Want? The Role of Recent Employment and Unemployment Status and Age

NBER Working Paper No. w24605
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 25 May 2018 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2023
Princeton University, Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University (ASU) - W.P. Carey School of Business and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics
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Job Loss in the Great Recession and its Aftermath: U.S. Evidence from the Displaced Workers Survey

NBER Working Paper No. w21216
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 01 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2023
Henry S. Farber
Princeton University
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Job Loss in the Great Recession and its Aftermath: U.S. Evidence from the Displaced Workers Survey

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9069
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 01 Jun 2015
Henry S. Farber
Princeton University
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job loss, unemployment, wage loss

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Arbitrator Decision Making: When are Final Offers Important?

NBER Working Paper No. w1183
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 04 Apr 2004 Last Revised: 26 Sep 2022
Henry S. Farber and Max H. Bazerman
Princeton University and Harvard Business School - Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit
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Right-to-Work Laws and the Extent of Unionization

NBER Working Paper No. w1136
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 28 Jun 2004 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2022
Henry S. Farber
Princeton University
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Are Lifetime Jobs Disappearing? Job Duration in the United States: 1973-1993

NBER Working Paper No. w5014
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 13 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 15 Sep 2022
Henry S. Farber
Princeton University
Downloads 58 (701,473)
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A Comparison of Formal and Informal Dispute Resolution in Medical Malpractice

NBER Working Paper No. w4371
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 28 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2022
Henry S. Farber and Michelle J. White
Princeton University and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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The Changing Face of Job Loss in the United States, 1981-1993

NBER Working Paper No. w5596
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 27 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 17 Oct 2022
Henry S. Farber
Princeton University
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An Experimental Comparison of Dispute Rates in Alternative Arbitration Systems

NBER Working Paper No. w3417
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 09 May 2011 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2022
Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section, Princeton University, Princeton University and Yale University - Yale School of Management, International Center for Finance
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The Government as Litigant: Further Tests of the Case Selection Model

NBER Working Paper No. w7296
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 24 Aug 1999 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2022
Theodore Eisenberg (Deceased) and Henry S. Farber
Cornell University - Law School and Princeton University
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Recent Trends in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Coverage: are Bad Jobs Getting Worse?

NBER Working Paper No. w6709
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 28 Dec 1998 Last Revised: 02 Nov 2022
Henry S. Farber and Helen Levy
Princeton University and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Institute for Social Research (ISR)
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Divergent Expectations as a Cause of Disagreement in Bargaining: Evidence from a Comparison of Arbitration Schemes."

NBER Working Paper No. w2139
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 03 Jan 2007 Last Revised: 08 May 2022
Henry S. Farber and Max H. Bazerman
Princeton University and Harvard Business School - Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit
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Product Market Competition, Union Organizing Activity, and Employer Resistence

NBER Working Paper No. w3353
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 10 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 19 May 2023
John M. Abowd and Henry S. Farber
Cornell University Department of Economics and Princeton University
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The Decline of Unionization in the United States: What Can Be Learned from Recent Experience?

NBER Working Paper No. w2267
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 31 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2022
Henry S. Farber
Princeton University
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Monopsony in the Labor Market: New Empirical Results and New Public Policies

NBER Working Paper No. w29522
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 29 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, Princeton University and Brigham Young University - Department of Economics
Downloads 44 (789,111)
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Nonunion Wage Rates and the Threat of Unionization

NBER Working Paper No. w9705
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 18 May 2003 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2022
Henry S. Farber
Princeton University
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Alternative and Part-Time Employment Arrangements as a Response to Job Loss

NBER Working Paper No. w7002
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 07 Jul 1999 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2022
Henry S. Farber
Princeton University
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Union Organizing Decisions in a Deteriorating Environment: The Composition of Representation Elections and the Decline in Turnout

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7964
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 22 Feb 2014
Henry S. Farber
Princeton University
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labor unions, union organizing, representation elections

Union Organizing Decisions in a Deteriorating Environment: The Composition of Representation Elections and the Decline in Turnout

NBER Working Paper No. w19908
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 24 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 26 May 2023
Henry S. Farber
Princeton University
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The Evolution of Public Sector Bargaining Laws

NBER Working Paper No. w2361
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 06 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 16 Dec 2022
Henry S. Farber
Princeton University
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The Analysis of Inter-Firm Worker Mobility

NBER Working Paper No. w4262
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 05 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 26 Aug 2022
Henry S. Farber
Princeton University
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Union Success in Representation Elections: Why Does Unit Size Matter?

NBER Working Paper No. w7229
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 11 Jun 2000
Henry S. Farber
Princeton University
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Union Success in Representation Elections: Why Does Unit Size Matter?

NBER Working Paper No. 7229
Posted: 12 Jan 2000
Henry S. Farber
Princeton University

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The Determination of the Union Status of Workers

NBER Working Paper No. w1006
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 06 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2022
Henry S. Farber
Princeton University
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Returns to Seniority in Union and Nonunion Jobs: a New Look at the Evidence

NBER Working Paper No. w2368
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 06 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 23 Dec 2022
Henry S. Farber
Princeton University
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Is Arbitration Addictive? Evidence from the Laboratory and the Field

NBER Working Paper No. w3952
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 03 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2022
Janet Currie and Henry S. Farber
Princeton University and Princeton University
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Trends in Worker Demand for Union Representation

NBER Working Paper No. w2857
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 25 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2022
Henry S. Farber
Princeton University
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Health Insurance and Part-Time Employment: The Influence of the Affordable Care Act

NBER Working Paper No. w33046
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 15 Oct 2024
Katharine G. Abraham and Henry S. Farber
University of Maryland - Joint Program in Survey Methodology and Department of Economics and Princeton University
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Is Tomorrow Another Day? The Labor Supply of New York City Cabdrivers

Posted: 13 Jan 2005
Henry S. Farber
Princeton University

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Job Creation in the United States: Good Jobs or Bad?

Princeton University Industrial Relations Section Working Paper No. 385
Posted: 04 Mar 1998
Henry S. Farber
Princeton University

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