A recent study by Haworth, Long, and Rasmussen (1978) developed the monopoly hypothesis and presented supporting empirical evidence that suggest the Gini measure of total income inequality rises with urban size and growth. This study extends the monopoly hypothesis to apply to the inequality in...

In this study unique measures of underemployment are used to investigate the impact of the service sector on underemployment in a cross-sectional, multivariate analysis of large metropolitan areas in the United States. Underemployment is measured by the inability of labour market participants to...

The authors analyze data from the 1988 CPS Displaced Workers Survey to assess the effects of written advance notice of plant closings on post-displacement employment and earnings. The results suggest that notification was effective in reducing reemployment earnings losses and the probability of...

This paper examines the relationship between the skill structure of states’ manufacturing sectors and technological change. Various measures of technological change are utilized including private and public R&D stocks, high-tech capital, recent capital, and the spatial spillover effects...

The results of this analysis suggest that employment in service industries acts as a double-edged sword on earnings inequality. On the one hand, we find that as the percentage of total civilian employment in service industries rises, the inequality in earnings among individuals increases. On the...