Ian Schmutte

Education:

• PhD, Economics, Cornell University, 2010

Research Interests and Areas of Expertise:

• Labor Economics
• Data Privacy
• Social Networks
• Applied Econometrics

Publications

Selected Peer-Reviewed Papers

Lavetti, Kurt and Ian M. Schmutte. "Gender Differences in Sorting on Wages and Risk." 2021. Accepted Journal of Econometrics.

Cornwell, Christopher, Ian M. Schmutte, and Daniela Scur (2021) "Building a Productive Workforce: The Role of Structured Management Practices." Management Science, 67(12), pp. 7291-7950.

Abowd, John M. and Ian M. Schmutte (2019) "An Economic Analysis of Privacy Protection and Statistical Accuracy as Social Choices." American Economic Review, vol. 109, pp. 171-202.

Abowd, John M. and Kevin McKinney and Ian M. Schmutte (2019) "Modeling Endogenous Mobility in Earnings Determination." Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 37(3), pp. 405-418.

Abowd, John M., Francis Kramarz, Sebastian Perez-Duarte, and Ian M. Schmutte (2018) "Sorting Between and Within Industries: A Testable Model of Assortative Matching." Annals of Economics and Statistics, vol. 129, pp. 1-32.

Cornwell, Chris and Jason Rivera and Ian M. Schmutte (2017) "Wage Discrimination when Identity is Subjective: Evidence from Changes in Employer-Reported Race." Journal of Human Resources, vol. 52, no. 3, pp. 719-755.

Schmutte, Ian M. (2015). "Job Referral Networks and the Determination of Earnings in Local Labor Markets." Journal of Labor Economics. vol. 33 pp. 1-33.

Schmutte, Ian M. (2016). "Labor markets with endogenous job referral networks: Theory and empirical evidence." Labour Economics, vol. 42 pp. 30-42.

Gittings, Kaj and Ian M. Schmutte (2016). "Getting Handcuffs on an Octopus: Minimum Wages, Employment, and Turnover." Industrial and Labor Relations Review, vol. 69(5) pp. 1133-1170.

Abowd, John M. and Ian M. Schmutte (2015). "Economic Analysis and Statistical Disclosure Limitation." Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Spring.

Schmutte, Ian M. (2014). "Free to Move? A Network Approach to the Analysis of Job Mobility." Labour Economics. vol. 29 pp. 49-61.

Other Publications

Gupta, S., Montenovo, L., Nguyen, T., Lozano-Rojas, F., Schmutte, I., Simon, K. et al. (2022) "Effects of social distancing policy on labor market outcomes." Contemporary Economic Policy, pp. 1–28.

Schmutte, Ian M. and Lars Vilhuber (2022) "An Interview with John M. Abowd." International Statistical Review, 90(1), pp.1--40.

Montenovo, L., Xiang J., Lozano Rojas, F., Schmutte, I.M., Simon, K.I., Weinberg, B.A., Wing, C., (2022) "Determinants of Disparities in Covid-19 Job Losses." Demography, vol.59(3), pp. 827-855

Lastrapes, William D., Ian M. Schmutte and Thor Watson (2022) "Home Equity Lending, Credit Constraints and Small Business in the United States." Economic Inquiry, 60(1), pp.43--63

Abowd, John M., Ian M. Schmutte and Lars Vilhuber (2021). "Disclosure Limitation and Confidentiality Protection in Linked Data."in Administrative Records for Survey Methodology (eds A.Y. Chun, M.D. Larsen, G. Durrant and J.P. Reiter).

Abowd, John M., Ian M. Schmutte, William Sexton, and Lars Vilhuber (2019) "Why the Economics Profession Must Participate in the Privacy Protection Debate." American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, vol. 109, pp. 397-402.

Schmutte, Ian M. (2016) "Differentially private publication of data on wages and job mobility." Statistical Journal of the IAOS, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 81-92.

Schmutte, Ian M. (2016). "How do social networks affect labor markets?." IZA World of Labor, 304.

Abowd, John M., Ian M. Schmutte, William Sexton, and Lars Vilhuber (2019). "Introductory Readings in Formal Privacy for Economists.