Michael Carr
Biographic Data
| ID | 6044620 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Carr |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Carr |
| SIGNATURE | CARR M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Massachusetts Boston |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4679-956X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Reconciling Trends in U.S. Male Earnings Volatility
There is a large literature on earnings and income volatility in labor economics, household finance, and macroeconomics. One strand of that literature has studied whether individual earnings volatility has risen or fallen in the United States over the last several decades. There are strong disagreements in the empirical literature on this important question, with some studies showing upward trends, some showing downward trends, and some showing n…
Reconciling Trends in Male Earnings Volatility
As part of a set of papers using the same methods and sample selection criteria to estimate trends in male earnings volatility across survey and administrative datasets, we conduct a new investigation of male earnings volatility using data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) survey and SIPP-linked administrative earnings data (SIPP GSF). We find that the level of volatility is higher in the administrative earnings histories…
Production from One, Distribution to All? Examining Effort-Based Distributional Norms in a Controlled Lab Study
In the standard Ultimatum Game, a proposer is provided with a sum of money by the experimenter. The proposer makes a take-it-or-leave-it offer to a responder that, if accepted, is divided in the proposed manner. If the responder rejects the offer, both receive nothing. We modify this framework by providing the proposer with an endowment created by work performed by the responder prior to participating in an Ultimatum Game. We find that average of…
If You Don’t Like Your Job, Can You Always Quit? Pervasive Monopsony Power and Freedom in the Labor Market
One common metric of monopsony power is the quit elasticity, measuring how much more likely a worker is to quit a job in response to a wage change. Experimental and quasi-experimental variation in wages across workers within a given job results in quit elasticities in the 2-3 range, implying that a 10% reduction in wages increases the probability of quitting by 20-30%. In a model with monopsonistic employers, a quit elasticity of 2-3 also implies…
Double Trouble
There is research on low-wage earners and on low-income adults, yet little that looks specifically at workers who are both. Changes in antipoverty programs and job structure in the United States suggest a rise in this group of workers, but not necessarily an accompanying change in the set of social protections that might cover them. We track the share of low-wage and low-income (LW/LI) workers and their access to a subset of employer benefits and…
Rome Fellowship
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Local Area Inequality and Worker Well-Being
This paper uses General Social Survey data linked to Census data to investigate the effect of local area income and income inequality on worker well-being. Others have found a robust negative correlation between reference group income and self-reported well-being. However, in many cases the reference group is defined as a large geographic area. This paper adds to the literature in two ways. First, it considers multiple nested geographic reference…
Internet Dictionaries and Lexicography
Cyberlexicography is definable as “employing the Internet to compile or create a dictionary.” Modern lexicographers can use the Net in various ways: participating in electronic conferences, consulting dictionaries and encyclopedias, or searching word usages within the ultimate corpus. An Appendix contains Figures 1–8. Submitted October 1996
Yamato-Damashii ‘Japanese Spirit’ Definitions
The Japanese word yamato-damashii means ‘Japanese spirit/soul.’ One millennium ago, the term originated from cultural antithesis with “Chinese learning,” and in the last century, it became a talisman for ultra-nationalists. The purpose of the present study is to use yamato-damashii definitions for elucidating this word's place within the modern lexicon and for introducing some characteristics of Japanese dictionaries.1
Mind-Monkey” Metaphors in Chinese and Japanese Dictionaries
This paper compares dictionary treatments of the Chinese xinyuan-yima “mind-monkey idea-horse” and the reverse Japanese iba-shin'en metaphors meaning ‘mental inconstancy and turmoil’.1 The first section discusses animal metaphors such as English monkey/horse around, and introduces the words Chinese yuan or Japanese en ‘gibbon; monkey’, ma or ba ‘horse’, xin or shin ‘heart; mind’, and yi or i ‘ idea; will’. The second outlines Chinese and Japanese…
Wa Wa Lexicography
This paper compares how Oriental and Occidental lexicographers have treated the fact that Japan's first written name was a Chinese Wō < *?Wâ ‘short/submissive people’ insult. The Japanese initially used this Chinese logograph to write Wa or Yamato ‘Japan’, but eventually replaced it with the homophonous Wa ‘harmony; peace’ graph. Editorial approaches to Chinese Wō ‘Japan’ definitions in 92 dictionaries are clearly divided along national lines. Wi…
Internet Dictionaries and Lexicography
Cyberlexicography is definable as “employing the Internet to compile or create a dictionary.” Modern lexicographers can use the Net in various ways: participating in electronic conferences, consulting dictionaries and encyclopedias, or searching word usages within the ultimate corpus. An Appendix contains Figures 1–8. Submitted October 1996
Yamato-Damashii ‘Japanese Spirit’ Definitions
The Japanese word yamato-damashii means ‘Japanese spirit/soul.’ One millennium ago, the term originated from cultural antithesis with “Chinese learning,” and in the last century, it became a talisman for ultra-nationalists. The purpose of the present study is to use yamato-damashii definitions for elucidating this word's place within the modern lexicon and for introducing some characteristics of Japanese dictionaries.1
Double Trouble
There is research on low-wage earners and on low-income adults, yet little that looks specifically at workers who are both. Changes in antipoverty programs and job structure in the United States suggest a rise in this group of workers, but not necessarily an accompanying change in the set of social protections that might cover them. We track the share of low-wage and low-income (LW/LI) workers and their access to a subset of employer benefits and…
Local Area Inequality and Worker Well-Being
This paper uses General Social Survey data linked to Census data to investigate the effect of local area income and income inequality on worker well-being. Others have found a robust negative correlation between reference group income and self-reported well-being. However, in many cases the reference group is defined as a large geographic area. This paper adds to the literature in two ways. First, it considers multiple nested geographic reference…
Wa Wa Lexicography
This paper compares how Oriental and Occidental lexicographers have treated the fact that Japan's first written name was a Chinese Wō < *?Wâ ‘short/submissive people’ insult. The Japanese initially used this Chinese logograph to write Wa or Yamato ‘Japan’, but eventually replaced it with the homophonous Wa ‘harmony; peace’ graph. Editorial approaches to Chinese Wō ‘Japan’ definitions in 92 dictionaries are clearly divided along national lines. Wi…
Wa Wa Lexicography
This paper compares how Oriental and Occidental lexicographers have treated the fact that Japan's first written name was a Chinese Wō < *?Wâ ‘short/submissive people’ insult. The Japanese initially used this Chinese logograph to write Wa or Yamato ‘Japan’, but eventually replaced it with the homophonous Wa ‘harmony; peace’ graph. Editorial approaches to Chinese Wō ‘Japan’ definitions in 92 dictionaries are clearly divided along national lines. Wi…
Mind-Monkey” Metaphors in Chinese and Japanese Dictionaries
This paper compares dictionary treatments of the Chinese xinyuan-yima “mind-monkey idea-horse” and the reverse Japanese iba-shin'en metaphors meaning ‘mental inconstancy and turmoil’.1 The first section discusses animal metaphors such as English monkey/horse around, and introduces the words Chinese yuan or Japanese en ‘gibbon; monkey’, ma or ba ‘horse’, xin or shin ‘heart; mind’, and yi or i ‘ idea; will’. The second outlines Chinese and Japanese…
Yamato-Damashii ‘Japanese Spirit’ Definitions
The Japanese word yamato-damashii means ‘Japanese spirit/soul.’ One millennium ago, the term originated from cultural antithesis with “Chinese learning,” and in the last century, it became a talisman for ultra-nationalists. The purpose of the present study is to use yamato-damashii definitions for elucidating this word's place within the modern lexicon and for introducing some characteristics of Japanese dictionaries.1
Internet Dictionaries and Lexicography
Cyberlexicography is definable as “employing the Internet to compile or create a dictionary.” Modern lexicographers can use the Net in various ways: participating in electronic conferences, consulting dictionaries and encyclopedias, or searching word usages within the ultimate corpus. An Appendix contains Figures 1–8. Submitted October 1996
Rome Fellowship
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Local Area Inequality and Worker Well-Being
This paper uses General Social Survey data linked to Census data to investigate the effect of local area income and income inequality on worker well-being. Others have found a robust negative correlation between reference group income and self-reported well-being. However, in many cases the reference group is defined as a large geographic area. This paper adds to the literature in two ways. First, it considers multiple nested geographic reference…
Double Trouble
There is research on low-wage earners and on low-income adults, yet little that looks specifically at workers who are both. Changes in antipoverty programs and job structure in the United States suggest a rise in this group of workers, but not necessarily an accompanying change in the set of social protections that might cover them. We track the share of low-wage and low-income (LW/LI) workers and their access to a subset of employer benefits and…
Production from One, Distribution to All? Examining Effort-Based Distributional Norms in a Controlled Lab Study
In the standard Ultimatum Game, a proposer is provided with a sum of money by the experimenter. The proposer makes a take-it-or-leave-it offer to a responder that, if accepted, is divided in the proposed manner. If the responder rejects the offer, both receive nothing. We modify this framework by providing the proposer with an endowment created by work performed by the responder prior to participating in an Ultimatum Game. We find that average of…
If You Don’t Like Your Job, Can You Always Quit? Pervasive Monopsony Power and Freedom in the Labor Market
One common metric of monopsony power is the quit elasticity, measuring how much more likely a worker is to quit a job in response to a wage change. Experimental and quasi-experimental variation in wages across workers within a given job results in quit elasticities in the 2-3 range, implying that a 10% reduction in wages increases the probability of quitting by 20-30%. In a model with monopsonistic employers, a quit elasticity of 2-3 also implies…
Reconciling Trends in U.S. Male Earnings Volatility
There is a large literature on earnings and income volatility in labor economics, household finance, and macroeconomics. One strand of that literature has studied whether individual earnings volatility has risen or fallen in the United States over the last several decades. There are strong disagreements in the empirical literature on this important question, with some studies showing upward trends, some showing downward trends, and some showing n…
Reconciling Trends in Male Earnings Volatility
As part of a set of papers using the same methods and sample selection criteria to estimate trends in male earnings volatility across survey and administrative datasets, we conduct a new investigation of male earnings volatility using data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) survey and SIPP-linked administrative earnings data (SIPP GSF). We find that the level of volatility is higher in the administrative earnings histories…
Economics (6 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Demographic economics (4 works) · Lexicography and Language Studies (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Statistics (3 works) · Survey data collection (3 works)