Eric Gould

Published Papers

"Policies or Prejudices?  An Analysis of Antisemitic and Anti-Israel Views on Social Media and Social Surveys", with Noam Binstok and Todd Kaplan. Forthcoming in the Journal of the European Economic Association.

"Torn Apart?  The Impact of Manufacturing Employment Decline on Black and White Americans", Review of Economics and Statistics, (2021) 103 (4): 770–785.

Does Parental Quality Matter? Evidence on the Transmission of Human Capital Using Variation in Parental Influence from Death, Divorce, and Family Size.”  with Avi Simhon and Bruce Weinberg.  Journal of Labor Economics,  38, no. 2 (April 2020): 569-610. 

"Party Hacks and True Believers:  The Effect of Party Affiliation on Political Preferences", with Esteban Klor.  Journal of Comparative Economics, 2019, 47 ( 3) : 504-524. 

"Explaining the Unexplained: Residual Wage Inequality, Manufacturing Decline, and Low-Skilled Immigration"Economic Journal, Volume 129, Issue 619, April 2019, 1281–1326. 

"The Long-Run Effect of 9/11: Terrorism, Backlash, and the Assimilation of Muslim Immigrants in the West," with Esteban Klor.  Economic Journal, 126 (November 2016), 2064–2114.   

"Does High Inequality Attract High Skilled Immigrants?" with Omer Moav.  Economic Journal,  126 (June 2016), 1055–1091.

"Lifestyles of the Rich and Polygynous in Cote d’Ivoire," Eric D. Gould, Omer Moav, and Avi Simhon, Economics Letters, 115 (2012), 404-407.

"Sixty Years after the Magic Carpet Ride: The Long-Run Effect of the Early Childhood Environment on Social and Economic Outcomes," Eric D. Gould, Victor Lavy, and M. Daniele Paserman, Review of Economic Studies, (2011) 78, 938–973.

 "Learning Unethical Practices from a Co-worker: The Peer Effect of Jose Canseco," Eric D. Gould and Todd Kaplan.  Labour Economics,  18 (2011), 338–348.

                Reply to Bradbury, Econ Journal Watch, January 2013.

Does Terrorism Work?”  Eric D. Gould and Esteban Klor. Quarterly Journal of Economics, November 2010, 125(4), 1459-1510.

 “Terror and the Costs of Crime," Eric D. Gould and Guy Stecklov.  Journal of Public Economics, 93 (11-12), December 2009, 1175–1188.

"Does Immigration Affect the Long-Term Educational Outcomes of Natives? Quasi-Experimental Evidence," Eric D. Gould, Victor Lavy, and M. Daniele Paserman.  Economic Journal, 119 (540), October 2009, 1243–1269.   

"Interactions Between Workers and the Technology of Production: Evidence from Professional Baseball,"  Eric D. Gould and Eyal Winter.  Review of Economics and Statistics, 91 (1), February 2009, 188–200.

Marriage and Career: The Dynamic Decisions of Young Men,” Eric D. Gould.  Journal of Human Capital, Winter 2008, 2 (4), 337-378.  

"The Mystery of Monogamy,"  Eric D. Gould, Omer Moav, and Avi Simhon.  American Economic Review, March 2008, 98:1, 333–357.

"Israel's Brain Drain,"  Eric D. Gould and Omer Moav, Israel Economic Review, 5 (1), November 2007, 1-22.

"Cities, Workers, and Wages: A Structural Analysis of the Urban Wage Premium," Eric D. Gould.  Review of Economic Studies (2007) 74, 477–506.

Contracts, Externalities, and Incentives in Shopping Malls,”  Eric D. Gould, B. Peter Pashigian, and Canice Prendergast, Review of Economics and Statistics, 87 (3), August 2005, 411-422.

Inequality and Ability,” Eric D. Gould.  Labour Economics, 12 (2005), 169-189.

Immigrating to Opportunity: Estimating the Effect of School Quality Using a Natural Experiment on Ethiopians in Israel,”  Eric D. Gould, Victor Lavy, and M. Daniele Paserman, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 119 (2), May 2004, 489-526.

Waiting for Mr. Right: Rising Inequality and Declining Marriage Rates,”  Eric D. Gould and M. Daniele Paserman, Journal of Urban Economics, 53 (2003), 257-281.

Crime Rates and Local Labor Market Opportunities in the United States: 1979-1997,”  Eric D. Gould, Bruce Weinberg, and David Mustard.  Review of Economics and Statistics, 84 (1), February 2002, 45-61. 

Rising Wage Inequality, Comparative Advantage, and the Growing Importance of General Skills in the United States” Eric D. Gould. Journal of Labor Economics, 20 (1), January 2002, 105-147.

Skill Obsolescence and Wage Inequality Within Education Groups,”  Eric D. Gould, Omer Moav, and Bruce Weinberg.  Research in Labor Economics, volume 1, series editor: Solomon Polachek, Elsevier Science, 2002, 215-234.

Precautionary Demand for Education, Inequality, and Technological Progress,”  Eric D. Gould, Omer Moav, and Bruce Weinberg.  Journal of Economic Growth, 6, December 2001, 285-315.

 “The Retail Price of Inequality,”  Eric D. Gould and David Frankel.  Journal of Urban Economics, 49(2), March 2001, 219-239.

 “Internalizing Externalities: The Pricing of Space in Shopping Malls,” B. Peter Pashigian and Eric D. Gould.  Journal of Law and Economics, 41(1), April 1998, 115-142.

 “Fashion, Styling, and the Within-Season Decline in Automobile Prices,” B. Peter Pashigian, Brian Bowen, and Eric D. Gould.  Journal of Law and Economics, 38(2), October 1995, 281-309.