Peter Brummund

Associate Professor of Economics
Department of Economics, Finance, and Legal Studies
Culverhouse College of Business
University of Alabama
253 Alston Hall
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
+1 607.592.8422
pbrummund@ua.edu

Research

Publications

• Labor Market Monopsony and Local Clubs: Evidence from Indonesia
  with Michael D. Makowsky
  Journal of Economics and Behavior, Vol. 241(1) 2026.
  IZA Discussion Paper No. 16999

• The Importance of Specification Choices When Analyzing Sectoral Productivity Gaps
  with Joshua D. Merfeld
  Agricultural Economics , Vol. 53(4) 2022: 605-16.
  IZA Discussion Paper No. 14864

• Should Farmers Farm More? Comparing Marginal Products within Malawian Households
  with Joshua D. Merfeld
  Agricultural Economics , Vol. 53(2) 2022: 289-306.
  IZA Discussion Paper No. 14703

• Is There Still Son Preference in the United States?
  with Francine D. Blau, Lawrence M. Kahn, Jason Cook, and Miriam Larson-Koester
  Journal of Population Economics, 33(3) July 2020: 709-50.
  NBER Working Paper No. 23816
  Media Coverage: New York Times

• Asymmetric Non-Separation and Rural Labor Markets
  with Brian Dillon and Germano Mwabu
  Journal of Development Economics, 139 June 2019: 78-96.
  Earlier working paper version: GLM-LIC Working Paper No. 31

• Does Employment Respond Differently to Minimum Wage Increases in the Presence of Inflation Indexing
  with Michael R. Strain
  Journal of Human Resources, 55(3) Summer 2020: 999-1024.
  Earlier working paper version: AEI Economics Working Paper 2016-06

• Who Creates Stable Jobs? Evidence from Brazil
  with Laura Connolly
  Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 81(3) June 2019: 540-63.
  IZA Discussion Paper No. 12009

• Job Quality and Poverty in Latin America
  with Christopher Mann and Carlos Rodriguez-Castelan
  Review of Development Economics, 22(4) November 2018: 1682-1708.
  World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7927

• Trends in Occupational Segregation by Gender 1970 - 2009: Adjusting for the Impact of Changes in the Occupational Coding System
  with Francine D. Blau and Albert Yung-Hsu Liu
  Demography, 50(2) April 2013: 471-92.
  NBER Working Paper No. 17993
  IZA Discussion Paper No. 6490

Working Papers

• Labour Market Power and Self-Employment Around the World
  with Francesco Amodio, Emanuele Brancati, Nicolas de Roux, and Michele Di Maio
  Revision requested at The Economic Journal
  IZA Discussion Paper No. 16823

• How Do Restaurants Pay For the Minimum Wage?

• Labor Market Reallocation and Trade with China: The Case of Brazil
  with Laura Connolly

Research In Progress

• Wage Contracts and Labor Market Dynamism: Evidence from Brazil
  

• Do Cultural Roots Create Monopsony Power in US Labor Markets?
  with Michael D. Makowsky

• The Impact of Labor Market Programs on the Perception of Local Labor Market Opportunities
  with Michael K. Price

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