| The effect of taxation on labor supply: Evaluating the Gary negative income tax experiment G Burtless, JA Hausman Journal of political Economy 86 (6), 1103-1130, 1978 | 838 | 1978 |
| Does money matter?: The effect of school resources on student achievement and adult success G Burtless Brookings Institution Press, 2011 | 757 | 2011 |
| The rise of the skilled city [with comments] EL Glaeser, A Saiz, G Burtless, WC Strange Brookings-Wharton papers on urban affairs, 47-105, 2004 | 689 | 2004 |
| International trade and the rise in earnings inequality G Burtless Journal of economic literature 33 (2), 800-816, 1995 | 537 | 1995 |
| The case for randomized field trials in economic and policy research G Burtless Journal of economic perspectives 9 (2), 63-84, 1995 | 506 | 1995 |
| The high-pressure US labor market of the 1990s LF Katz, AB Krueger, G Burtless, WT Dickens Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 1999 (1), 1-87, 1999 | 482 | 1999 |
| The decline in saving: Evidence from household surveys B Bosworth, G Burtless, J Sabelhaus, JM Poterba, LH Summers Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 1991 (1), 183-256, 1991 | 427 | 1991 |
| Five years after: The long-term effects of welfare-to-work programs D Friedlander, G Burtless Russell Sage Foundation, 1995 | 418 | 1995 |
| Social security, unanticipated benefit increases, and the timing of retirement G Burtless The Review of Economic Studies 53 (5), 781-805, 1986 | 371 | 1986 |
| Can families smooth variable earnings? S Dynarski, J Gruber, RA Moffitt, G Burtless Brookings papers on economic activity 1997 (1), 229-303, 1997 | 366 | 1997 |
| Are targeted wage subsidies harmful? Evidence from a wage voucher experiment G Burtless ILR Review 39 (1), 105-114, 1985 | 360 | 1985 |
| Demographic change, rising earnings inequality, and the distribution of personal well-being, 1959–1989 LA Karoly, G Burtless Demography 32 (3), 379-405, 1995 | 348 | 1995 |
| The effect of social security benefits on the labor supply of the aged G Burtless, R Moffitt Retirement and economic behavior, 135-171, 1984 | 332 | 1984 |
| The joint choice of retirement age and postretirement hours of work G Burtless, RA Moffitt Journal of Labor Economics 3 (2), 209-236, 1985 | 322 | 1985 |
| United States poverty in a cross-national context T Smeeding, L Rainwater, G Burtles | 318 | 2001 |
| Globaphobia: Confronting fears about open trade G Burtless, RZ Lawrence, RE Litan Brookings Institution Press, 2010 | 308 | 2010 |
| Effects of growing wage disparities and changing family composition on the US income distribution G Burtless European Economic Review 43 (4-6), 853-865, 1999 | 287 | 1999 |
| Employment prospects of welfare recipients G Burtless The work alternative: Welfare reform and the realities of the job market, 71-106, 1995 | 281 | 1995 |
| A future of lousy jobs?: the changing structure of US wages G Burtless Brookings Institution Press, 2010 | 278 | 2010 |
| Explaining recent declines in food stamp program participation [with comments] J Currie, J Grogger, G Burtless, RF Schoeni Brookings-Wharton papers on urban affairs, 203-244, 2001 | 278 | 2001 |
