Books

• Peter Edelman, Harry J. Holzer, Paul Offner. Reconnecting Disadvantaged Young Men. Washington DC: Urban Institute Press, 2006.
• Fredrik Andersson, Harry J. Holzer and Julia Lane. Moving Up or Moving On: Who Advances in the Low-Wage Labor Market?. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2005.
• Harry J. Holzer and Michael Stoll. Employers and Welfare Recipients: The Effects of Welfare Reform in the Workplace. San Francisco: Public Policy Institute of California, 2001.
• Reynolds Farley, Sheldon Danziger and Harry J. Holzer. Detroit Divided. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2000.
• Harry J. Holzer. What Employers Want: Job Prospects for Less-Educated Workers. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1996.
• Harry J. Holzer. Unemployment, Vacancies and Local Labor Markets. Kalamazoo MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 1989.

Articles in journals

• Harry J. Holzer, Steven Raphael and Michael Stoll. "Employers in the Boom: How Did the Hiring of Less-Skilled Workers Change During the 1990’s?." Review of Economics and Statistics 88.2 (2006): 283-99.
• Harry J. Holzer, Steven Raphael and Michael Stoll. "Perceived Criminality, Criminal Background Checks and the Racial Hiring Practices of Employers.." Journal of Law and Economics (2006).
• Harry J. Holzer and David Neumark . "Affirmative Action: What Do We Know?." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 25.2 (2006): 463-490.
• Harry J. Holzer, Paul Offner and Elaine Sorensen. "Declining Employment Among Young Black Less-Educated Men: The Role of Incarceration and Child Support." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 24.2 (2005).
• Harry J. Holzer, Michael Stoll and Doug Wissoker. "Job Retention and Advancement among Welfare Recipients." Social Service Review (2004).
• Harry J. Holzer and Paul Offner. "The Puzzle of Black Male Unemployment ." The Public Interest (2004).
• Harry J. Holzer, Julia Lane and Lars Vilhuber. "Escaping Low Earnings: The Role of Employer Characteristics and Changes." Industrial and Labor Relations Review (2004).
• Harry J. Holzer and Michael Stoll. "Employer Demand for Welfare Recipients by Race." Journal of Labor Economics (2003).
• Harry J. Holzer, Steven Raphael and John Quigley. "Public Transit and theSpatial Distribution of Minority Employment: Evidence from a Natural Experiment." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (2003).
• Harry J. Holzer and David Neumark. "Assessing Affirmative Action." Journal of Economic Literature (2000).
• John Bound and Harry J. Holzer. "Demand Shifts, Population Adjustments and Labor Market Outcomes During the 1980’s." Journal of Labor Economics (2000).
• Harry J. Holzer. "Will Employers Hire Welfare Recipients?." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (1999).
• Harry J. Holzer and Keith Ihlanfeldt. "Customer Discrimination and Employment Outcomes for Minority Workers ." Quarterly Journal of Economics (1998).
• Harry J. Holzer, Richard Block, Marcus Cheatham and Jack Knott. "Are Training Subsidies for Firms Effective? The Michigan Experience.." Industrial and Labor Relations Review (1993).
• John Bound and Harry J. Holzer. "Industrial Shifts, Skill Levels and the Labor Market for White and Black Males ." Review of Economics and Statistics (1993).
• Harry J. Holzer, Lawrence Katz and Alan Krueger. "Job Queues and Wages." Quarterly Journal of Economics (1991).
• Harry J. Holzer. "The Spatial Mismatch Hypothesis: What Has the Evidence Shown?." Urban Studies (1991).
• Harry J. Holzer. "Search Method Use by Unemployed Youth." Journal of Labor Economics (1988).
• Harry J. Holzer. "Informal Job Search and Black Youth Unemployment." American Economic Review (1987).

Edited books

• Harry J. Holzer and Demetra Nightingale, ed. Workforce Polcies for a Changing Economy. Washington DC: Urban Institute Press, 2006.
• Harry J. Holzer and David Neumark, ed. The Economics of Affirmative Action. London: Edward Elgar, 2004.
• Richard B. Freeman and Harry J. Holzer, ed. The Black Youth Employment Crisis. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986.