Contact Information

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bkovak@cmu.edu (412) 268-5223 (412) 268-4487 Carnegie Mellon University H. John Heinz III College 4800 Forbes Avenue, HBH 3012 Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Papers

    Regional Efects of Trade Reform: What is the Correct Measure of Liberalization?
        (Draft: June 2012) Accepted, American Economic Review
        Earlier version including migration results: Local Labor Market Effects of Trade
        Policy: Evidence from Brazilian Liberalization (Draft: April 2011)

    Price and Quality Dispersion in an Offshoring Market: Evidence from Semiconductor
    Production Services (with David Byrne and Ryan Michaels)
        (Draft: December 2012) under review
        Code and data resources

    Immigration, Internal Migration, and Local Labor Market Adjustment During the
    Great Recession (with Brian Cadena)
        (Draft: April 2013)

    Overestimating the Effect of Complementarity on Skill Demand
        B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy Vol. 11: Iss. 1 (Topics), Article 65

    The Growing Problem of Disconnected Single Mothers (with Rebecca Blank)
        in Carolyn J. Heinrich and John Karl Scholz eds., Making the Work-Based Safety Net Work
        Better: Forward-Looking Policies to Help Low-Income Families. Russell Sage Foundation, 2009.
        National Poverty Center Working Paper #07-28

Teaching and Research Materials

    University of Michigan Econ 101 Spring 2007 Teaching Materials

    STATA Programs