The chapter presents a survey on the economics of labor market discrimination, motivated by two fundamental problems associated with income and wage differences among groups classified by sex, race, ethnicity, and other characteristics. The first is the inequity of long-lasting differences in...

This paper investigates three hypotheses to account for the observed shifts in U.S. relative wages of less educated compared to more educated workers between 1967 and 1992: increased import competition, changes in the relative supplies of labor of different education levels and changes in...

Comments on an article about a program for equal employment opportunity implemented by the United States Office of Federal Contract Compliance. Problems associated with the program; Prevalence of race discrimination in employment; Outcome measure for the compliance program. (Abstract copyright...

Examines the time patterns of adjustments in labor supply to changes in unemployment. Effect of unemployment on labor-force participation; Factors that influence labor supply; Relationship between unemployment and labor force participation; Impact of tight labor markets. (Abstract copyright EBSCO.)

The authors begin with a thorough assessment of the many nonexperimental employment and training program evaluation techniques based on non-random comparison groups. These techniques typically use econometric methods to estimate the effects of employment and training programs by using comparison...