The bulk of contemporary economics assumes rather than explains differences between people or groups of people. Yet, many of these differences are produced by society or they imply differing opportunities and outcomes. This book argues that economists should concern themselves with the...

pt. 1. There is difference in difference : diversity and heterogeneity -- pt. 2. Difference, behavior and aggregative analysis -- pt. 3. On gender diversity -- pt. 4. An application : gender diversity in the labor market.

We empirically analyse the response of US manufacturing labour market variables to various shocks, notably to trade openness and technology. The econometric approach involves an application of the recently developed global VAR (GVAR) methodology of D¶ees, DiMauro, Pesaran, and Smith (2005) to...