Related Materials and Coverage

Wiltshire, J.C., Forthcoming. “allsynth: (Stacked) Synthetic Control Bias-Correction Utilities for Stata.” The Stata Journal

• PDF Working Paper

Installation (V1.32): Open Stata and type

ssc install allsynth, replace all

Crosswalks from ‘County Groups’ to Counties for the 1970 and 1980 U.S. Decennial Census Metro Samples

DOWNLOAD CROSSWALKS

• 1970 Census county groups to 1970 counties: [csv] [dta]

• 1980 Census county groups (metro 1% sample) to 1970 counties: [csv] [dta]

Wiltshire, J.C., McPherson, C., Reich, M., and Sosinskiy, D., Forthcoming. “Minimum Wage Effects and Monopsony Explanations.” Journal of Labor Economics

Related Materials

• Online Appendix

• Policy Brief (with The Washington Center for Equitable Growth)

Coverage

• Congressional Budget Office, The Michigan Senate and House Labor Committees, the Connecticut Joint Committee on Labor and Public Employees, New York Magazine, CNN Business, Common Dreams, Pitchfork Economics Podcast, Social Society

Orlova, N., Rury, D., and Wiltshire, J.C., 2026. “Lifting the Cap on Non-Resident University Enrollment: Evidence from Wisconsin.” Empirical Economics 70 (46): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-025-02878-y

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• Online Appendix

• Replication Package

• Earlier Version: Annenberg Institute @ Brown University EdWorkingPaper No. 23-840

Peri, G., Rury, D., and Wiltshire, J.C., 2024. “The Economic Impact of Migrants from Hurricane Maria.” Journal of Human Resources 59 (6): 1795-1829

COVERAGE

• USA TODAY; The NBER Digest (No. 11, November 2020); Hutchins Roundup (Brookings); The Weeds (Vox)

RELATED MATERIALS

• Online Appendix

• Replication Package

• Op-Ed in the Orlando Sentinel (with Derek Rury)

• Earlier Version: NBER Working Paper 27718

Walmart Supercenters and Monopsony Power: How a Large, Low-Wage Employer Impacts Local Labor Markets

COVERAGE

• US Congressional Joint Economic Committee testimony; US House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth testimony; Public Seminar; Daily Kos

RELATED MATERIALS

• Summary Poster (Outstanding Poster Award, 14th All California Labor Economics Conference)

• Policy Brief on monopsony power in the U.S. retail sector (with The Washington Center for Equitable Growth)

• Earlier version: The Washington Center for Equitable Growth Working Paper 012822