Henry S. Farber

Princeton University

Hughes-Rogres Professor of Economics and Director

Industrial Relations Section

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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
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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
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monopsony, imperfect labor markets

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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
Princeton University and Cornell University, Law School (Deceased)
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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
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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

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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
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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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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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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

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

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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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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
Henry S. Farber, Daniel Herbst, Ilyana Kuziemko and Suresh Naidu
Princeton University, University of Arizona - Department of Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Columbia University
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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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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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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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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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Factors Determining Callbacks to Job Applications by the Unemployed: An Audit Study

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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
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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
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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audit study, unemployment duration, interim job, age discrimination

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

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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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Rational Choice and Voter Turnout: Evidence from Union Representation Elections

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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

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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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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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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The Litigious Plaintiff Hypothesis: Case Selection and Resolution

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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 and Henry S. Farber
Cornell University, Law School (Deceased) 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 and Henry S. Farber
Cornell University, Law School (Deceased) and 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
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Job Loss in the Great Recession and its Aftermath: U.S. Evidence from the Displaced Workers Survey

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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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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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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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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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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 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 and Henry S. Farber
Cornell University, Law School (Deceased) and Princeton University
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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
Henry S. Farber, Chris M. Herbst, Dan Silverman and Till Von Wachter
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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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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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
Orley Ashenfelter, Janet Currie, Henry S. Farber and Matthew I. Spiegel
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 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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Union Success in Representation Elections: Why Does Unit Size Matter?

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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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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

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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 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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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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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
Orley Ashenfelter, David Card, Henry S. Farber and Michael R. Ransom
Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, Princeton University and Brigham Young University - Department of Economics
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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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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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