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Productivity Research and Program Development
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Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia, Ph.D.
Research Economist, Division of Productivity Research and Program Development
| Contact Information |  (202) 691-5614 E-mail |
| Fields of Interest | Labor economics; hours measurement; economics of technological change; self-employment; study of work-life balance; time use research; effects of child gender on parental time allocation; school to work transition; economics of education. |
| Education |
Ph.D., Economics, University of Washington, 2001 |
| Professional Experience |
Research Economist, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2001-present |
Selected Publications and Working Papers
- “Telework, Wages, and Time Use in the United States” (with Victoria Vernon), forthcoming in Review of Economics of the Household. Working Paper version.
- “Telework and Time Use” (with Victoria Vernon), IZA Discussion Paper 14827, forthcoming in Handbook of Labor, Human Resources, and Population Economics.
- “Chaos Before Order: Productivity Patterns in U.S. Manufacturing”, (with Cindy Cunningham, Jay Stewart, Lucia Foster, Cheryl Grim, John Haltiwanger, and Zoltan Wolf). International Productivity Monitor 41, Fall 2021, 138-152.
- “Impacts of COVID-19 on the Self-employed” (with Charlene Kalenkoski), Small Business Economics, 58: 741–768. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-021-00522-4.
- Covid-19 shutdowns and the self-employed (with Charlene Kalenkoski)
- “Telework and Time Use in the United States” (with Victoria Vernon) IZA Discussion Paper No. 13260
- “Knowledge Capital and U.S. State-level Differences in Labor Productivity” (with Susan Fleck) Presented at NBER-CRIW in July 2020 and 2020 ASSA meetings
- “BLS Publishes Experimental State-level Labor Productivity Measures” Monthly Labor Review (2019)
- “Snooze or Lose: High School Start Times and Academic Achievement” Economics of Education Review (2019)
- “Teenagers' Risky Health Behaviors and Time Use During the Great Recession” Review of Economics of the Household (2017)
- “What Effects do Macroeconomic Conditions Have on the Time Couples With Children Spend Together?” (with Melinda Sandler Morrill) Review of Economics of the Household (2015)
- “Single Mother’s Time Preference, Smoking, and Enriching Childcare: Evidence from Time Diaries” (with Younghwan Song) Eastern Economic Journal (2013)
- “Time to Work or Time to Play:The Effect of Student Employment on Homework, Sleep, and Screen Time” (with Charlene Kalenkoski) Labour Economics (2012)
- “Bringing Work Home: Implications for BLS Productivity Measures” (with Lucy Eldridge) Monthly Labor Review (December 2010)
- “Parental Transfers, Student Achievement, and the Labor Supply of College Students” (with Charlene Kalenkoski) Journal of Population Economics (2010)
- “Are Those Who Bring Work Home Really Working Longer Hours? Implications for BLS Productivity Measures” (with Lucy Eldridge). In Productivity Measurement and Analysis: Proceedings from OECD workshops, Julien Dupont and Pierre Sollberger (Eds.), Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 2008, pp 179-209.
- “Which Workers Gain Upon Adopting a Computer?” (with Cindy Zoghi) Canadian Journal of Economics (2007)
- “The Effect of Child Gender on Parents’ Labor Supply: An Examination of Natives, Immigrants, and their Children”(with Jennifer Ward-Batts) American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings (2007)