Paul J. Wolfson

Staff Emeritus

Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College


E-MAIL: paul.j.wolfson AT tuck.dartmouth.edu
PHONE: 603-643-8528

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DEGREES:
  PhD (Economics), Yale University, 1989
  BA (Mathematics), The University of Chicago, 1978      

Discussing the minimum wage at the ILO


AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
   Econometrics, time series analysis
   statistical graphics
   SAS, Stata and Matlab

39 years of the Minimum Wage in the U.S.



Selected Publications

  • With D. Belman, "15 Years of Research on US Employment and the Minimum Wage", Labour (online July 2019):     Data file

  • With D. Belman and K. Nawakitphaitoon, "Who Is Affected by the Minimum Wage?", Industrial Relations, October 2015

  • With D. Belman, What Does the Minimum Wage Do?, W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2014. Recipient of the William G. Bowen Award for the Outstanding Book on Labor and Public Policy.

        Read the Conclusion

  • With D. Belman, "The Effect of Legislated Minimum Wage Increases on Employment and Hours: A Dynamic Analysis," Labour, March 2010

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    Rhiannon Giddens sings about
    the consequences of poor labor standards

  • With C. Helfat and D. Harris, "The Pipeline to the Top: Women and Men in the Top Executive Ranks of U.S. Corporations," Academy of Management Perspectives, 20(4), November 2006

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  • With D. Belman, "The Minimum Wage: Consequences for Prices and Quantities in Low Wage Labor Markets," The Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, July 2004

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  • With D. Belman, "The Minimum Wage, Employment and the AS-IF Methodology," Empirical Economics, August 2001

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  • "The Supermarket Industry at the Start of the 21st Century: Key Findings from the 2000 Supermarket Panel," Journal of Food Distribution Research, July 2001

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  • With D. Belman, "Its Bark Is Worse Than Its Bite: The Wage and Employment Effects of the Minimum Wage in the U.S.," Australian Economic Papers, June 1999

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  • "A Simple Keynesian Model with Flexible Wages: A Succinct Synthesis," Journal of Macroeconomics, January 1994



  • Professional Activities

    Academic positions

    • Tuck School of Business, 2000–present
    • Assistant Director, Retail Food Industry Center, 1998–2000, University of Minnesota
    • Visiting Assistant Professor, Carlson School of Management, 1996–98
    • Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1988–96
    • Visiting Assistant Professor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1995–96, 1993–94, 1987–88