Selected Works
Articles
Demand Conditions and Worker Safety: Evidence from Price Shocks in Mining
K. K. Charles, M. S. Johnson, M. Stephens Jr., and D. Q. Lee
Journal of Labor Economics
Volume 40, Issue 1
January 2022
Re-Examining the Contribution of Public Health Efforts and the Decline in Urban Mortality
D. M. Anderson, K.K. Charles, and D. Rees
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
Volume14, Issue 2, pp. 126-157
April 2022
Leisure Luxuries and the Labor Supply of Young Men
M. Aguiar, M. Bils, K. K. Charles, and E. Hurst
Journal of Political Economy
Volume 129, Issue 2, pp 337-382
2021
Occupational Licensing and Maternal Health: Evidence from Early Midwifery Laws
D. M. Anderson, R. Brown, K. K. Charles, and D. I. Rees
Journal of Political Economy
Volume 128, Issue 11
2020
Housing Booms and Busts, Labor Market Opportunities, and College Attendance
K. K. Charles, E. Hurst, and M. J. Notowidigdo
American Economic Review
Volume 108, Issue 10, pp 2947-94
2018
Divergent Paths: A New Perspective on Earnings Differences Between Black and White Men Since 1940
P. Bayer and K. K. Charles
The Quarterly Journal of Economics
Volume 133, Issue 3, pp 1459-1501
2018
Conspicuous Consumption and Race
K. K. Charles, E. Hurst, and N. Roussanov
The Quarterly Journal of Economics
Volume 124, Issue 2, pp 425-67
2009
Prejudice and Wages: An Empirical Assessment of Becker’s "The Economics of Discrimination"
K. K. Charles and J. Guryan
Journal of Political Economy
Volume 116, Issue 5, pp 773-809
2008
Working Papers
Safeguarding Consumers Through Minimum Quality Standards: Milk Inspections and Urban Mortality, 1880-1910
D. M. Anderson, K. K.Charles, M. McKelligott, and D. I. Rees
NBER WP#30063
May 2022
The Federal Effort to Desegregate Southern Hospitals and the Black-White Infant Mortality Gap
D.M. Anderson, K. K. Charles, and D.I. Rees
2020
The Effects of Sexism on American Women: The Role of Norms vs. Discrimination
K. K. Charles, J. Guryan, and J. Pan
2018
