This paper considers employment growth and unemployment from 1990-2010 in a cross-section of cities in light of practical tools that city governments have at their disposal to provide relief. In particular, I test educational attainment (both initial levels and growth over time) and public...

Berg, I. Human resources and economic welfare.--Lester, R. A. Reflections on manpower planning.--Boulding, K. E. Man as a commodity.--Abramovitz, M. Manpower, capital, and technology.--Reder, M. Human capital and economic discrimination.--Bakke, E. W. Manpower policy during a...

The US labour market is characterized by a high skill wage mark-up and low unemployment, while the German labour market has a low skill wage mark-up and a high, mainly unskilled unemployment rate. This paper adds an innovative labour supply explanation to the discussion how these distinct labour...

We study the labor markets in China and the United States, the two largest economies in the world, by examining the evolution of their cross-sectional age-earnings profiles during the past thirty years. We find that, first, the peak age in the cross-sectional age-earnings profiles, which we...