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Barry T. Hirsch is affiliated with Georgia State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within the social sciences, economics, and health professions. The primary fields of study include Social Sciences and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with additional focus on Health Professions.

The scientist's work covers several specific subfields such as Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Public Administration, and Transportation. Their research addresses diverse topics that include labor market dynamics, wage inequality, employment and welfare studies, labor movements and unions, as well as health-related impacts related to climate change and air quality, urban transport and accessibility, and retirement, disability, and employment.

Barry T. Hirsch has frequently published in various academic journals, with a concentration in the following venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Industrial Relations A Journal of Economy and Society
  • Industrial and Labor Relations Review
  • Contemporary Economic Policy
  • Journal of Labor Research

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Revisiting Union Wage and Job Loss Effects Using the Displaced Worker Surveys" (2020) in Industrial and Labor Relations Review
  • "Five Decades of Union Wages, Nonunion Wages, and Union Wage Gaps at Unionstats.Com" (2021) in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Five decades of CPS wages, methods, and union-nonunion wage gaps at Unionstats.com" (2023) in Industrial Relations A Journal of Economy and Society
  • "Winter weather and work hours: Heterogeneous effects and regional adaptation" (2021) in Contemporary Economic Policy
  • "The Labor Market Earnings of Veterans: Is Military Experience More or Less Valuable than Civilian Experience?" (2021) in SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • David A. Macpherson
  • Bo Liu
  • Christos Makridis
  • Abhir Kulkarni
  • Alex Bryson

Best Publications

  • Union Membership and Coverage Database from the Current Population Survey: Note

    Barry T. Hirsch;David A. MacPherson

  • Wages and Gender Composition: Why do Women's Jobs Pay Less?

    David A. Macpherson;Barry T. Hirsch

  • The Economic Analysis of Unions: New Approaches and Evidence

    Barry T. Hirsch;John T. Addison

  • Union Rent Seeking, Intangible Capital, and Market Value of the Firm

    Robert A. Connolly;Barry T. Hirsch;Mark Hirschey

  • Union Effects on Productivity, Profits, and Growth: Has the Long Run Arrived?

    John T. Addison;Barry T. Hirsch

  • Estimates of union density by State

    Barry T. Hirsch;David A. Macpherson;Wayne G. Vroman

  • Why Do Part-Time Workers Earn Less? The Role of Worker and Job Skills

    Barry T. Hirsch

  • Match Bias in Wage Gap Estimates Due to Earnings Imputation

    Barry T. Hirsch;Edward J. Schumacher

  • Occupational Age Structure and Access for Older Workers

    Barry T. Hirsch;David A. Macpherson;Melissa A. Hardy

  • Minimum wage channels of adjustment

    Barry T. Hirsch;Bruce E. Kaufman;Tetyana Zelenska

  • What Do Unions Do for Economic Performance

    Barry T. Hirsch

  • Labor Unions and the Economic Performance of Firms

    Barry T. Hirsch

  • Firm Investment Behavior and Collective Bargaining Strategy

    Barry T. Hirsch

  • Match Bias from Earnings Imputation in the Current Population Survey: The Case of Imperfect Matching

    Christopher R. Bollinger;Barry T. Hirsch

  • Wage Differentials Across Labor Markets and Workers: Does Cost of Living Matter?

    J. Michael Dumond;Barry T. Hirsch;David A. Macpherson

  • Union Coverage and Profitability Among U.S. Firms

    Barry T. Hirsch

  • The Civilian Earnings Experience of Vietnam - Era Veterans

    Mark C. Berger;Barry T. Hirsch

  • Sluggish Institutions in a Dynamic World : Can Unions and Industrial Competition Coexist?

    Barry T. Hirsch

  • Trouble in the Tails? What We Know about Earnings Nonresponse Thirty Years after Lillard, Smith, and Welch

    Christopher R. Bollinger;Barry T. Hirsch;Charles M. Hokayem;James P. Ziliak

  • The Determinants of Unionization: An Analysis of Interarea Differences

    Barry T. Hirsch

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Macpherson
David A. Macpherson Trinity University
James P. Ziliak
James P. Ziliak University of Kentucky
John T. Addison
John T. Addison University of South Carolina
Albert N. Link
Albert N. Link University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Mark C. Berger
Mark C. Berger University of Kentucky
Alison L. Booth
Alison L. Booth Australian National University
Richard B. Freeman
Richard B. Freeman Harvard University
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Ronald G. Ehrenberg Cornell University
Orley Ashenfelter
Orley Ashenfelter Princeton University
Irwin Garfinkel
Irwin Garfinkel Columbia University

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