implications of that policy for the skill development and career progression of black workers. The paper describes the current … skills development in the U.S. is failing. Lagging school achievement (particularly in urban areas), high unemployment rates … for certain groups of the population, and employer concerns about the quality of entry level workers suggest that the …

reservation wages. We identify effects using data on displaced workers and a differences in differences approach. We find that for …, male/female wage differentials are largest among young workers but a significant portion of the difference is accounting …

This paper studies gender differences in the allocation of workers across jobs of different complexity using panel data … on Finnish metalworkers. These data provide a measure for the complexity of the workers' tasks that can be used to … and non-promoted workers. It is found that women start their careers in less complex tasks than men and that they are also …

workers, changes in black family structures, changes in black household incomes, black-white differences in parenting norms …