In 1990, one in five U.S. workers were aged over 50 years whereas today it is one in three. One possible explanation for this is that occupations have become more accommodating to the preferences of older workers. We explore this by constructing an "age-friendliness" index for occupations. We...

Introduction / Barry R. Chiswick -- Migrants to America since 1986 / David M. Reimers -- Immigrant skill transferability and the propensity to invest in human capital / Harriet O. Duleep -- Modeling immigrants language skills / Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller -- Green cards and the location...

This book addresses the educational, occupational, and income progress of Jews in the American labor market. Using theoretical and statistical findings, it compares the experience of American Jews with that of other Americans, from the middle of the 19th century through the 20th and into the...