Syracuse University Economics
  Jeffrey P. Thompson
PhD Candidate, Department of Economics
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research                                                       
Contact Information
 Cell: (315) 558-8357
Office: (315) 443-3114
Fax:     (315) 443-1081
e-mail: jpthom01@maxwell.syr.edu
web: http://student.maxwell.syr.edu/jpthom01  

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References

Research Interests
Public Economics, Labor Economics,
Applied Microeconomics, State and Local Taxes,
Poverty and Inequality
 

Publications
"Using Local Labor Market Data to Re-examine the Employment Impacts of the Minimum Wage,"

Industrial & Labor Relations Review, Vol. 62, No. 3, April 2009.
(abstract)

"Addressing the Regressivity of Sales Taxes,” (co-author) published in State Tax Notes, Sept. 2003

Work in Progress
 "The Interaction of Metropolitan Area Costs and the Federal EITC: One Size Fits All?" (with Katie Fitzpatrick),                        Center for Policy Research Working Paper #110, Sept. 2008.

Job Market Paper
 "Costly Migration and the Incidence of State and Local Taxes"
    - Appendix Tables Containing Tax Rates

"Income from Wealth and Income from Labor: Stocks, Flows, and More Complete Measures of Well Being"                               (with Tim Smeeding), June 2007.
(exec. summary)

"Climbing the Ladder or Hanging Around? Decomposing the Returns to Tenure and Experience" (with Jesse Bricker)

"Regional Variation and the Effectiveness of Economic Stimulus"