Job polarization has existed before, during, and since the Great Recession.

The actual gender wage disparity (which compares the wages of male and female workers with similar labor-force characteristics) is lower than the raw gender earnings gap.

Although similar in many ways, subprime hybrids were really different from prime hybrids.

Longer benefits may reduce unemployed workers’ job search efforts, decreasing their likelihood of becoming reemployed.

Large firms have been creating a significantly higher fraction of jobs since the Great Recession.