Even before the Great Recession, U.S. employment growth was unimpressive. Between 2000 and 2007, the economy gave back … the considerable gains in employment rates it had achieved during the 1990s, with major contractions in manufacturing … employment being a prime contributor to the slump. The U.S. employment "sag" of the 2000s is widely recognized but poorly …

(TFP) that are common across countries. We find that automation displaces employment and reduces labor's share of value …-added in the industries in which it originates (a direct effect). In the case of employment, these own-industry losses are … employment across industries and the aggregate fall in the labor share over the last three decades. It does not, however, explain …

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

less skilled and their employment responses to adverse employment shocks. Following program liberalization in 1984, DI …

Theory predicts that mandated employment protections may reduce productivity by distorting production choices. Firms … Business Database, our estimates suggest that wrongful-discharge protections reduce employment flows and firm entry rates … mandated employment protections reduce productive efficiency as theory would suggest. However, our analysis also presents some …

-level and technology class-level patent production. Accompanying this fall in innovation, global employment, sales …