William Wascher

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

William Wascher is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, William Wascher has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 24 papers in General Health Professions and 14 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in William Wascher's work include Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (43 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (24 papers) and Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (14 papers). William Wascher is often cited by papers focused on Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (43 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (24 papers) and Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (14 papers). William Wascher collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. William Wascher's co-authors include David Neumark, Mark E. Schweitzer, J. M. Ian Salas, Stuart A. Gabriel, David Wilcox, Joe P. Mattey, Stephanie Aaronson, Bruce Fallick, Andrew Figura and David Reifschneider and has published in prestigious journals such as American Economic Review, The Journal of Economic Perspectives and The Review of Economics and Statistics.

In The Last Decade

William Wascher

75 papers receiving 3.0k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Revisiting the Minimum Wage—Employment Debate: Throwing Out the Baby with the Bathwater?

2014 304 citations David Neumark, J. M. Ian Salas et al. Industrial and Labor Relations Review profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
William Wascher	2.7k	1.1k	772	568	567	77	3.4k
Michael Reich	1.9k 0.7×	984 0.9×	1.0k 1.3×	284 0.5×	382 0.7×	84	3.2k
Tito Boeri	2.3k 0.9×	959 0.9×	554 0.7×	449 0.8×	252 0.4×	127	3.1k
Samuel Bentolila	2.9k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	824 1.1×	733 1.3×	206 0.4×	72	3.8k
Chinhui Juhn	2.2k 0.8×	662 0.6×	1.2k 1.6×	481 0.8×	870 1.5×	42	3.1k
Uta Schönberg	2.0k 0.7×	843 0.8×	1.4k 1.8×	304 0.5×	519 0.9×	49	3.5k
Juan F. Jimeno	2.4k 0.9×	899 0.8×	558 0.7×	779 1.4×	194 0.3×	121	3.3k
John Pencavel	1.8k 0.7×	459 0.4×	673 0.9×	371 0.7×	529 0.9×	94	3.1k
Bertil Holmlund	1.8k 0.7×	712 0.7×	259 0.3×	271 0.5×	321 0.6×	115	2.2k
Susan Vroman	2.0k 0.7×	391 0.4×	699 0.9×	189 0.3×	729 1.3×	66	2.6k
Mark B. Stewart	1.4k 0.5×	647 0.6×	475 0.6×	174 0.3×	304 0.5×	46	2.1k

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Wascher, William, Stephanie Aaronson, Mary C. Daly, & David Wilcox. (2019). Okun Revisited: Who Benefits Most from a Strong Economy?. Finance and Economics Discussion Series. 2019.0(72). 1–80. 7 indexed citations

Neumark, David & William Wascher. (2017). Reply to “Credible Research Designs for Minimum Wage Studies”. Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 70(3). 593–609. 32 indexed citations

Neumark, David, J. M. Ian Salas, & William Wascher. (2013). Revisiting the Minimum Wage–Employment Debate: Throwing Out the Baby with the Bathwater?. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations

Wascher, William, David Reifschneider, & David Wilcox. (2013). Aggregate Supply in the United States: Recent Developments and Implications for the Conduct of Monetary Policy. Finance and Economics Discussion Series. 2013.0(77). 1–87. 27 indexed citations

Neumark, David & William Wascher. (2008). Minimum Wages and Low-Wage Workers: How Well Does Reality Match the Rhetoric?. Minnesota law review. 6 indexed citations

Neumark, David & William Wascher. (2004). THE INFLUENCE OF LABOUR MARKET INSTITUTIONS ON THE DISEMPLOYMENT EFFECTS OF THE MINIMUM WAGE. CESifo DICE report. 2(2). 40–47. 2 indexed citations

Goldfarb, Robert S., H. O. Stekler, David Neumark, William Wascher, & T. D. Stanley. (2002). Comments. The Journal of Economic Perspectives. 16(3). 225–229. 1 indexed citations

Neumark, David & William Wascher. (2001). Minimum Wages and Training Revisited. Journal of Labor Economics. 19(3). 563–595. 60 indexed citations

Gabriel, Stuart A., Joe P. Mattey, & William Wascher. (1999). House price differentials and dynamics: evidence from the Los Angeles and San Francisco metropolitan areas. Econometric Reviews. 3–22. 23 indexed citations

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Neumark, David, Mark E. Schweitzer, & William Wascher. (1999). Will Increasing the Minimum Wage Help the Poor. Economic Commentary (Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland). 1. 2 indexed citations

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Wascher, William & David Neumark. (1996). Minimum Wage Effects of Employment and School Enrollment: Reply to Evans and Turner. Finance and Economics Discussion Series. 1996.0(28). 1–21. 3 indexed citations

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Lebow, David E., David J. Stockton, & William Wascher. (1995). Inflation, Nominal Wage Rigidity, and the Efficiency of Labor Markets. SSRN Electronic Journal. 44 indexed citations

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Neumark, David & William Wascher. (1995). Reconciling the Evidence of Employment Effects of Minimum Wages: A Review of Our Research Findings. SSRN Electronic Journal. 19 indexed citations

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Neumark, David & William Wascher. (1995). Minimum Wage Effects on School and Work Transitions of Teenagers. SSRN Electronic Journal. 85(2). 244–249. 33 indexed citations

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Gabriel, Stuart A., Joe P. Mattey, & William Wascher. (1995). The demise of California reconsidered: interstate migration over the economic cycle. Econometric Reviews. 30–48. 23 indexed citations

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Neumark, David & William Wascher. (1995). Minimum Wage Effects on Employment and School Enrollment. Journal of Business and Economic Statistics. 13(2). 199–199. 32 indexed citations

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Neumark, David & William Wascher. (1991). Can We Improve upon Preliminary Estimates of Payroll Employment Growth?. Journal of Business and Economic Statistics. 9(2). 197–197. 1 indexed citations

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Wascher, William, et al.. (1986). Economic implications of changing population trends. Federal Reserve Bulletin. 815–826. 2 indexed citations

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Wascher, William. (1986). Assessing the relative efficiency of Hausman's test under Bahadur efficiency considerations. Economics Letters. 21(4). 343–347.

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Wachter, Michael L. & William Wascher. (1983). Labor market policies in response to structural changes in labor demand. Proceedings - Economic Policy Symposium - Jackson Hole. 177–229. 1 indexed citations

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