This paper investigates the structural determinants of variation in union power across manufacturing industries. Using a pooled sample of unionized establishments from the Expenditure on Employee Compensation Surveys of 1968-72, the author estimates wage equations augmented with measures of...

To mitigate rising unemployment, asks this economist, why not spend money on repairing schools, bridges, and roads? It would create jobs and boost productivity as well. Here are his remarks before a congressional committee.

This paper examines whether the late 1990s IT-related growth has led to a corresponding growth in wage inequality. This is of interest because observers, including Alan Greenspan, have suggested that the "new economy" boom caused growing wage inequality and even job insecurity. The late 1990s...

<DIV><DIV><I>Emerging Labor Market Institutions for the Twenty-First Century</I> provides the first in-depth assessment of how effectively labor market institutions are responding to the decline of private sector unions.<BR><BR>This important volume provides case studies of new labor market institutions and new...</i></div></div>