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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2014 - Fellows of the Econometric Society
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)

Overview

John M. Abowd is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields and topics related to data privacy, economics, and statistics.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • The 2020 Census Disclosure Avoidance System TopDown Algorithm, 2022, Harvard Data Science Review
  • Confidentiality Protection in the 2020 US Census of Population and Housing, 2022, Annual Review of Statistics and Its Application
  • Reconciling Trends in U.S. Male Earnings Volatility: Results from Survey and Administrative Data, 2022, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics
  • An in-depth examination of requirements for disclosure risk assessment, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Bayesian and Frequentist Semantics for Common Variations of Differential Privacy: Applications to the 2020 Census, 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Robert Ashmead
  • Daniel Kifer
  • Philip Leclerc
  • Ryan Cumings-Menon
  • Kevin L. McKinney

John M. Abowd regularly publishes in the following venues:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Harvard Data Science Review
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality

Their work involves several subfields, notably:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Statistics and Probability
  • Accounting

Key topics covered in their research are:

  • Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
  • Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
  • Census and Population Estimation
  • Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
  • Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
  • Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
  • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

John M. Abowd has received several professional recognitions including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2020
  • Fellows of the Econometric Society, 2014
  • Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA), 2009

Best Publications

  • High Wage Workers and High Wage Firms

    John M. Abowd;Francis Kramarz;David N. Margolis

  • On the Covariance Structure of Earnings and Hours Changes

    John M. Abowd;David Card

  • How much do immigration and trade affect labor market outcomes

    George J. Borjas;Richard B. Freeman;Lawrence F. Katz

  • The analysis of labor markets using matched employer-employee data

    John M. Abowd;Francis Kramarz

  • Executive Compensation: Six Questions That Need Answering

    John M. Abowd;David S. Kaplan

  • DOES PERFORMANCE-BASED MANAGERIAL COMPENSATION AFFECT CORPORATE PERFORMANCE?

    John M. Abowd

  • Computing Person and Firm Effects Using Linked Longitudinal Employer-Employee Data

    John Abowd;Robert H. Creecy;Francis Kramarz

  • The Effects of Product Market Competition on Collective Bargaining Agreements: The Case of Foreign Competition in Canada

    John A. Abowd;Thomas Lemieux

  • The analysis of labor markets using matched employer-employee data

    John Abowd;Francis Kramarz

  • Immigration, Trade, and the Labor Market

    John M Abowd;Richard B Freeman

  • Job Queues and the Union Status of Workers

    John M. Abowd;Henry S. Farber

  • Estimating Gross Labor-Force Flows

    John M. Abowd;Arnold Zellner

  • The costs of hiring and separations

    John M Abowd;Francis Kramarz

  • The Effect of Wage Bargains on the Stock Market Value of the Firm

    John M Abowd

  • The LEHD Infrastructure Files and the Creation of the Quarterly Workforce Indicators

    John M Abowd;Bryce E Stephens;Lars Vilhuber;Fredrik Andersson

  • Anticipated Unemployment, Temporary Layoffs and Compensating Wage Differentials

    John M Abowd;Orley C Ashenfelter

  • Minimum Wages and Employment in France and the United States

    John M. Abowd;Francis Kramarz;Thomas Lemieux;David Margolis

  • The Entry and Exit of Workers and the Growth of Employment: An Analysis of French Establishments

    John M. Abowd;Patrick Corbel;Francis Kramarz

  • Anticipated Unemployment, Temporary Layoffs, and Compensating Wage Differentials

    John M. Abowd;Orley C. Ashenfelter

  • Minimum Wages and Employment in France and the United States

    John M Abowd;Francis Kramarz;Thomas Lemieux;David N Margolis

  • Minimum Wages and Youth Employment in France and the United States

    John M. Abowd;Francis Kramarz;Thomas Lemieux;Thomas Lemieux;David N. Margolis

  • High Wage Workers and High Wage Firms

    John M. Abowd;Francis Kramarz;David N. Margolis

  • 2. International Differences in Executive and Managerial Compensation

    John M. Abowd;Michael L. Bognanno

  • The Effects of Human Resource Management Decisions on Shareholder Value

    John M. Abowd;George T. Milkovich;John M. Hannon

  • New Approaches to Confidentiality Protection Synthetic Data, Remote Access and Research Data Centers

    John Abowd;Julia Lane

  • The Relation among Human Capital, Productivity, and Market Value: Building Up from Micro Evidence

    John M Abowd;John Haltiwanger;Ron Jarmin;Julia Lane

Frequent Co-Authors

Francis Kramarz
Francis Kramarz Collège de France
Julia Lane
Julia Lane New York University
John Haltiwanger
John Haltiwanger University of Maryland, College Park
David Card
David Card University of California, Berkeley
Thomas Lemieux
Thomas Lemieux University of British Columbia
Ron S. Jarmin
Ron S. Jarmin United States Census Bureau
Richard B. Freeman
Richard B. Freeman Harvard University
Henry S. Farber
Henry S. Farber Princeton University
Carl Lagoze
Carl Lagoze University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Matthew D. Shapiro
Matthew D. Shapiro University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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