Faculty

James N. Brown
Professor of Economics

Baker Hall 250
Ph: 713.348.3343
Fax: 713.348.5278
Email: jbrown@rice.edu

Curriculum Vitae

 

 
FIELDS: Econometric Theory, Economic Forecasting, Applied Econometrics.
   
EDUCATION: Ph.D., Economics, University of Chicago, 1980
  M.A., Economics, University of Chicago, 1975
  B.A., Economics, Johnston College, University of Redlands, 1973
   
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Measurement error in spline estimating equations, multiparty, bargaining strikes and wages in the printing industry, and substance abuse among adolescents.
   
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

“Interpreting Panel Data on Job Tenure,” (with Audrey Light), Journal of Labor Economics 10, no. 3, (July 1992), 219-257. (Awarded the H. Gregg Lewis Prize for the best article published in JOLE during the years 1992 and 1993.)

“Testing the Minimax Hypothesis: A Re-examination of O’Neill’s Game Experiment,” (with Robert W. Rosenthal), Econometrica 58, no. 5, (September 1990), 1065-1081.

“Why Do Wages Increase With Tenure? On-The-Job Training and Life-Cycle Wage Growth Observed within Firms,” American Economic Review 79, no. 5, (December 1989) 971-991. Reprinted as Chapter 20 in Labor Economics, Vol. II; Employment Relations and Contracts, O. Ashenfelter and K. Hallock eds., Edward Elgar Publishing (1995).

“Testing the Efficiency of Employment Contracts,” (with Orley Ashenfelter), Journal of Political Economy 94, no 3, Part 2, (June 1986): S40-S87. Reprinted as Chapter 8 in Economics Models of Trade Unions, P. Garonna, P. Mori, and P. Tedeschi eds., Chapman and Hall (1992) as Chapter 13 in Labor Economics, Vol. I: Labor Supply and Labor Demand, O. Ashenfelter and K. Hallock eds., Edward Elgar Publishing (1995).

“Taxation, Wage Variation, and Job Choice,” (with Harvey S. Rosen), Journal of Labor Economics 5, no. 4, Part 1, (October 1987): 430-451.

“Structural Estimation in Implicit Markets,” Chapter 3 in The Measurement of Labor Cost, NBER Conference on Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 48 (1983): 123-152.

“On the Estimation of Structural Hedonic Price Models,” (with Harvey S. Rosen), Econometrica 50, no. 3 (May 1982): 765-768.

“How Close to an Auction is the Labor Market? — Employee Risk Aversion, Income Uncertainty, and Optimal Labor Contracts,” Research in Labor Economics 5 (1982); 1899-235.