This paper examines how a metropolitan area's job growth affects its income distribution. The research uses annual … metropolitan job growth increases real family income in the lowest income quintile by a significantly greater percentage than for … the average family. Metropolitan job growth also increases the value of property owned by upper income quintiles, but …

: service workers and highly-skilled blue-collar workers. Seventy percent of employers who had job vacancies for service workers …

great American job machine. But while aggregate employment increased rapidly during the 1980's, many did not benefit from … sharply. Moreover, although job growth was high, many argued that the quality of American jobs as measured by wages, benefits …, and job security deteriorated. The decline of jobs in the high-paying manufacturing sector and the growth of jobs in the …

-level salaries, and find that these elasticities decline with seniority. The evidence both provides an explanation of faculty salary …

earn higher wages and have greater job security. Employers with more productive workers will be more competitive in their … economic benefits is that a more literate worker will be more productive on the job. Were that not the case, the economic …

time of the March interview. The estimates suggest that the wages of last year's job affect current employment and earnings …, but the effects of wages are more modest than might be expected. The industry and occupation of last year's job make a …-wage jobs or jobs in industries such as hospitals or educational services. wages of last year's job affect current employment …