Gary Solon
Professor, Department of Economics, Michigan State University.
Ph.D., Princeton University
Most of Dr. Solon's research involves econometric analysis of labor market issues. His current research interests include earnings dynamics over the life cycle, effects of family and community background on economic status, and implications of non-classical measurement error.
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
Shin, Donggyun, and Gary Solon. 2007. "New Evidence on Real Wage Cyclicality within Employer-Employee Matches." Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 54(5): 648–660. DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9485.2007.00434.x. Licensed Access.
Haider, Steven J., and Gary Solon. 2006. "Life-cycle variation in the association between current and lifetime earnings." American Economic Review, 96(4): 1308-1320. DOI:10.1257/000282806779468508. Licensed Access.
Inoue, A., and Gary Solon. 2006. "A Portmanteau test for serially correlated errors in fixed effects models." Economic Theory, 22(5): 835-851. DOI:10.1017/S0266466606060385. Licensed Access.
Kim, B., and Gary Solon. 2005. "Implications of Mean-Reverting Measurement Error for Longitudinal Studies of Wages and Employment." Review of Economics and Statistics, 87(1): 193-196. DOI:10.1162/0034653053327685. Licensed Access.
Chapters
Solon, Gary. Forthcoming. "Intergenerational Income Mobility." In The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics edited by Steven Durlauf and Lawrence Blume. London: Macmillan.
Bjorklund, Anders, Markus Jantti, and Gary Solon. 2005. "Influences of Nature and Nurture on Earnings Variation: A Report on a Study of Various Sibling Types in Sweden." In Unequal Chances: Family Background and Economic Success edited by Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis, and Melissa Osborne Groves . New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Solon, Gary. 2004. "A Model of Intergenerational Mobility Variation over Time and Place." In Generational Income Mobility in North America and Europe edited by Miles Corak. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Other Reports
Elsby, Michael W. L., Ryan Michaels, and Gary Solon. 2007. "The ins and outs of cyclical unemployment." NBER Working Paper No. 12853. Abstract.
Lee, Chul-In, and Gary Solon. 2006. "Trends in intergenerational income mobility." NBER Working Paper No. 12007. Abstract.
Shin, Donggyun, and Gary Solon. 2006. "New evidence on real wage cyclicality within employer-employee matches." NBER Working Paper No. 12262. Abstract.
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