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Computing Inequality : Have Computers Changed the Labor Market?

Autor, David H. - 2007

This paper examines the effect of technological change and other factors on the relative demand for workers with different education levels and on the recent growth of U.S. educational wage differentials. A simple supply-demand framework is used to interpret changes in the relative quantities,...

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A Comparative Analysis of East and West German Labor Markets : Before and after Unification

Krueger, Alan B. - 2009

In 1988, the wage distribution in East Germany was much more compressed than in West Germany or the U.S. Since the … collapse of Communism and unification with West Germany, however, the wage structure in eastern Germany has changed … Germany, individual variation in wage growth is similar to typical western levels. The wage structure of former East Germans …

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Labor Market Shifts and the Price Puzzle Revisited

Krueger, Alan B. - 2021

This paper examines the relationship between price growth and skill intensity across 150 manufacturing industries between 1989 and 1995. There are two main findings. First, wage growth and intermediate goods price increases are passed through to final product prices roughly in proportion to...

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Analyzing the Extent and Influence of Occupational Licensing on the Labor Market

Kleiner, Morris M. - 2009

This study examines the extent and influence of occupational licensing in the U.S. using a specially designed national labor force survey. Specifically, we provide new ways of measuring occupational licensing and consider what types of regulatory requirements and what level of government...

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The Prevalence and Effects of Occupational Licensing

Kleiner, Morris M. - 2010

This study provides the first nation-wide analysis of the labor market implications of occupational licensing for the U.S. labor market, using data from a specially designed Gallup survey. We find that in 2006, 29 percent of the workforce was required to hold an occupational license from a...

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The Effect of Social Security on Labor Supply : A Cohort Analysis of the Notch Generation

Krueger, Alan B.; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2021

This paper uses aggregate birth year/calendar year level data derived from the Current Population Survey (CPS) to estimate the effect of Social Security wealth on the labor supply of older men in the 1970s and 1980s. The analysis focuses on the 1977 amendments to the Social Security Act t which...

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The Effect of the New Minimum Wage Law in a Low-Wage Labor Market

Katz, Lawrence F.; Krueger, Alan B. - 2021

After nearly a decade without change, legislation that affected the Federal minimum wage in two significant ways took effect on April 1, 1990: (1) the hourly minimum wage was increased from $3.35 to $3.80; and (2) employers were enabled to pay a subminimum wage to teenage workers for up to six...

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Theory and Evidence on Employer Collusion in the Franchise Sector

Krueger, Alan B. - 2018

In this paper we study the role of covenants in franchise contracts that restrict the recruitment and hiring of employees from other units within the same franchise chain in suppressing competition for workers. Based on an analysis of 2016 Franchise Disclosure Documents, we find that...

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Minimum Wages and Employment : A Case Study of the Fast Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania

Card, David; Krueger, Alan B. - 2021

On April 1, 1992 New Jersey's minimum wage increased from $4.25 to $5.05 per hour. To evaluate the impact of the law we surveyed 410 fast food restaurants in New Jersey and Pennsylvania before and after the rise in the minimum. Comparisons of the changes in wages, employment, and prices at...

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Labor Market Effects of School Quality : Theory and Evidence

Card, David; Krueger, Alan B. - 2021

This paper presents an overview and interpretation of the literature relating school quality to students' subsequent labor market success. We begin with a simple theoretical model that describes the determination of schooling and earnings with varying school quality. A key insight of the model...

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