type="main" <p>Progress in narrowing black–white earnings differences has been far from continuous, with some of the apparent progress resulting from labor force withdrawal among lower-skilled African Americans. This paper documents racial and ethnic differences in male earnings from 1950 through...</p>

The economic impact of the 2007-2009 increases in the federal minimum wage (MW) is analyzed using a sample of quick-service restaurants in Georgia and Alabama. Store-level biweekly payroll records for individual employees are used, allowing us to precisely measure the MW compliance cost for each...

Studies uniformly conclude that union wage effects are largest for workers with low measured skills. Longitudinal analysis using 1989/90-1994/95 Current Population Survey matched panels produces union premium estimates equivalent across skill groups, following appropriate sample restrictions and...

Prior research has focused on the relationship between union wage premiums and worker skills. A standard result is that premiums are highest for workers with low levels of measured skills, and lowest among workers with high measured skills. Evidence from matched Current Population Survey (CPS)...