Joshua C. Pinkston

WORKING PAPERS

• "Chance Elections, Social Distancing Restrictions, and Kentucky�s Early COVID-19 Experience" (with Chuck Courtemanche, Joey Garuccio, Anh Le and Aaron Yelowitz), February 2021.  Forthcoming, PLOS One. Accepted Draft
  •  � Previously, ISFE Working Paper 29.

WORK IN PROGRESS

• "Changes Over Time in the Search Methods of Young Men"


• "Evolving Gender Differences in Labor Market Search Methods"


• Further examination of COVID-19 social distancing policies with Courtemanche, Garuccio, Le and Yelowitz


• The Effects of Minimum Wages on the Size of Establishments in Low-wage Industries with Dina Chaika and Steve Gohmann

PUBLICATIONS

• "Time Spent Exercising and Obesity: An Application of Lewbel's Instrumental Variables Method" (with Chuck Courtemanche and Jay Stewart), Economics & Human Biology, 2021.  Abstract & Paper
  •  � Previously, NBER Working Paper 26670 or IZA Discussion Paper 12899.


• "Strong Social Distancing Measures in the United States Reduced the COVID-19 Growth Rate" (with Chuck Courtemanche, Joey Garuccio, Anh Le and Aaron Yelowitz). Health Affairs, 2020.  Abstract & Preprint


• "Breaking Bad in Bourbon Country: Does Alcohol Prohibition Encourage Methamphetamine Production?" (with Jose Fernandez and Steve Gohmann). Southern Economic Journal, 2018.  Abstract


• "The Dynamic Effects of Obesity on the Wages of Young Workers." Economics & Human Biology, 2017. Abstract  Preprint


• "Can Changing Economic Factors Explain the Rise in Obesity?" (with Chuck Courtemanche, Chris Ruhm and George Wehby). Southern Economic Journal, 2016.   Abstract  Preprint
  •  � Previously, NBER Working Paper 20892.
  •  � For a brief discussion, see our article on Vox EU.


• "Adjusting Body Mass for Measurement Error with Invalid Validation Data" (with Chuck Courtemanche and Jay Stewart).  Economics and Human Biology, 2015.  Abstract.
  •  � Previously, NBER Working Paper 19928.


• "How Much Do Employers Learn from Referrals?"  Industrial Relations, April 2012.  Abstract | Preprint


• "A Model of Asymmetric Employer Learning with Testable Implications."   Review of Economic Studies, January 2009.  Abstract


• "A Test of Screening Discrimination with Employer Learning."  Industrial and Labor Relations Review, January 2006.   Abstract


• "Housing Vouchers and Economic Self-Sufficiency: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment" (with Jens Ludwig and Greg Duncan).   Journal of Public Economics, vol. 89(1), January 2005.  Abstract


• "Annual Measures of Gross Job Gains and Gross Job Losses" (with James Spletzer).   Monthly Labor Review, November 2004.  Paper


• "Screening Discrimination and the Determinants of Wages."   Labour Economics, vol. 10(6), December 2003.  Abstract