Michael D. Giandrea, Ph.D. : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Michael D. Giandrea, Ph.D.

Research Economist,
Division of Productivity Research and Program Development


Contact Information	(202) 691-5628 Email
Fields of Interest	Sources, effects, and measurement of technological change; retirement patterns among American workers.
Education	Ph.D., Economics, Boston College, 2002 B.S. Economics, Bates College, 1994
Professional Experience	Research economist, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2002 - present Lecturer, Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies, 2007 - 2019 Visiting Assistant Professor, Ohio University, 2001 - 2002 Analyst, L.L. Bean, 1994 - 1996

Selected Publications and Working Papers

“Bridge Employment” with Kevin E. Cahill and Joseph F. Quinn, The Oxford Handbook of Retirement, 2nd edition. Forthcoming.
“Productivity Dispersion and Structural Change in Retail Trade” with Dominic Smith, G. Jacob Blackwood, Cheryl Grim, Jay Stewart, and Zoltan Wolf, BLS working paper number WP-570, 2023.
"Alternative capital asset depreciation rates for U.S. capital and total factor productivity measures," with Robert J. Kornfeld, Peter B. Meyer, and Susan G. Powers, Monthly Labor Review, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, November 2022
“Alternative Capital Asset Depreciation Rates for U.S. Capital and Multifactor Productivity Measures,” with Robert J. Kornfeld, Peter B. Meyer, and Susan G. Powers, BLS working paper WP-539, April 2021
“Does Bridge Employment Mitigate or Exacerbate Inequalities Later in Life?” with Kevin Cahill, Joseph Quinn, Lawrence Sacco, and Loretta Platts, Innovation in Aging, Volume 5, Issue Supplement_1, 2021.
“Is Bridge Job Activity Overstated?,” with Kevin E. Cahill and Joseph F. Quinn. Work, Aging, and Retirement, Vol. 4, Issue 4, pp. 330-351.
“Transitions from Career Employment Among Public- and Private-Sector Workers,” with Kevin E. Cahill and Joseph F. Quinn, NBER Working Paper No. 25003, 2018.
The Impact of Hours Flexibility on Career Employment, Bridge Jobs, and the Timing of Retirement, with Kevin E. Cahill and Joseph F. Quinn, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Working Paper No. 472, 2014.
“Evolving Patterns of Work and Retirement,” with Kevin E. Cahill and Joseph F. Quinn. in The Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, edited by Linda George and Kenneth Ferraro.
"Retirement Patterns and the Macroeconomy, 1992-2010: The Prevalence and Determinants of Bridge Jobs, Phased Retirement, and Re-entry among Different Cohorts of Older Americans," with Kevin E. Cahill and Joseph F. Quinn. The Gerontologist, 2014.doi: 10.1093/geront/gnt146
“Are Gender Differences Emerging in the Retirement Patterns of the Early Boomers?,” with Kevin E. Cahill and Joseph F. Quinn, (2013) U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Working Paper No. 468.
“New Evidence on Self-Employment Transitions Among Older Americans with Career Jobs,” with Kevin E. Cahill and Joseph F. Quinn, (2013) U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Working Paper No. 463.
“The Relationship between Work Decisions and Location Later in Life,” with Kevin E. Cahill and Joseph F. Quinn, (2012) U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Working Paper No. 458.
“Bridge Employment,” with Kevin E. Cahill and Joseph F. Quinn. in The Oxford Handbook of Retirement , Mo Wang, editor. Oxford UK: Oxford University Press, 2013, pp.293-310.
“Older workers and short-term jobs: patterns and determinants,” with Kevin E. Cahill and Joseph F. Quinn. Monthly Labor Review, Vol. 135, No. 5, May 2012, pp.19-32.
“Early Retirement:The Dawn of a New Era?” with Kevin E. Cahill and Joseph F. Quinn. TIAA-CREF Institute Policy Brief, July 2011.
“Reentering the labor force after retirement,” with Kevin E. Cahill and Joseph F. Quinn. Monthly Labor Review, June 2011, pp. 34 - 42.
“Employment Patterns and Determinants Among Older Individuals with a History of Short-Duration Jobs,” with Kevin E. Cahill and Joseph F. Quinn, (2009) U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Working Paper No. 440.
“Bridge Jobs: A Comparison Across Cohorts,” with Kevin E. Cahill and Joseph F. Quinn. Research on Aging, Sept. 2009.
“Self Employment Among Older American Workers,” joint with Kevin E. Cahill and Joseph F. Quinn, (2008) U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Working Paper No. 418.
“An Update on Bridge Jobs: The HRS War Babies,” joint with Kevin E. Cahill and Joseph F. Quinn, (2007) U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Working Paper No. 407.
“Retirement Patterns from Career Employment,” joint with Kevin E. Cahill and Joseph F. Quinn, (2006) The Gerontologist.
“A Micro-level Analysis of Recent Increases in Labor Force Participation among Older Workers,” joint with Kevin E. Cahill and Joseph F. Quinn, (2006) U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Working Paper No. 400.
“Industry Competition and Total Factor Productivity Growth,” (2006) U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Working Paper No. 399.

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