Peter T. Gottschalk
Professor of Economics
Boston College
Background
Peter Gottschalk is a Professor of Economics in the School of Arts and Sciences at Boston College. His research interests cover Labor Economics and Human Resource Economics. Professor Gottschalk teaches Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics, and Poverty and Discrimination. During the past decade, Peter Gottschalk has twice served as a Visiting Scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation-in the fall of 1993 and in the fall of 1996. Before joining Boston College in 1987, he was, successively, Associate Professor of Economics, Professor of Economics and Chairperson for ten years at Bowdoin College.
Dr. Gottschalk earned his B.A. in Economics from the George Washington University and his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.
Research Projects for the Center for Retirement Research
Completed
"Validation Study of Earnings Data in the SIPP - Do Older Workers Have Larger Measurement Error?" (with Minh Huynh), Working Paper, #2005-07, May 2005
"Changes in the Distribution of Long-Run Earnings and Retirement Incomes - Have Recent Cohorts Fallen Behind?" (with Minh Huynh), Working Paper, #2005-02, January 2005
"Interim Report on the Impact of Increasing Earnings Inequality on Retirement Decisions and the Distribution of Social Security Benefits" (with Minh Huynh), Working Paper, #1999-05, November 1999
Selected Publications
- Gottschalk, Peter and Sheldon Danziger. 1995. America Unequal. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
- Gottschalk, Peter and Rachel Connelly. 1995. "The Effect of Cohort Composition on Human Capital Accumulation Across Generations." Journal of Labor Economics (January).
- Gottschalk, Peter and Mary Joyce. "Cross-National Differences in the Rise in Earnings Inequality-Market and Institutional Forces." Review of Economics and Statistics 80(4): 489-502.
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