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49
Citations
9217
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1454
National Ranking
881

Overview

John S. Heywood is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines with a strong focus on social sciences and economics, econometrics, and finance.

Their recent scholarly work includes publications in various academic journals, covering topics related to labor economics, urban economics, and family dynamics. Notable papers include:

  • "Did the London congestion charge reduce pollution?" (2020) published in Regional Science and Urban Economics
  • "Does performance pay increase alcohol and drug use?" (2020) published in Journal of Population Economics
  • "Performance pay, work hours and employee health in the UK" (2023) published in Labour Economics
  • "Performance pay and work hours: US survey evidence" (2023) published in Oxford Economic Papers
  • "Does performance pay increase the risk of marital instability?" (2024) published in Review of Economics of the Household

Frequent co-authors with whom Heywood has collaborated include Colin Green, Benjamin Artz, Uwe Jirjahn, Debashis Pal, and Mehrzad B. Baktash. These partnerships reflect sustained collaborative networks within the fields of economics and labor studies.

Heywood's work has been published in various venues, with multiple contributions to the SSRN Electronic Journal and the 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings. Additional publication outlets include Economica, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, and Synthesis lectures on engineering, science, and technology.

Two books published with Morgan & Claypool Publishers in 2022 are part of their contributions to engineering education and curriculum development: "Philosophy and Engineering Education" and "Designing Engineering and Technology Curricula."

Their research covers a diverse set of subfields and topics such as:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • General Health Professions
  • Media Technology
  • Education
  • Strategy and Management

  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Merger and Competition Analysis
  • Engineering Education and Curriculum Development
  • Digital Platforms and Economics
  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing
  • Labor market dynamics and wage inequality

Best Publications

  • Job satisfaction and gender segregation

    Keith A. Bender;Susan M. Donohue;John S. Heywood

  • JOB SATISFACTION OF THE HIGHLY EDUCATED: THE ROLE OF GENDER, ACADEMIC TENURE, AND EARNINGS

    Keith A. Bender;John S. Heywood

  • Sheepskin Effects in the Returns to Education: An Examination of Women and Minorities

    Dale Belman;John S. Heywood

  • Performance Appraisal Systems: Determinants and Change

    Michelle Brown;John S. Heywood

  • Does Performance Pay Increase Job Satisfaction

    Colin Green;John S. Heywood

  • Job satisfaction and gender: an expanded specification from the NLSY

    Susan M. Donohue;John S. Heywood

  • The determinants of hiring older workers: UK evidence

    Kirsten Daniel;John S. Heywood

  • Performance Pay and Job Satisfaction

    John S. Heywood;Xiangdong Wei

  • Hiring older workers and employing older workers : German evidence

    John S. Heywood;Uwe Jirjahn;Georgi Tsertsvardze

  • Payment Schemes and Gender in Germany

    John S. Heywood;Uwe Jirjahn

  • Worker Sorting and Job Satisfaction: The Case of Union and Government Jobs:

    John S. Heywood;W. S. Siebert;Xiangdong Wei

  • SHEEPSKIN EFFECTS BY COHORT: IMPLICATIONS OF JOB MATCHING IN A SIGNALING MODEL

    Dale Belman;John S. Heywood

  • Public Stackelberg Leadership in a Mixed Oligopoly with Foreign Firms

    Kenneth Fjell;John S. Heywood

  • Teams, Teamwork and Absence

    John S. Heywood;Uwe Jirjahn

  • Performance pay, risk attitudes and job satisfaction

    Thomas Cornelissen;John S. Heywood;Uwe Jirjahn

  • The Choice of Payment Schemes: Australian Establishment Data

    Robert Drago;John S. Heywood

  • Mixed oligopoly, subsidization and the order of firm's moves: the relevance of privatization

    Kenneth Fjell;John S. Heywood

  • Traffic accidents and the London congestion charge

    Colin P. Green;John S. Heywood;John S. Heywood;María Navarro

  • The Determinants of Hiring Older Workers: Evidence from Hong Kong

    John S. Heywood;Lok Sang Ho;Xiangdong Wei

  • Performance pay and the white-black wage gap

    John S. Heywood;Daniel Parent

Frequent Co-Authors

John T. Addison
John T. Addison University of South Carolina
Clive Belfield
Clive Belfield Queens College, CUNY

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