I am a Professor of Sociology at Washington University-St. Louis.  I received my Ph.D. in Sociology from Princeton University in 2007.   The central focus of my research is on the causes of economic inequality in the U.S. and other post-industrial economies.  I am primarily interested in the determinants of wages and salaries, and how these vary across time and place.  

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Books:

• You're Paid What You're Worth and Other Myths of the Modern Economy available for order.
• Interviewed by Noam Scheiber for the story, "Mandatory Meetings Reveal Amazon's Approach to Resisting Unions," New York Times​, March 24, 2022.
• Featured on the Wall Street Journal podcast "As We Work," March 15, 2022.
• John Oliver featured my research on his November 15, 2021 program on union busting.
• Interviewed by Meghan McCarty Carino for the story, "Disney Faces Pay-Secrecy Complaint in Lawsuit," NPR's Marketplace, March 19, 2021.
• Published "Paying Workers Based on Performance is Harder Than It Looks," The Wall Street Journal, March 17, 2021.
• Published "Five Myths About Compensation,"  Washington Post, March 14, 2021, p. B3.​