Publications
Dissertation
Kroeger, T. (2023). Gender Equity in the Federal Workforce: Earnings Gaps and Employment Segregation in the Federal Civilian Workforce from 1973 to 2013. Waltham, MA: Brandeis University. https://www.proquest.com/docview/2804863165
Journal articles
Kroeger, T. & Wright, G. (2021). “Entrepreneurship and the Racial Wealth Gap: The Impact of Entrepreneurial Success or Failure on the Wealth Mobility of Black and White Families.” Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41996-021-00081-6
Book chapters
Malley, L., Neidorf, T., Arora, A., & Kroeger, T. (2016). United States. In TIMSS 2015 Encyclopedia: Education Policy and Curriculum in Mathematics and Science. Chestnut Hill, MA: TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center, Boston College. http://timssandpirls.bc.edu/timss2015/encyclopedia/countries/united-states/
Reports
Sullivan, L., Meschede, T., Shapiro, T., Kroeger, T., & Escobar, F. (2019). “Not Only Unequal Paychecks: Occupational Segregation, Benefits, and the Racial Wealth Gap.” Waltham, MA: Institute on Assets and Social Policy. https://heller.brandeis.edu/iasp/pdfs/racial-wealth-equity/asset-integration/occupational_segregation_report_40219.pdf
Kroeger, T., McNicholas, C., von Wilpert, M., & Wolfe, J. (2018). “The State of Graduate Student Employee Unions: Momentum to Organize Among Graduate Student Workers is Growing Despite Opposition.” Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute. http://www.epi.org/publication/graduate-student-employee-unions/
Bivens, J., Engdahl, L., Gould, E., Kroeger, T., McNicholas, C., Mishel, L., Mokhiber, Z., Shierholz, H., von Wilpert, M., Wilson, V., & Zipperer, B. (2017). “How Today’s Unions Help Working People: Giving Workers the Power to Improve Their Jobs and Unrig the Economy.” Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute. https://epi.org/133275
Cooper, D., & Kroeger, T. (2017). “Employers Steal Billions from Workers’ Paychecks Each Year: Survey Data Show Millions of Workers Are Paid Less Than the Minimum Wage, at Significant Cost to Taxpayers and State Economies.” Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute. https://www.epi.org/files/pdf/125116.pdf
Kroeger, T., & Gould, E. (2017). “The Class of 2017.” Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute. http://www.epi.org/publication/the-class-of-2017/
Kroeger, T., Cooke, T., & Gould, E. (2016). “The Class of 2016: The Labor Market is Still Far from Ideal for Young Graduates.” Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute. http://www.epi.org/publication/class-of-2016/
Stephens, M., Erberber, E., Tsokodayi, Y., Kroeger, T., & Ferguson, S. (2015). “Is Reading Contagious? Examining Parents’ and Children’s Reading Attitudes and Behaviors.” Amsterdam: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement. http://www.iea.nl/fileadmin/user_upload/Policy_Briefs/IEA_Policy_Brief_Dec2015.pdf
Erberber, E., Stephens, M., Mamedova, S., Ferguson, S., & Kroeger, T. (2015). “Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Students Who are Academically Successful: Examining Academic Resilience Cross-Nationally.” Amsterdam: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement. http://www.iea.nl/fileadmin/user_upload/Policy_Briefs/IEA_policy_brief_Mar2015.pdf
Appelbaum, E., Milkman, R., Elliott, L., & Kroeger, T. (2014). “Good for Business? Connecticut’s Paid Sick Leave Law.” Washington, DC: Center for Economic and Policy Research. http://cepr.net/documents/good-for-buisness-2014-02-21.pdf
Academic and conference presentations
“Federal Earnings and Gender Inequality: Gender Pay Differentials in the Federal Civilian Workforce from 1973 to 1997,” Presentation at the Allied Social Science Associations 2022 Annual Meeting, session entitled “LERA Best Papers: Gender and Pay,” 2022.
“Entrepreneurship and the Racial Wealth Gap” with Graham Wright, Invited talk at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Boston, MA, 2021.
“The Role of Entrepreneurship on the Racial Wealth Gap,” Super Session presentation at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Fall Research Conference, Denver, CO, 2019.
“Segmentation and Segregation in the U.S. Healthcare Labor Market: Race, Gender, and Their Intersections,” Presentation at the Labor and Employment Relations Association Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH, 2019.
“Global Gender Patterns of the United States' Feminized Work: An International Comparative Analysis of Employment and Earnings in Occupations with Low Pay and Predominantly Women in the U.S.” Presentation at the Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 2019.
“Analyzing Data from Large-Scale International Studies Using R Statistical Software” with Paul Bailey, David C. Miller, and Yemurai Tsokodayi, Presentation at the Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference, Washington, DC, 2015.
“Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Students Who are Academically Successful: Examining Academic Resilience Cross-Nationally” with Sharlyn Ferguson, Presentation at the Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference, Washington, DC, 2015.
“Trends in Student Achievement and Mathematics Engagement: Findings from PISA 2000 to 2012” with Anindita Sen, Presentation at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 2014.