Peter J. Kuhn

Research Fellow

University of California, Santa Barbara

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Peter Kuhn received his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 1983. Since then he has held faculty positions at the University of Western Ontario and McMaster University. He currently holds the position of Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Kuhn has been a Research Fellow of the IZA since April 1998. He has published papers on various aspects of labour economics, including unions, discrimination, immigration, displaced workers, unemployment insurance, and employment contract theory. Kuhn is Associate Editor of the Industrial and Labor Relations Review and Journal of Labor Economics. He serves on the editorial board of AEJ: Applied and Labour Economics and was the founding director of the Leonard and Gretchan Broom Demography Center at UC Santa Barbara. He frequently visits IZA as a Visiting Research Fellow.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4950
The Effects of Lottery Prizes on Winners and their Neighbors: Evidence from the Dutch Postcode Lottery
Peter J. Kuhn, Peter Kooreman, Adriaan R. Soetevent, Arie Kapteyn
published in: American Economic Review, 2011, 101 (5), 2226-2247
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4941
Lab Labor: What Can Labor Economists Learn from the Lab?
Gary Charness, Peter J. Kuhn
published in: O. Ashenfelter and D. Card (eds.), Handbook of Labor Economics, Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2011
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4936
Bidding for Brains: Intellectual Property Rights and the International Migration of Knowledge Workers
Carol McAusland, Peter J. Kuhn
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2011, 95 (1), 77-87
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3784
Competition and the Ratchet Effect
Gary Charness, Peter J. Kuhn, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2011, 29 (3), 513-547
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3602
Consumers and the Brain Drain: Product Design and the Gains from Emigration
Peter J. Kuhn, Carol McAusland
published in: Journal of International Economics, 2009, 78(2), 287–291
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2493
The International Migration of Knowledge Workers: When Is Brain Drain Beneficial?
Peter J. Kuhn, Carol McAusland
revised version published as 'Consumers and the brain drain: Product and process design and the gains from emigration' in: Journal of International Economics, 2009, 78 (2), 287–291
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2007
The Narrowing of the U.S. Gender Earnings Gap, 1959-1999: A Cohort-Based Analysis
Catherine Weinberger, Peter J. Kuhn
published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2010, 63 (3), 384-406
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1924
The Expanding Workweek? Understanding Trends in Long Work Hours Among U.S. Men, 1979-2004
Peter J. Kuhn, Fernando A. Lozano
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2008, 26 (2), 311-343
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1919
The Long-Term Effects of a Generous Income Support Program: Unemployment Insurance in New Brunswick and Maine, 1940-1991
Peter J. Kuhn, Chris Riddell
revised version published as 'The Long-Term Effects of Unemployment Insurance: Evidence from New Brunswick and Maine, 1940 - 1991' in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2010, 63 (2), 183 - 204
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1417
Do Co-Workers’ Wages Matter? Theory and Evidence on Wage Secrecy, Wage Compression and Effort
Gary Charness, Peter J. Kuhn
revised version published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2007, 25 (4), 693-723
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