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Katharine Abraham

Abraham, K., Maitland, A. and Bianchi, S. (Forthcoming), "Nonresponse in the American Time Use Survey: Who is Missing from the Data and How Much Does It Matter?", Public Opinion Quarterly, :

Abraham, K. (Forthcoming), "Comment on J. Abowd, et al 'The LEHD Infrastructure Files and the Creation of the Quarterly Workforce Indicators'", in Producer Dynamics: New Evidence from Micro Data, T. Dunne, J. B. Jensen and M. J. Roberts,

Abraham, K., Russell L. and Ibuka, Y. (2007), "Health-related Activities in the American Time Use Survey", Medical Care, 45 (7): 680-685

Abraham, K. G., Maitland, A., Bianchi, S. M. (2006), "Non-response in the American Time Use Survey: Who is Missing from the Data and How Much Does It Matter?", Public Opinion Quarterly, 70 (5): 676-703

Abraham, K. and Mackie, C., Jorgenson, D. (2006), "A Framework for Nonmarket Accounting", in A New Architecture for the U.S. National Accounts, Landefeld, S. and Nordhaus, W.,

Abraham, K. and Clark, M.A (2006), "Financial Aid and Students` College Decisions: Evidence from the District of Columbia`s Tuition Assistance Grant Program", Journal of Human Resources, 41 (3): 578-610

Abraham, K. (2005), "Microdata Access and Labor Market Research: The U.S. Experience", Allgemeines Statistisches Archiv, 89 (12): 121-140

Abraham, K. and Mackie, C. (eds.) (2005), , National Academies Press, Washington, DC

Abraham, K. and Houseman, S.N. (2005), "Work and Retirement Plans among Older Americans", in Re-inventing the Retirement Paradigm, Clark, R. and Mitchell, O.,

Abraham, K. (2005), "What We Don't Know Could Hurt Us: Some Reflections on the Measurement of Economic Activity", Journal of Economic Perspectives, 19 (3): 3-18

Abraham, K. (2005), "Meeting Policy-Markers' Information Needs: Lessons from the U.S. Experience,", The Great Indian Poverty Debate, :

Abraham, K. (2005), "Comment on J. Abowd, et al, 'The Relation among Human Capital, Productivity and Market Value: Building Up From Micro Evidence'", Measuring Capital in the New Economy, :

Abraham, K. G. (2004), "At Home and Abroad: US Labor Market Performance in International Perspective", Journal of Economic Literature, 42 (2): 523-533

Abraham, K. (2003), "Data for Managing Tight Labor Markets: The New Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey", Chance, 16 (2): 58-62

Abraham, K. (2003), "Towards a Cost-of-living Index : Progress and Prospects", Journal of Economic Perspectives, 17 (1): 45-58

Abraham, K. & Shimer, R. (2002), "Changes in Unemployment Duration and Labor Force Attachment", in The Roaring Nineties, A. B. Krueger & R. M. Solow, 367-420

Berndt, E. R., Griliches, Z., Abraham, K. G., Diewert, E., Moulton, B. R., & Triplett, J. E. (2001), "Research on Price Index Measurement: Agendas for the Next Twenty Years", Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 27 (3/4): 99-130

Abraham, K. G. (2001), "Research on Price Index Measurement: Agendas for the Next Twenty Years: Comments", Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 27 (3/4): 102-104

Abraham, K. G. (2000), "Price Index Research in the Coming Decades", Monthly Labor Review, 123 (9): 31-36

Abraham, K., Spletzer, J., & Stewart, J. (1999), "Why Do Different Wage Series Tell Different Stories?", Papers and Proceedings of the Hundredth and Eleventh Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association, : 34-39 [Link (via JStor)]

Abraham, K., Greenlees, J., and Moulton, B. (1998), "Working to Improve the Consumer Price Index", Journal of Economic Perspectives, 12 (1): 27-36 [Link (via JStor)]

Abraham, K., Spletzer, J., & Stewart, J. (1998), "Divergent Trends in Alternative Wage Series", in Labor Statistics Measurement Issues, J.C. Haltiwanger, M. Manser, & R. Topel, 293-325

Farber, H. S., J. Haltiwanger, and K. Abraham (1997), "The Changing Face of Job Loss in the United States, 1981-1995", Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. Microeconomics., 1997 : 55-142 [Link (via JStor)]

Abraham, K. (1997), "The CPI Commission", Business Economics, : 64-67

Abraham, K. G. (1997), "A View from the Federal Statistical System", American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 79 (5): 1394-1400

Abraham, K. G. & Diewert, W. E. (1997), "The CPI Commission: Discussion", American Economic Review, 87 (2): 94-98

Abraham, K. G. (1997), "Comments on the Report of the Advisory Commission to Study the Consumer Price Index", Business Economics, 32 (2): 64-67

Abraham, K. (1997), "Comment on "The CPI Commission: Findings and Recommendations" by M. Boskin; and "Quality Change and New Products" by R. J. Gordon & Z. Griliches", Papers and Proceedings of the Hundredth and Ninth Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association, : 94-95

Abraham, K. (1996), "Statistics Under the Spotlight: Improving the Consumer Price Index", Proceedings of the Section on Government Statistics, Papers Presented at the Meeting of the American Statistical Association, : 54-56

Abraham, K. & Taylor, S. K. (1996), "Firms' Use of Outside Contractors: Theory and Evidence", Journal of Labor Economics, 14 (3): 394-424 [Link (via JStor)]

Abraham, K. (1996), "The State of Our Economic Intelligence: Where We`ve Been and Where We`re Going", Proceedings of Conference on the Employment Act of 1946, : 12-17

Abraham, K. G., Weber, W. L., & Personick, M. E. (1996), "Improvements in the BLS Safety and Health Statistical System", Monthly Labor Review, 119 (4): 3-12

Abraham, K. & Haltiwanger, J. (1995), "Real Wages and the Business Cycle", Journal of Economic Literature, 33 (3): 1215-1264 [Link (via JStor)]

Abraham, K. & Houseman, S. N. (1995), "Earnings Inequality in Germany", in Differences and Changes in Wage Structures, R.B. Freeman & L.F. Katz, 371-403

Abraham, K. & Houseman, S. N. (1995), "Labor Adjustment Under Different Institutional Structures", in Institutional Frameworks and Labor Market Performance, F. Buttler et al, 285-315

Abraham, K. (1995), "The Consumer Price Index: What Does It Measure?", Challenge, 38 (3): 59-62

Abraham, K. & Houseman, S. N. (1994), "Does Employment Protection Inhibit Labor Market Flexibility? Lessons from Germany, France, and Belgium", in Social Protection Versus Economic Flexibility, R.M. Blank, 59-93

Abraham, K. & Houseman, S. N. (1993), , Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.

Abraham, K. & Houseman, S. N. (1993), "Job Security and Work Force Adjustment: How Different are U.S. and Japanese Practices? (revised version)", Employment Security and Labor Market Behavior, : 180-199

Abraham, K. (1993), "Review of "Efficiency Wages: Models of Unemployment, Layoffs and Wage Dispersion" by A. Weiss", Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 46 (2): 420-421

Abraham, K. & Houseman, S. N. (1993), "Job Security in America", Brookings Review, 11 (3): 34-35

Abraham, K. & Vodopivec, M. (1993), "Labor Market Dynamics During the Transition of a Socialist Economy", , :

Abraham, K. (1993), "Comment on "Improving Job Matches in the U.S. Labor Market" by J. Bishop", Brookings Papers on Economic Activity: Microeconomics., 1993 (1): 391-396

Houseman, S. N. & Abraham, K. G. (1993), "Female Workers as a Buffer in the Japanese Economy", Papers and Proceedings of the Hundredth and Fifth Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association, : 45-51 [Link (via JStor)]

Bishop, J. and K. G. Abraham (1993), "Improving Job Matches in the U.S. Labor Market", Brookings Papers on Economic Activity: Microeconomics, 1993 (1): 335-400 [Link (via JStor)]

Abraham, K. (1992), "Comment on "Cores, Peripheries and More" by P. Sherer & K. Lee; "The Management of Contract Workers and the Risks of Accidents" by J. Rebitzer & T. Kochan; and "Staffing Strategies" by P. Way", Proceedings of the Forty-Fourth Annual Meeting of the Industrial Relations Research Association, : 340-343

Abraham, K. (1991), "Mismatch and Labour Mobility: Some Final Remarks", in Mismatch and Labour Mobility, F. Padoa-Schioppa, 453-481

Abraham, K. (1991), "Review of "Reduced Working Hours: Cure for Unemployment or Economic Burden" by J. D. Owen", Journal of Economic Literature, : 1199-1201

Abraham, K. (1991), "Comment on "Gender Differences in Cyclical Unemployment" by S. Korenman & B. Okun", Issues in Contemporary Labor Economics and Implications for Public Policy, : 197-200

Abraham, K. (1990), "New Developments in the Labor Market: Toward a New Institutional Paradigm", in , K. Abraham & R. B. McKersie, 85-119

Abraham, K. (1990), "Restructuring the Employment Relationship: The Growth of Market-Mediated Work Arrangements", in New Developments in the Labor Market: Toward a New Institutional Paradigm, K. G. Abraham & R. B. McKersie, 85-119

Abraham, K. & Houseman, S. N. (1990), "The Distributional Effects of Employment Adjustment Practices in Japan Versus the United States", , :

Abraham, K. & Houseman, S. N. (1990), "Regional Labor Market Responses to Demand Shocks: A Comparison of the United States and Germany", , :

Abraham, K. (1990), "Comment on "Wages and Unemployment" by R. Hujer, O. Loewenbein, & H. Schneider", Economics of Wage Determination, : 325-327

Abraham, K. (1990), "Comment on "Gross Job Creation and Destruction: Microeconomic Evidence and Macroeconomic Implications" by S. J. Davis and J. C. Haltiwanger", NBER Macroeconomic Annual, 4 : 169-177

Abraham, K. (1990), "Comment on "Male and Female Quitting: The Case of Professionals and Managers" by L. M. Solnick", Proceedings of the Forty-Third Annual Meeting of the Industrial Relations Research Association, : 129-131

Abraham, K. & Houseman, S. N. (1989), "Job Security and Work Force Adjustment: How Different are U.S. and Japanese Practices?", Journal of Japanese and International Economics, : 500-521

Abraham, K. & Haltiwanger, J. C. (1989), "The Maryland Human Resource System", Joint Committee on Economic Development of the Maryland Legislature, :

Abraham, K. (1989), "Comment on "Comparative Cross-National Research on Income and Economic Well-Being: The Luxembourg Income Study" by T. M. Smeeding, L. Rainwater, & R. Simpson", Survey of Current Business, : 67-68

Abraham, K. & Farber, H. S. (1988), "Returns to Seniority in Union and Nonunion Jobs: A New Look at the Evidence", Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 42 (1): 3-19 [Link (via JStor)]

Abraham, K. (1988), "Flexible Staffing Arrangements and Employers` Short-Term Adjustment Strategies", in Employment, Unemployment and Labour Utilization, R.A. Hart, 288-311

Abraham, K. (1988), "Has the Natural Rate of Unemployment Fallen?", , :

Abraham, K. & Farber, H. S. (1987), "Job Duration, Seniority and Earnings", American Economic Review, 77 (3): 278-297 [Link (via JStor)]

Abraham, K. and M. Wachter (1987), "Help-Wanted Advertising, Job Vacancies, and Unemployment", Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1987 (1): 207-248 [Link (via JStor)]

Abraham, K. & Houseman, S. N. (1987), "Employment Security and Employment Adjustment", Proceedings of the Fortieth Annual Meeting of the Industrial Relations Research Association, : 44-54

Abraham, K. & Katz, L. F. (1986), "Cyclical Unemployment: Sectoral Shifts or Aggregate Disturbances?", Journal of Political Economy, 94 (3:1): 507-522 [Link (via JStor)]

Abraham, K. (1986), "Structural/Frictional Versus Deficient Demand Unemployment: Reply", American Economic Review, 76 (1): 273-276 [Link (via JStor)]

Summers, L. H., K. Abraham, and M. L. Wachter (1986), "Why Is the Unemployment Rate So Very High Near Full Employment", Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1986 (2): 339-396 [Link (via JStor)]

Abraham, K. (1986), "Comment on "Why Is the Unemployment Rate So Very High Near Full Employment?" by L. H. Summers", Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1986 (2): 384-389

Abraham, K. & Medoff, J. L. (1985), "Length of Service and Promotions in Union and Nonunion Work Groups", Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 38 (3): 408-420 [Link (via JStor)]

Mitchell, D. J. B. and K. Abraham (1985), "Shifting Norms in Wage Determination", Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1985 (2): 575-608 [Link (via JStor)]

Abraham, K. & Katz, L. F. (1985), "Aggregate Downturns and Secular Adjustments", , :

Abraham, K. (1985), "Comment on "Shifting Norms in Wage Determination" by D. J. B. Mitchell", Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1985 (2): 600-605

Abraham, K. G. (1985), "Comments and Discussion", Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1985 (2): 600-608

Abraham, K. & Medoff, J. L. (1984), "Length of Service and Layoffs in Union and Nonunion Work Groups", Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 38 (1): 87-97 [Link (via JStor)]

Abraham, K. (1983), "Structural/Frictional Versus Deficient Demand Unemployment: Some New Evidence", American Economic Review, 73 (4): 708-724 [Link (via JStor)]

Abraham, K. & Medoff, J. L. (1982), "Length of Service and the Operation of Internal Labor Markets", Proceedings of the Thirty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Industrial Relations Research Association, : 208-318

Abraham, K. & Medoff, J. L. (1982), "Unemployment, Unsatisfied Demand for Labor, and Compensation Growth, 1956-1980", in Workers, Jobs and Inflation, M.N. Baily, 49-88

Abraham, K. (1982), "Too Few Jobs", Washington Post, :

Abraham, K. & Medoff, J. L. (1981), "Are Those Paid More Really More Productive? The Case of Experience", Human Resources, 16 (2): 185-216 [Link (via JStor)]

Abraham, K. & Medoff, J. L. (1981), "Involuntary Terminations Under Explicit and Implicit Employment Contracts", , :

Medoff, J. L. & Abraham, K. (1980), "Experience, Performance and Earnings", Quarterly Journal of Economics, 95 (4): 703-736 [Link (via JStor)]

Abraham, K. & Medoff, J. L. (1979), "An Economic Analysis of the Department of Labor`s h(2) Program", , :

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