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Inequality and specialization : the growth of low-skill service jobs in the United States

Autor, David H.; Dorn, David - 2009

After a decade in which wages and employment fell precipitously in low-skill occupations and expanded in high …-skill occupations, the shape of U.S. earnings and job growth sharply polarized in the 1990s. Employment shares and relative earnings … rose in both low and high-skill jobs, leading to a distinct U-shaped relationship between skill levels and employment and …

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Import competition and the great US employment sag of the 2000s

Acemoglu, Daron; Autor, David H.; Dorn, David; Hanson, … - 2015

Even before the Great Recession, U.S. employment growth was unimpressive. Between 2000 and 2007, the economy gave back … the considerable employment gains achieved during the 1990s, with a historic contraction in manufacturing employment being … force behind both recent reductions in U.S. manufacturing employment and - through input-output linkages and other general …

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Migraine headache and labor market outcomes

Rees, Daniel I.; Sabia, Joseph J. - 2012

While migraine headache can be physically debilitating, no study has attempted to estimate its effects on labor market outcomes. Using data drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we estimate the effect of migraine headache on labor force participation, hours worked, and...

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Return of the Solow paradox? : IT, productivity, and employment in US manufacturing

Acemoglu, Daron; Autor, David H.; Dorn, David; Hanson, … - 2014

, when detectable, result from the even faster declines in employment. …

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When work disappears : manufacturing decline and the falling marriage-market value of young men

Autor, David H.; Dorn, David; Hanson, Gordon H. - 2018

, fertility and children's living circumstances during 1990-2014. On average, trade shocks differentially reduce employment and …

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Medical marijuana laws and teen marijuana use

Anderson, D. Mark; Hansen, Benjamin; Rees, Daniel I. - 2012

While at least a dozen state legislatures are considering bills to allow the consumption of marijuana for medicinal purposes, the federal government has recently intensified its efforts to close medical marijuana dispensaries. Federal officials contend that the legalization of medical marijuana...

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High on life? : medical marijuana laws and suicide

Anderson, D. Mark; Rees, Daniel I.; Sabia, Joseph J. - 2012

Using state-level data for the period 1990 through 2007, we estimate the effect of legalizing medical marijuana on suicide rates. Our results suggest that the passage of a medical marijuana law is associated with an almost 5 percent reduction in the total suicide rate, an 11 percent reduction in...

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The kid's speech : the effect of stuttering on human capital acquisition

Rees, Daniel I.; Sabia, Joseph J. - 2011

A number of studies have shown that childhood speech impairments such as stuttering are associated with lower test scores and educational attainment. However, it is unclear whether this result is causal in nature or whether it can be explained by difficult-to-measure heterogeneity at the...

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Cigarette taxes and youth smoking : updated estimates using YRBS data

Hansen, Benjamin; Sabia, Joseph J.; Rees, Daniel I. - 2015

Using data from the state and national Youth Risk Behavior Surveys for the period 1991-2005, Carpenter and Cook (2008) found a strong, negative relationship between cigarette taxes and youth smoking. We revisit this relationship using four additional waves of YRBS data (2007, 2009, 2011, and...

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Untangling trade and technology : evidence from local labor markets

Autor, David H.; Dorn, David; Hanson, Gordon H. - 2013

We juxtapose the effects of trade and technology on employment in U.S. local labor markets between 1990 and 2007. Labor … employment, particularly in manufacturing and among non-college workers. Labor markets susceptible to computerization due to …-manufacturing but no net employment decline. Trade impacts rise in the 2000s as imports accelerate, while the effect of technology …

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