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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2007 - Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association
  • 2005 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • 2005 - Jacob Mincer Award, the Society of Labour Economics (SOLE)
  • 2003 - IZA Prize in Labor Economics, Institute for the Study of Labor
  • 1993 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1977 - Fellows of the Econometric Society
  • 1976 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Orley Ashenfelter is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of economics, econometrics, and finance. Their research encompasses various subfields including economics and econometrics, marketing, tourism, leisure and hospitality management, public administration, and media technology. The scientist's work is particularly focused on labor market dynamics and wage inequality, merger and competition analysis, firm innovation and growth, consumer market behavior and pricing, consumer retail behavior studies, fiscal policy and economic growth, and the wine industry and tourism.

Recent papers authored by Orley Ashenfelter include:

  • Monopsony in the Labor Market (2022), The Journal of Human Resources
  • Minimum Wages, Wages, and Price Pass-Through: The Case of McDonald's Restaurants (2022), Journal of Labor Economics
  • Monopsony in the Labor Market: New Empirical Results and New Public Policies (2021), SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Wages, Minimum Wages, and Price Pass-Through: The Case of Mcdonald's Restaurants (2021), SSRN Electronic Journal

Orley Ashenfelter has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Štěpán Jurajda
  • Kym Anderson
  • David Card
  • Henry S. Farber
  • Michael R. Ransom

The scientist's work has appeared predominantly in the following publication venues:

  • Journal of Wine Economics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Journal of Human Resources
  • Journal of Labor Economics

Orley Ashenfelter's research has focused on labor market issues, particularly monopsony and wage effects, as well as empirical analyses of consumer markets and policy impacts. Their publications have influenced the understanding of employer collusion, minimum wage effects, and price pass-through phenomena.

The scientist has received numerous awards and honors during their career. These include:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2018)
  • Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association (2007)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2005)
  • Jacob Mincer Award, the Society of Labour Economics (SOLE) (2005)
  • IZA Prize in Labor Economics, Institute for the Study of Labor (2003)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1993)
  • Fellows of the Econometric Society (1977)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1976)

Best Publications

  • Estimates of the Economic Return to Schooling from a New Sample of Twins

    Orley Ashenfelter;Alan B. Krueger

  • Estimates of the Economic Returns to Schooling from a New Sample of Twins

    Orley Ashenfelter;Alan B Krueger

  • Estimating the Effect of Training Programs on Earnings.

    Orley C Ashenfelter

  • Using the Longitudinal Structure of Earnings to Estimate the Effect of Training Programs

    Orley Ashenfelter;David Card

  • A review of estimates of the schooling/earnings relationship, with tests for publication bias

    Orley Ashenfelter;Colm Harmon;Hessel Oosterbeek

  • How Auctions Work for Wine and Art

    Orley Clark Ashenfelter

  • Income, schooling, and ability: Evidence from a new sample of identical twins

    Orley Ashenfelter;Cecilia Rouse

  • Bargaining theory trade unions, & industorial strike activity

    Orley Ashenfelter;George E. Johnson

  • Education, Unemployment and Earnings

    Orley Ashenfelter;John C. Ham

  • Auctions and the Price of Art

    Orley Ashenfelter;Kathryn Graddy

  • American Trade Union Growth: 1900–1960

    Orley Ashenfelter;John H. Pencavel

  • Estimates of the Economic Return to Schooling from a New Sample of Twins

    Alan B. Krueger;Alan B. Krueger;Alan B. Krueger;Orley Ashenfelter;Orley Ashenfelter;Orley Ashenfelter

  • The Estimation of Income and Substitution Effects in a Model of Family Labor Supply

    Orley Ashenfelter;James Heckman

  • Anticipated Unemployment, Temporary Layoffs and Compensating Wage Differentials

    John M Abowd;Orley C Ashenfelter

  • Using Mandated Speed Limits to Measure the Value of a Statistical Life

    Orley Clark Ashenfelter;Michael Greenstone;Michael Greenstone;Michael Greenstone

  • Collective Bargaining and Industrial Relations

    Orley Clark Ashenfelter

  • Handbook of Labor Economics Volume 3A

    Orley Ashenfelter;David Card

  • Testing the Efficiency of Employment Contracts

    James N. Brown;Orley Ashenfelter

  • Discrimination in Labor Markets

    Orley Ashenfelter;Albert Rees

  • Testing for Price Anomalies in Real-Estate Auctions

    Orley Ashenfelter;David Genesove

  • Discrimination in Labor Markets.

    Vladimir Stoikov;Orley Ashenfelter;Albert Rees

  • Handbook of Labor Economics

    Orley Ashenfelter;David Card

Frequent Co-Authors

David Card
David Card University of California, Berkeley
David E. Bloom
David E. Bloom Harvard University
Alan B. Krueger
Alan B. Krueger Princeton University
Michael Greenstone
Michael Greenstone University of Chicago
John H. Pencavel
John H. Pencavel Stanford University
Cecilia Elena Rouse
Cecilia Elena Rouse Princeton University
Henry S. Farber
Henry S. Farber Princeton University
James J. Heckman
James J. Heckman University of Chicago
Janet Currie
Janet Currie Princeton University
Richard Layard
Richard Layard London School of Economics and Political Science

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