Drawing on an innovative, representative survey of workers in Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York City, the authors analyze minimum wage, overtime, and other workplace violations in the low-wage labor market. They document significant interindustry variation in both the mix and the prevalence of...

Using data from extensive on-site interviews conducted in 1997, 1998, and 1999, the authors examine trends in job content and earnings in selected jobs in two American banks. Firm restructuring and technological changes resulted in higher earnings for college-educated workers. The banks followed...

One of America's great achievements was to pass laws to protect workers. There are growing reports of employers violating such laws, but just how often has been hard to determine. These researchers have done the most comprehensive study yet of violations in New York City across industries, and...