Publications
Abrahams, S. (2025). Unequal job security, unemployment scarring, and the distribution of welfare in a search and bargaining model. LABOUR, 39(3): 189–205. Link
Abrahams, S. (2024). An analysis of the gender layoff gap implied by a gender gap in wage bargaining. Economics Letters, 234, 111505. Link
Abrahams, S. (2024). Downward minimum wage rigidity: Evidence from a temporary four-month increase in St. Louis. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 218, 30-47. Link
Abrahams, S., & Mabli, J. (2024). Commuting barriers to low-wage employment. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 104, 103970. Link
Abrahams, S. (2020). Officer differences in traffic stops of minority drivers. Labour Economics, 67, 101912. Link
Wiemers, E. E., Abrahams, S., AlFakhri, M., Hotz, V. J., Schoeni, R. F., & Seltzer, J. A. (2020). Disparities in vulnerability to complications from COVID-19 arising from disparities in preexisting conditions in the United States. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 69, 100553. Link
Flabbi, L., Piras, C., & Abrahams, S. (2017). Female corporate leadership in Latin America and the Caribbean region: Representation and firm-level outcomes. International Journal of Manpower, 38(6), 790-818. Link
Working Papers
"Riding to Opportunity: Geographic and Household Effects from the Orphan Trains" (with D. Keniston) NBER Working Paper #34282
"From San Francisco to Savannah? The Downstream Effects of Generative AI" (with F. Levy) SSRN (under review)
Media: The Geography of GenAI (Moody's Inside Economics Podcast, May 9, 2025); How A.I. Could Reshape the Economic Geography of America (New York Times, December 26, 2024); Will AI take jobs away from Baton Rouge professionals? (Baton Rouge Business Report, January 3, 2025); The Next Great Job Churn Is Already Starting (Bloomberg, May 19, 2025); 生成式AI重塑的版圖 (自由時報, May 28, 2025); The AI Job Suck Is the China Shock of Today (Bloomberg, May 29, 2025)
"The Labor Market Impact of K-11 vs. K-12" (with M. P. Ugalde A.) EdWorkingPaper: 25-1306 (under review)
Media: How a Gap Year in Graduates Revealed Value in Education (Research@Ourso June 16, 2025)
"Labor Market Dynamics and Public Assistance Programs: Evidence from an Estimated Model of SNAP Participation" (with L. Flabbi and J. Mabli) Draft
"Gender Differences in Choosing Fast and Slow: Evidence from Competitive Powerlifting" SSRN (revisions submitted to JEBO)
"The Revival of U.S. Populism: How 39 Years of Manufacturing Losses and Educational Gains Reshaped the Electoral Map" (with F. Levy) SSRN
Media: Can an Unpopular Populist Still Damage Democracy? (New York Times, October 18, 2023)
"Financial Suicide: Debt and Death across US Counties during the Great Recession'' (with B. Unel) SSRN (revise & resubmit, Economic Inquiry)
"Asymmetric Interest Rate Smoothing and Financial Development" (with I. Green and J. Kachovec) Draft
"Noncompete Agreements and Firm Competition: Lessons from Women's College Basketball" (with L. Fesko) SSRN (under review)
Work in Progress
"Economic Resilience in the Storm’s Wake: Hurricane Impact on Business Dynamics and Local Market Structure" (with Q. Li, Z. Yu, and C. Yoon) Abstract
"The Intergenerational Impact of Early Career Housing Affordability" (with F. Levy)
"Occupational Task Complementarity and Substitution with Generative AI"
"Assistant Principal Characteristics and Student Academic Outcomes" (with L. Fesko)
Research Reports
Youth Employment in Nepal (World Bank 2018)
Making Politics Work for Development: Harnessing Transparency and Citizen Engagement (World Bank 2016)
World Development Report 2015: Mind, Society, and Behavior (World Bank 2015)
Malaysia Economic Monitor: Immigrant Labour (World Bank 2015)