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Michael Carr

Curriculum Vitae
January 26, 2012
Contact Information
Department of Economics Email: michael.carr@umb.edu
100 Morrissey Blvd., W-5-31 Phone: 617.287.6960
University of Massachusetts-Boston http://www.faculty.umb.edu/michael.carr
Boston, MA 02125
Research Fields
Labor Economics, Experimental Economics, Behavioral Microeconomics
Education
2009 Ph.D. in Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Dissertation: Eort, Work Hours, and Income Inequality: Three Essays
on the Behavioral Eects of Wage Inequality
Advisor: Professor Michael Ash
2003 B.A. in Economics, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI
Professional Experience
2009- Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts-Boston
2007-2009 Research Assistant for Diane Flaherty, University of Massachusetts,
Amherst
2003-2009 Teaching Assistant, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Research
Published or Forthcoming
2010 Works Hours and Wage Inequality: Evidence from the 2004 WERS Forth-
coming Journal of Socio-Economics
In Progress
2011 Low-wage and low-income workers in the US: 1979-2009 (with Randy
Albelda) Under Review
2011 Was Restricted Credit Responsible for the Fall in Investment During the
Great Recession? (with Josh Mason)
2011 Local Area Inequality and Worker Well-Being Revise and Resubmit
2011 Exploitation and Entitlement in the Lab (with Phil Mellizo and Welsey
Pech) Under Review
2010 Decision-Control Rights Under Incomplete Contracts: Preliminary Evi-
dence from the Lab (with Phil Mellizo and Wesley Pech)
2010 The Relative Eect of Voice, Autonomy, and the Wage on Satisfaction
with Work Revise and Resubmit (with Phil Mellizo)
2009 Income Inequality and the Overworked American
Grants
2010 The Eect of Workplace Democracy on Productivity and Protability:
an Experimental Investigation, Carr (PI), Proposal Development Grant
from the University of Massachusetts-Boston (with Phil Mellizo and Wesley
Pech). $11,300.
2010 Predicting Crime Through Incarceration: The Impact of Rates of Prison
Cycling on Rates of Crime in Communities, Todd R. Clear (PI), Natasha
Frost (Co-PI), Carr is consultant.
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Presentations
2012 The New Working Poor? A Look at Low-wage and Low-income Men and
Women Workers, 1979-2009 (with Randy Albelda) Labor and Employment
Relations Association
2011 Exploitation and Entitlement in the Lab ICAPE
2011 Local Area Inequality and Worker Well-Being Eastern Economics Asso-
ciation Meetings and ASSA Meetings
2011 Exploitation (of sorts) in the Lab Eastern Economics Association Meet-
ings
2010 Decision-Control Rights Under Incomplete Contracts: Preliminary Evi-
dence from the Lab University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
2010 Power and Incentives at Work: Evidence from Experiments and Surveys
Junior Faculty Colloquium, University of Massachusetts-Boston.
2010 The Relative Eect of Voice, Autonomy, and the Wage on Satisfaction with
Work. Eastern Economics Association Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA.
2009 The Eect of Self-Determination, Consultative Participation, and Wage
Inequality on Worker Satisfaction and Voice. Eastern Economics Associ-
ation Annual Meeting. New York City, NY. (with Phil Mellizo)
References
Michael Ash Peter Skott
Department of Economics Department of Economics
Thompson Hall Thompson Hall
University of Massachusetts, Amherst University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Amherst, MA 01003 Amherst, MA 01003
mash@econs.umass.edu pskott@econs.umass.edu
Randy Albelda
Department of Economics
Wheatley Hall
University of Massachusetts-Boston
Boston, MA 02125
randy.albelda@umb.edu
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