Publications

Journal Articles

• "Informality and Work Status," in Gary Fields, T.H. Gindling, Kunal Sen, Michael Danquah, and Simone Schotte, eds., Climbing the Job Ladder? Informal and Formal Work in a Dynamic Context, Oxford University Press, forthcoming.
• "Concepts of Social Mobility," in Vegard Iversen, Anirudh Krishna, and Kunal Sen, eds., Social Mobility in Developing Countries: Concepts, Methods, and Determinants, Oxford University Press, 2022.
• "Reflections on Africa’s Youth Employment Problem," Africa Economic Brief, 2021.
• "Modeling Migration Barriers in a Two-Sector Framework: A Welfare Analysis of the Hukou Reform in China," Economic Modelling, 2020.
• "Confronting Africa’s Employment Problem," in Célestin Monga, Abebe Shimeles, and Andinet Woldemichael, eds., Creating Decent Jobs: Strategies, Policies, and Instruments, African Development Bank, 2019.
• "Labor Income Share in Asia: Conceptual Issues and the Drivers," in Labor Income Share in Asia, Gary Fields, Naoyuki Yoshino, and Saumik Paul, eds., Springer, 2019.
• "Job Creation in a Multi-Sector Labor Market Model for Developing Economies," with Arnab K. Basu, Nancy H. Chau, and Ravi Kanbur, Oxford Economic Papers, January, 2019.
• "Self-Employment and Poverty in Developing Countries," IZA World of Labor, revised version, 2019.
• "Some Reflections on Dual Economy and Multi-Market Models," in Robert Lensink, Stefan Sjögren, and Clas Wihlborg, eds., Paths for Sustainable Economic Development, LS&W Press, 2017.
• "The Employment Problem in Developing Countries: A Reexamination Four Decades Later," in Machiko Nissanke and Muna Ndulo, eds., Poverty Reduction in the Course of African Development, Oxford University Press, 2017.
• Gary Fields. . Job Creation in a Multi-Sector Labor Market Model for Developing Economies, .
• Gary Fields. 2017. Cross-Sectional Versus Panel Income Approaches: Analyzing Income Distribution Changes for the Case of Mexico, Review of Income and Wealth .
• Robert Duval-Hernández, Gary Fields, George Jakubson. 2016. Cross-Sectional Versus Panel Income Approaches: Analyzing Income Distribution Changes for the Case of Mexico, Review of Income and Wealth . 
• Gary Fields. 2015. Aid, growth and jobs, African Development Review . 27(S1):5-16.
• Gary Fields, Robert Duval-Hernández, Samuel Freije, María Laura Sánchez Puerta. 2015. Earnings mobility, inequality, and economic growth in Argentina, Mexico, and Venezuela, The Journal of Economic Inequality . 13(1):103–128.
• Gary Fields. 2014. Self-Employment and Poverty in Developing Countries, IZA World of Labor . 
• Gary Fields. 2011. Labor market analysis for developing countries, Labour Economics . 18:S16–S22.
• Gary Fields. 2011. Reflections on My Immersion in India, . 
• Gary Fields. 2011. What We Know (and Want to Know) about Earnings Mobility in Developing Countries, . 
• Gary Fields. 2010. Does Income Mobility Equalize Longer-Term Incomes? New Measures of an Old Concept, Journal of Economic Inequality . 
• Gary Fields. 2010. But That Is Not What Economic Mobility Is, . 
• Gary Fields. 2010. Earning Their Way Out of Poverty: A Brief Overview, Indian Journal of Labour Economics . 
• Gary Fields, María Laura Sánchez Puerta. 2010. Earnings Mobility in Times of Growth and Decline: Argentina from 1996 to 2003, World Development . 
• Gary Fields. 2007. How Much Should We Care About Changing Income Inequality in the Course of Economic Growth?, Journal of Policy Modeling . (29):8 pp.
• Gary Fields, Ravi Kanbur. 2007. Minimum Wages and Poverty with Income-Sharing, Journal of Economic Inequality . 5(2):13 pp.
• Gary Fields. 2006. Labor Market Dualism in the Lewis Model: Reply, The Manchester School . 74(3):355-359.
• Gary Fields. 2006. Labor Markets and Economic Development, Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies . 31(2):72-85.
• Gary Fields. 2005. A Welfare Economic Analysis of Labor Market Policies in the Harris-Todaro Model, Journal of Development Economics . 76(1):127-146.
• Gary Fields. 2004. Dualism in the Labor Market: The Lewis Model after Half a Century, The Manchester School . 72(6):724-735.
• Gary Fields, Paul Cichello, Samuel Freije, Marta Menéndez, David Newhouse. 2003. Household Income Dynamics: A Four Country Story, Journal of Development Studies . 40(2):30-54.
• Gary Fields. 2003. 'Decent Work' and Development Policies, International Labour Review . 142(2):239-262.
• Gary Fields. 2003. Accounting for Income Inequality and Its Change: A New Method, with Application to the Distribution of Earnings in the United States, Research in Labor Economics . 
• Gary Fields, Paul Cichello, Samuel Freije, Marta Menéndez, David Newhouse. 2003. For Richer or For Poorer: Evidence from Indonesia, South Africa, Spain, and Venezuela, Journal of Economic Inequality . 1(1):67-99.
• Gary Fields, Jesse Leary, Efe Ok. 2002. Stochastic Dominance in Mobility Analysis, Economic Letters . 75(3):333-339.
• Paul Cichello, Gary Fields, Murray Leibbrandt. 2001. Are African Workers Getting Ahead in the New South Africa? Evidence from KwaZulu-Natal, 1993-1998, Social Dynamics . 27(1):120-139.
• Gary Fields. 2000. The Employment Problem in Korea, Journal of the Korean Economy . 
• Gary Fields. 2000. The Employment Problem in South Africa, Trade and Industry Monitor [South Africa] . 
• Gary Fields, Gyeongjoon Yoo. 2000. Falling Labor Income Inequality in Korea's Economic Growth: Patterns and Underlying Causes, Review of Income and Wealth . 46(2):139-?.
• Gary Fields. 2000. The Dynamics of Poverty, Inequality and Economic Well-Being: African Economic Growth in Comparative Perspective, Journal of African Economies . 9(supplement):45-78.
• Gary Fields, Efe A Ok. 1999. Measuring Movement of Incomes, Economica . 66(264):455-471.
• Gary Fields. 1997. Wage Floors and Unemployment: A Two Sector Analysis, Labour Economics . 4(1):85-91.
• Gary Fields, François Bourguignon. 1997. Discontinuous Losses from Poverty, Generalized Pα Measures, and Optimal Transfers to the Poor, Journal of Public Economics . 63(2):155-176.
• Gary Fields, Efe A Ok. 1996. The Meaning and Measurement of Income Mobility, Journal of Economic Theory . 71(2):349-?.
• Gary Fields. 1995. La Curva de Kuznets: Una Buena Idea Pero. . . (The Kuznets Curve: A Good Idea But . . .), Cuadernos Económicos . 
• Gary Fields. 1995. Urban Poverty in Asia, Asian Development Outlook . 
• Gary Fields. 1994. A Discussion of Social Protection and Private Insurance, Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance . 19(2):97-99.
• Gary Fields. 1994. The Migration Transition in Asia, Asian and Pacific Migration Journal . 3(1):7-30.
• Gary Fields. 1994. The Unemployment Effects of Minimum Wages, International Journal of Manpower . 15(2/3):74-?.
• Gary Fields. 1994. Changing Labor Market Conditions and Economic Development in Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan, World Bank Economic Review . 8(3):395-414.
• Gary Fields. 1994. Data for Measuring Poverty and Inequality Changes in the Developing Countries, Journal of Development Economics . 44(1):87-?.
• Gary Fields. 1993. Inequality in Dual Economy Models, The Economic Journal . 103(420):1228-1235.
• Gary Fields. 1992. Changing Poverty and Inequality in Latin America, Public Finance . 
• Gary Fields. 1992. Modern Sector Enlargement or Traditional Sector Enrichment? GNP Effects with Induced Migration, Journal of Population Economics . 5(2):101-112.
• Gary Fields, Earl L Grinols. 1991. Import Competition in the High-Wage Sector and Trade Policy Effects on Labor, Quarterly Review of Economics and Business . 
• Gary Fields, François Bourguignon. 1990. Poverty Measures and Anti-Poverty Policy, Recherches Economique de Louvain . 
• Gary Fields. 1990. Measuring Inequality Change in an Economy with Income Growth: Reply, Journal of Development Economics . 32(1):211-213.
• Gary Fields, Henry Y Wan. 1989. Wage-Setting Institutions and Economic Growth, World Development . 17(9):1471-1483.
• Gary Fields. 1989. Changes in Poverty and Inequality in Developing Countries, World Bank Research Observer . 4(2):167-185.
• Gary Fields. 1989. On-the-Job Search in a Labor Market Model: Ex Ante Choices and Ex Post Outcomes, Journal of Development Economics . 30(1):159-178.
• Gary Fields. 1988. Employment and Economic Growth in Costa Rica, World Development . 16(12):1493-1509.
• Gary Fields. 1987. Measuring Inequality Change in an Economy with Income Growth, Journal of Development Economics . 26(2):357-374.
• Gary Fields. 1986. Planning Education for Economic Development, International Journal of Development Planning Literature . 
• Gary Fields, George Jakubson. 1985. Labor Market Analysis Using the Survey of Income and Program Participation, Journal of Economic and Social Measurement . 13(3/4):281-286.
• Gary Fields, Olivia S Mitchell. 1985. Estimating the Effects of Changing Social Security Benefit Formulas, Monthly Labor Review . 108
• Gary Fields, Olivia S Mitchell. 1984. Estimating the Effects of Social Security Reforms on Retirement Ages and Retirement Incomes, Journal of Public Economics . 25(1/2):143-159.
• Gary Fields, Olivia S Mitchell. 1984. Economic Determinants of the Optimal Retirement Age: An Empirical Investigation, Journal of Human Resources . 19(2):245-262.
• Gary Fields. 1984. Employment, Income Distribution, and Economic Growth in Seven Small Open Economies, The Economic Journal . 94(373):74-83.
• Gary Fields, Olivia S Mitchell. 1984. The Economics of Retirement Behavior, Journal of Labor Economics . 2(1):84-105.
• Gary Fields. 1982. Growth and Distribution in the Market Economies of East Asia, World Politics . 35(1):150-160.
• Gary Fields. 1982. Place-to-Place Migration in Colombia, Economic Development and Cultural Change . 30(3):539-558.
• Gary Fields, T Paul Schultz. 1982. Income-Generating Functions in a Low Income Country: Colombia, Review of Income and Wealth . 28(1):71-87.
• Gary Fields. 1981. Poverty, Inequality, and Development: A Distributional Approach, Journal of Policy Modeling . 3(3):295-315.
• Gary Fields. 1980. How Segmented is the Bogotá Labor Market?, Revista Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá (Review of the Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá) . 
• Gary Fields, T Paul Schultz. 1980. Regional Inequality and Other Sources of Income Variation in Colombia, Economic Development and Cultural Change . 28(3):447-467.
• Gary Fields. 1980. Yet More on Changing Income Distribution and Economic Growth in Brazil, American Economic Review . 70(1).
• Gary Fields, Haroldo Calvo. 1979. Distributión de Ingresos Urbanos Para Colombia (Urban Income Distribution in Colombia), Ensayos ECIEL . 
• Gary Fields. 1979. Decomposing LDC Inequality, Oxford Economic Papers . 31(3):437-459.
• Gary Fields. 1979. Income Inequality in Urban Colombia: A Decomposition Analysis, Review of Income and Wealth . 25(3):327-341.
• Gary Fields. 1979. A Welfare Economic Approach to Growth and Distribution in the Dual Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics . 93(3):325-353.
• Gary Fields. 1979. Lifetime Migration in Colombia: Tests of the Expected Income Hypothesis, Population and Development Review . 5(2):247-265.
• Gary Fields. 1979. Place to Place Migration: Some New Evidence, Review of Economics and Statistics . 61(1):21-32.
• Gary Fields, John C H Fei. 1978. On Inequality Comparisons, Econometrica . 46(2):303-316.
• Gary Fields, John C H Fei. 1977. The Indexability of Ordinal Measures of Inequality, Academia Economic Papers . 
• Gary Fields. 1977. Who Benefits from Economic Development? A Re-examination of Brazilian Growth in the 1960s, American Economic Review . 67(4):570-582.
• Gary Fields. 1977. Direct Labor Market Effects of Unemployment Insurance, Industrial Relations . 16(1):1-14.
• Gary Fields. 1976. Labor Force Migration, Unemployment, and Job Turnover, Review of Economics and Statistics . 58(4):407-415.
• Gary Fields. 1975. Higher Education and Income Distribution in a Less Developed Country [Kenya], Oxford Economic Papers . 27(2):245-259.
• Gary Fields. 1975. Rural-Urban Migration, Urban Unemployment and Underemployment, and Job Search Activity in LDCs, Journal of Development Economics . 2(2):165-187.
• Gary Fields. 1974. The Private Demand for Education in Relation to Labor Market Conditions in Less Developed Countries, The Economic Journal . 84(336):906-925.
• Gary Fields. 1974. The Allocation of Resources to Education in Less Developed Countries, Journal of Public Economics . 3(2):133-143.
• Gary Fields, John S Akin, William B Neenan. 1973. A Socio-Economic Explanation of Demand for Public Goods, Public Finance Quarterly . 
• Gary Fields. 1972. Private and Social Returns to Education in Labour Surplus Economies, Eastern Africa Economic Review . 

Books

• Gary Sheldon Fields. . Employment and Development. New York: Oxford University Press, (Accepted)
• Gary Sheldon Fields, David Jaume, Guillermo Cruces, Mariana Viollaz. 2017. Growth, Employment, and Poverty in Latin America. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017. (Accepted)
• Gary Sheldon Fields. 2012. Working Hard, Working Poor: A Global Journey. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. (240)
• Gary Fields. 2009. Bottom-Line Management. Springer Verlag, 2009. 
• Gary Fields. 2006. Mobility and Inequality: Frontiers of Research from Sociology and Economics. Stanford CA, United States: Stanford University Press, 2006. Stephen Morgan, David Grusky, Gary Fields. 
• Gary Fields. 2004. Monitoring International Labor Standards. Washington, DC, United States: National Academies Press, 2004. 
• Gary Fields. 2003. Pathways Out of Poverty. Boston MA, United States: Kluwer, 2003. Gary Fields, Guy Pierre Pfeffermann. 
• Gary Fields. 2001. Distribution and Development: A New Look at the Developing World. London, Cambridge MA, United Kingdom, United States: Russell Sage Foundation, MIT Press, 2001. 
• Gary Fields. 1995. Trade and Labor Standards: A Review of the Issues. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 1995. 
• Gary Fields. 1988. Rural Labor Markets and the Economic Development of Sri Lanka. ILO, 1988. 
• Gary Fields, Olivia S Mitchell. 1984. Retirement, Pensions, and Social Security. Cambridge MA, United States: MIT Press, 1984. 
• Gary Fields. 1980. Poverty, Inequality and Development. Cambridge University Press, 1980. 

Book Chapters

• Gary Sheldon Fields. 2017. The Employment Problem in Developing Countries: A Re Examination Four Decades Later. in Poverty Reduction in the Course of African Development. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017. Machiko Nissanke. (39-56)(Accepted)
• Gary Sheldon Fields. 2014. Segmented Labor Markets in South Africa. in Oxford Companion to the Economics of South Africa. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. Haroon Bhorat, Alan Hirsch, Ravi Kanbur, and Mthuli Ncube. 
• Gary Fields, Mabel Andalón. 2013. A Labor Market Approach. in The Labor Market for Health Workers in Africa: A New Look at the Crisis. Washington DC: World Bank, 2013. Agnes Soucat, Richard M. Scheffler and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. 
• Gary Fields. 2013. Personal and Technical Reflections. in Bridging Perspectives. SEWA-WIEGO-Cornell, 2013. Namrata Bali, Martha A. Chen, and Ravi Kanbur. 
• Gary Fields. 2012. Accounting for Income Inequality and its Change: A New Method, with Applications to the Distribution of Earnings in the United States. in Research in Labor Economics. 2012. Solomon W. Polachek, Konstantinos Tatsiramos. 
• Gary Fields. 2012. Poverty and Low Earnings in the Developing World. in Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Poverty. Oxford University Press, 2012. Philip N. Jefferson. 
• Gary Fields. 2012. Povery and Low Earnings in the Developing World. in The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Poverty . Oxford University Press, 2012. 
• Gary Fields, Kaushik Basu, Shub Debgupta. 2009. Labor Retrenchment Laws and their Effect on Wages and Employment: A Theoretical Investigation. in New and Enduring Themes in Development Economics. World Scientific Publishers, 2009. Bhaskar Dutta, Tridip Ray, and E. Sommanathan. 
• Gary Fields. 2009. Segmented Labor Market Models in Developing Countries . in The Oxford handbook of philosophy of economics . Oxford University Press, 2009. (476-510 pp)
• Gary Fields, Amanda Newton Kraus. 2007. Education and Taiwan’s Changing Employment and Earnings Structures. in Labour Market Trends in Taiwan's New Knowledge Economy. 2007. Joseph Lee. 
• Gary Fields. 2007. Taiwan’s Private Sector Labor Market Prior to 1996. in Labour Market Trends in Taiwan's New Knowledge Economy. 2007. Joseph Lee. 
• Gary Fields. 2007. Understanding Taiwan's Changing Employment and Earnings Structures. in Labour Market Trends in Taiwan's New Knowledge Economy. 2007. Joseph Lee. 
• Gary Fields, Valentino Dardanoni, John E Roemer, María Laura Sánchez Puerta. 2006. How Demanding Should Equality of Opportunity Be, and How Much Have We Achieved?. in Mobility and Inequality: Frontiers of Research from Sociology and Economics. Stanford CA, United States: Stanford University Press, 2006. Stephen Morgan, David Grusky, Gary Fields. 
• Gary Fields. 2006. Should Poverty and Inequality Measures Be Combined?. in Poverty, Inequality and Development: Essays in Honor of Erik Thorbecke. New York NY, United States: Springer, 2006. Alain De Janvry, S M Ravi Kanbur. 
• Gary Fields, Sergei Soares. 2004. The Microeconomics of Changing Income Distribution in Malaysia. in Microeconomics of Income Distribution in East Asia and Latin America. Washington, DC, United States: Inter-American Development Bank, 2004. François Bourguignon, Francisco Ferreira, Nora Lustig. 
• Gary Fields, Paul Cichello, Samuel Freije, Marta Menéndez, David Newhouse. 2003. Escaping from Poverty: New Evidence on Household Income Dynamics. in Pathways Out of Poverty. Kluwer, 2003. Gary Fields, Guy Pierre Pfeffermann. 
• Gary Fields. 2003. International Labor Standards and Decent Work: Perspectives from the Developing World. in International Labor Standards: Globalization, Trade and Public Policy. Stanford CA, United States: Stanford University Press, 2003. Robert Flanagan, William Gould. 
• Gary Fields, Walter S Bagg. 2003. Long-Term Economic Mobility and the Private Sector in Developing Countries. in Pathways Out of Poverty. Boston MA, United States: Kluwer, 2003. Gary Fields, Guy Pierre Pfeffermann. 
• Gary Fields. 2003. The Employment Problem in South Africa: From Cointegration to Mr. Isaacs. in Q-Squared: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Poverty Appraisal. Delhi: Permanent Black, 2003. Ravi Kanbur. 
• Gary Fields. 2001. The Potential Role of an Employment Guarantee Scheme in Korea's Social Safety Net. in Labor Market Reforms in Korea: Policy Options for the Future. Washington, DC; Seoul, United States, Korea: World Bank, Korea Labor Institute, 2001. Fun-Koo Park, Young-Bum Park, Gordon Betcherman, Amit Dar. 
• Gary Fields. 2000. Income Mobility: Concepts and Measures. in New Markets, New Opportunities? Economic and Social Mobility in a Changing World. Washington, DC, United States: Brookings Instiution, Carnegie Endowment, 2000. Nancy Birdsall, Carol Graham. 
• Gary Fields, Jennifer O'Hara Mitchell. 1999. Changing Income Inequality in Taiwan: A Decomposition Analysis. in Development, Duality, and the International Regime: Essays in Honor of Gustav Ranis. Ann Arbor MI, United States: University of Michigan Press, 1999. T N Srinivasan, Gary Saxonhouse. 
• Gary Fields, Jesse B Leary. 1999. Economic and Demographic Aspects of Taiwan's Rising Family Income Inequality. in The Economics and Political Economy of Development in Taiwan into the 21st Century. Edward Elgar, 1999. Gustav Ranis, Sheng-Cheng Hu, Yun-Peng Chu. 
• Gary Fields, Efe Ok. 1999. The Measurement of Income Mobility: An Introduction to the Literature. in Handbook of Income Inequality Measurement. Kluwer Academic Publishing, 1999. Jacques Silber. 
• Gary Fields. 1999. The Role of Labor Standards in U.S. Trade Policies. in Social Dimensions of U.S. Trade Policies. Ann Arbor MI, United States: University of Michigan Press, 1999. Alan V. Deardorff, Robert M. Stern. 
• Gary Fields. 1998. Do Inequality Measures Measure Inequality?. in The Distribution of Welfare and Household Production: International Perspectives. New York NY, United States: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Stephen Jenkins, Arie Kapteyn, Bernard M S van Praag. 
• Gary Fields. 1998. Employment Generation and Poverty Alleviation in Developing Economies. in Growth and Competition in the New Global Economy. OECD, 1998. Ulrich Hiemenz. 
• Gary Fields. 1994. Income Distribution in Developing Economies: Conceptual, Data, and Policy Issues in Broad-Based Growth. in Critical Issues in Asian Development: Theories, Experiences, and Policies. Oxford University Press, 1994. M G Quibria. 
• Gary Fields. 1994. Labor Institutions and Economic Development: A Conceptual Framework with Reference to Asia. in Workers, Institutions, and Economic Growth in Asia. International Institute for Labour Studies, 1994. Gerry B Rodgers. 
• Gary Fields. 1993. Poverty Changes in the Developing Countries. in Poverty Monitoring: An International Concern. International Labour Office, 1993. Richard Anker, Rolph van der Hoeven. 
• Gary Fields, Olivia S Mitchell. 1993. Reforming Social Security and Social Safety Net Programs in Developing Countries. in Development Issues, 47th Meeting. World Bank, 1993. 
• Gary Fields. 1992. Living Standards, Labor Markets, and Human Resources in Taiwan. in Taiwan: From Developing to Mature Economy. Boulder CO, United States: Westview Press, 1992. Gustav Ranis. 
• Gary Fields. 1991. Growth and Income Distribution. in Essays on Poverty, Equity, and Growth. New York NY, United States: Pergamon, 1991. George Psacharopoulos. 
• Gary Fields. 1990. Labor Market Modeling and the Urban Informal Sector: Theory and Evidence. in The Informal Sector Revisited. OECD, 1990. David Turnham, Bernard Salomé, Antoine Schwarz. 
• Gary Fields. 1989. The Impact of Government Policies on Urban Employment in Small Economies. in Fighting Urban Unemployment in Developing Countries. OECD, 1989. Bernard Salomé. 
• Gary Fields. 1988. Income Distribution and Economic Growth. in The State of Development Economics. New York NY, United States: Basil Blackwell, 1988. Gustav Ranis, T Paul Schultz. 
• Gary Fields. 1988. Trade Strategies and the Poor: Adjusting to New Realities. in Policy Reform and Equity. San Francisco CA, United States: ICS Press, 1988. Elliot Berg. 
• Gary Fields. 1987. Public Policy and the Labor Market in Developing Countries. in The Theory of Taxation for Developing Countries. New York NY, United States: Oxford University Press, 1987. David Newbery, Nicholas Stern. 
• Gary Fields, Olivia S Mitchell. 1987. Restructuring Social Security: How Will Retirement Ages Respond?. in The Problem Isn't Age: Work and Older Americans. Praeger, 1987. Steven Sandell. 
• Gary Fields. 1985. Industrialization and Employment in Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan. in Foreign Trade and Investment: The Newly-Industrializing Asian Countries. Madison WI, United States: University of Wisconsin Press, 1985. Walter Galenson. 
• Gary Fields, Olivia S Mitchell. 1985. Rewards for Continued Work: The Economic Incentives for Postponing Retirement. in Horizontal Equity, Uncertainty and Economic Well-Being. National Bureau of Economic Research, 1985. Martin David, Timothy Smeeding. 
• Gary Fields. 1984. The Inverted-U Hypothesis. in Leading Issues in Economic Development. New York NY, United States: Oxford University Press, 1984. Gerald M Meier. 
• Gary Fields. 1982. Educational Progress and Commitment. in Education and Development. Lexington MA, United States: Heath Lexington, 1982. Lascelles Anderson, Douglas M Windham. 
• Gary Fields, Olivia S Mitchell. 1982. The Effects of Pensions and Earnings on Retirement: A Review Essay. in Research in Labor Economics. JAI Press, 1982. Ronald G Ehrenberg. 
• Gary Fields. 1980. Assessing Progress Toward Greater Equality of Income Distribution. in Third World Poverty. Lexington MA, United States: Lexington Books, 1980. William McGreevey. 
• Gary Fields. 1980. Education and Income Distribution in Developing Countries: A Review of the Literature. in Education and Income. Washington, DC, United States: World Bank, 1980. Timothy King. 
• Gary Fields. . Poverty, Inequality, and Development: Alleviation or Exacerbation?. in Distribution, Poverty, and Development. Haroldo Calvo. 
• Gary Fields. 1977. Education and Economic Mobility in Colombia. in Economics of Education. 1977. Maria Cristina de Ferro. 
• Gary Fields. 1974. Private Returns and Social Equity in the Financing of Higher Education [in Kenya]. in Education, Society, and Development: New Perspectives from Kenya. Nairobi: Oxford University Press, 1974. David Court, Dharam Ghai. 
• Gary Fields. 1973. Toward a Model of Education and Employment in Labour Surplus Economies. in Employment Creation in Developing Countries. London, United Kingdom: Praeger, 1973. Karl Wohlmuth. 

Book Sections

• Gary Fields. 2007. Excerpts from Bottom-Line Management. 2007. (14 pp)

Book Reviews

• Gary Fields. 2016. Review of Economic Mobility and the Rise of the Latin American Middle Class by Francisco H.G. Ferreira, Julian Messina, Jamele Rigolini, Luis-Felipe López-Calva, Maria Ana Lugo, and Renos Vakis. Journal of Economic Inequality, 2016. 
• Gary Fields. 2016. Review of The Globalization of Inequality by François Bourguignon. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2016. 
• Gary Fields. 2012. Review of Debates on the Measurement of Global Poverty, edited by Sudhir Anand, Paul Segal, and Joseph E. Stiglitz. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2012. 
• Gary Fields. 2010. Review of The Challenge of Employment in India: An Informal Economy Perspective by the National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector. The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 2010. 
• Gary Fields. 2008. Review of Globalization and Poverty. in International Review of Economics and Finance. 2008. (671-672)
• Gary Fields. 2005. Review of Personnel Economics. in Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 2005. (667-668)
• Gary Fields. 2005. Review of 'Jobs and Incomes in a Globalizing World' by Ajit Ghose. in Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations. 2005. (180-181)
• Gary Fields. 2003. Review of 'Labor Regulation in a Global Economy' by George Tsogas. in Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 2003. (360-?)
• Gary Fields. 2001. Review of 'Forecasting Retirement Needs and Retirement Wealth'. in Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 2001. (378-?)
• Gary Fields. 2000. Review of 'Successes in Anti-Poverty' by Michael Lipton. in Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 2000. (716-717)
• Gary Fields. 2000. Review of 'Income Distribution and High-Quality Growth' by Vito Tanzi and Ke-Young Chu. in Review of International Economics. 2000. (175-176)
• Gary Fields. 1996. Review of 'Private Pension Policies in Industrialized Countries: A Comparative Analysis' by John Turner and Noriyasu Watanabe. in Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 1996. (768-769)
• Gary Fields. 1996. Review of 'International Labor Standards and Economic Interdependence' by Werner Sengenberger and Duncan Campbell. in Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 1996. (571-572)
• Gary Fields. 1995. Review of 'Employment and Development: A New Review of Evidence' by David Turnham. in Journal of Development Economics. 1995. (497-502)
• Gary Fields. 1994. Review of 'Growth with Equity' by Martin Neil Baily, Gary Burtless, and Robert E. Litan. in Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 1994. (722-724)
• Gary Fields. 1993. Review of 'The Four Little Dragons' by Ezra F. Vogel. in Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 1993. (599)
• Gary Fields. 1992. Review of 'The Balance Between Industry and Agriculture in Economic Development: Volume 3' by Sukhamoy Chakravarty. in Journal of Development Economics. 1992. (409-420)
• Gary Fields. 1992. Review of 'Income Distribution in Less Developed Countries' by R. M. Sundrum. in Journal of Economic Literature. 1992. (1542-1543)
• Gary Fields. 1992. Review of 'Urban Labour Market Structure and Job Access in India: A Study of Coimbatore' by John Harriss, K. P. Kannan, and Gerry Rodgers. in Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 1992. (616-617)
• Gary Fields. 1992. Review of 'The Distribution and Redistribution of Income' by Peter Lambert. in Journal of Economic Literature. 1992. (188-189)
• Gary Fields. 1990. Review of 'Beneath the Miracle: Labor Subordination in the New Asian Industrialism' by Frederic C. Deyo. in Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 1990. (661)
• Gary Fields. 1990. Review of 'Bridging the Gap: Four Newly-Industrializing Countries and the Changing International Division of Labour' by Gijsbert van Liemt. in Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 1990. (338-339)
• Gary Fields. 1988. Review of 'Social Security: A Critique of Radical Reform Proposals' by Charles W. Meyer, ed.. in Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 1988. (470)
• Gary Fields. 1986. Review of 'Resources, Values and Development' by Amartya Sen. in Journal of Economic Literature. 1986. (1804-1806)
• Gary Fields. 1986. Review of 'Income Distribution and Economic Development: An Analytical Survey' by J. Lecaillon, F. Paukert, C. Morrisson and D. Germidis. in Journal of Development Economics. 1986. 
• Gary Fields. 1986. Review of 'Technology Choice and Employment Generation by Multinational Corporations in Developing Countries' by the International Labour Office. in Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 1986. (609)
• Gary Fields. 1983. Review of 'Income Distribution, Structure of Economy and Employment' by Felix Paukert, Jiri Skolka, and Jef Maton. in Journal of Comparative Economics. 1983. (191-192)
• Gary Fields. 1983. Review of 'Retirement Income Opportunities in an Aging America: Income Levels and Adequacy' by Employee Benefit Research Institute. in Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 1983. (313-314)
• Gary Fields. 1980. Review of 'Studies of Urban Labor Market Behavior in Developing Areas' by Subbiah Kannappan, ed.. in Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 1980. (278)

Conference Proceedings

• Gary Fields. 1990. Labor Standards, Economic Development, and International Trade: Links Between the Newly Industrialized Economies and the U.S.. in Labor Standards and Development in the Global Economy. Washington, DC, United States: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1990. Stephen Herzenberg, Jorge F Perez-Lopez. 
• Gary Fields, Olivia S Mitchell. 1985. Effects of Social Security Reforms: An Empirical Life Cycle Model for the United States. in Proceedings of the International Population Congress. Florence: 1985. International Union for the Scientific Study of Population. 
• Gary Fields. 1979. On Labor Market Segmentation. in Proceedings of the Conference on Economic and Demographic Change: Issues for the 1980's. Liège, Belgium: International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, 1979. 

Selected Works

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Honors and Awards

• IZA Prize in Labor Economics, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). 2014
• General Mills Foundation Award for Exemplary Graduate Teaching, Cornell. 2013
• General Mills Foundation Award for Exemplary Graduate Teaching, Cornell. 2009
• General Mills Foundation Award for Exemplary Graduate Teaching, Cornell. 2004