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Computing Inequality: Have Computers Changed the Labor Market?

by David H. Autor, Lawrence F. Katz, Alan B. Krueger - QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS , 1998
"... This paper examines the effect of skill-biased technological change as measured by computerization on the recent widening of U. S. educational wage differentials. An analysis of aggregate changes in the relative supplies and wages of workers by education from 1940 to 1996 indicates strong and persis ..."
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This paper examines the effect of skill-biased technological change as measured by computerization on the recent widening of U. S. educational wage differentials. An analysis of aggregate changes in the relative supplies and wages of workers by education from 1940 to 1996 indicates strong

Technical Change, Inequality, and The Labor Market

by Daron Acemoglu - Journal of Economic Literature , 2002
"... This essay discusses the effect of technical change on wage inequality. I argue that the behavior of wages and returns to schooling indicates that technical change has been skill-biased during the past sixty years. Furthermore, the recent increase in inequality is most likely due to an acceleration ..."
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This essay discusses the effect of technical change on wage inequality. I argue that the behavior of wages and returns to schooling indicates that technical change has been skill-biased during the past sixty years. Furthermore, the recent increase in inequality is most likely due to an acceleration

The effects of cognitive and non-cognitive abilities on labor market outcomes and social behavior

by James J. Heckman, Jora Stixrud, Sergio Urzua, James J. Heckman, Jora Stixrud, Sergio Urzua - Journal of Labor Economics , 2006
"... William Johnson and James P. Ziliak and two anonymous referees for helpful comments. We also thank Jeff Grogger, Bruce Meyer and Derek Neal for very helpful comments that led to revisions and clarifications. Supplementary materials are on our website jenni.uchicago.edu/noncog. We thank Federico Teme ..."
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Temerlin and Tae Ho Whang for very competent research assistance. This paper establishes that a low dimensional vector of cognitive and noncognitive skills explains a variety of labor market and behavioral outcomes. For many dimensions of social performance cognitive and noncognitive skills are equally

The Effects of Immigration on the Labor Market Outcomes of Less-Skilled Natives

by Joseph Altonji, David Card, Gregory Defreitas, Richard Freeman, Peter Kuhn, Participants In , 1991
"... This paper was prepared as a contribution to the Trade and Immigration Project of the National Bureau of Economic Research. We have also received research support from the Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, Northwestern University and the Industrial Relations Section, Princeton University ..."
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. THE EFFECTS OF IMMIGRATION ON THE LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES OF LESS-SKILLED NATIVES This paper examines the effects of immigration on the labor market outcomes of less-skilled natives. Working from a simple model of a local labor market, we show that the effects of immigration can be estimated from

Networks in the modern economy: Mexican migrants in the u.s. labor market

by Kaivan Munshi - Quarterly Journal of Economics , 2003
"... This paper attempts to identify job networks among Mexican migrants in the U. S. labor market. The empirical analysis uses data on migration patterns and labor market outcomes, based on a sample of individuals belonging to multiple origin-communities in Mexico, over a long period of time. Each commu ..."
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This paper attempts to identify job networks among Mexican migrants in the U. S. labor market. The empirical analysis uses data on migration patterns and labor market outcomes, based on a sample of individuals belonging to multiple origin-communities in Mexico, over a long period of time. Each

Using Geographic Variation in College Proximity to Estimate the Return to Schooling

by David Card, David Card - Progress on Some Persistent Econometric Problems.” Econometrica 69 (September , 1993
"... Although schooling and earnings are highly correlated, social scientists have argued for decades over the causal effect of education. A convincing analysis of the causal link between education and earnings requires an exogenous source of variation in education outcomes. This paper explores the use o ..."
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of college proximity as an exogenous determinant of schooling. An examination of the NLS Young Men Cohort reveals that men who grew up in local labor markets with a nearby college have significantly higher education and significantly higher earnings than other men. The education and earnings gains

How Social Security and Medicare Affect Retirement Behavior in a World of Incomplete Markets

by John Rust, Christopher Phelan - ECONOMETRICA , 1997
"... This paper provides an empirical analysis of how the U.S. Social Security and Medicare insurance system affect the labor supply of older males in the presence of incomplete markets for loans, annuities, and health insurance. We estimate a detailed dynamic programming (DP) model of the joint labor ..."
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This paper provides an empirical analysis of how the U.S. Social Security and Medicare insurance system affect the labor supply of older males in the presence of incomplete markets for loans, annuities, and health insurance. We estimate a detailed dynamic programming (DP) model of the joint labor

A First Language

by J. David Brown, Edinburgh Eh As, Julie L. Hotchkiss, Myriam Quispe-agnoli , 1973
"... Do firms employing undocumented workers have a competitive advantage? Using administrative data from the state of Georgia, this paper investigates the incidence of undocumented worker employment across firms and how it affects firm survival. Firms are found to engage in herding behavior, being more ..."
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than their marginal revenue product. The herding behavior and competitive effects are found to be much weaker in geographically broad product markets, where firms have the option to shift labor-intensive production out of state or abroad. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors

Assessing the Effects of School Resources on Student Performance: An Update

by Eric A. Hanushek , 1997
"... The relationship between school resources and student achievement has been controversial, in large part because it calls into question a variety of traditional policy approaches. This article reviews the available educational production literature, updating previous summaries. The close to 400 studi ..."
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investigations on how school resources affect labor market outcomes. Simple resource policies hold little hope for improving student outcomes. Reflecting its policy significance, an enormous amount of research has focused on the relationship between resources devoted to schools and student performance. Recent

Marriage Market, Divorce Legislation, and Household Labor Supply

by Bernard Fortin, Guy Lacroix, et al. - JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY , 2002
"... This paper provides a theoretical framework for analyzing the impact of the marriage market and divorce legislation on household labor supply. In our approach, the sex ratio in the marriage market and the rules governing divorce are examples of “distribution factors.” These factors are defined as va ..."
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This paper provides a theoretical framework for analyzing the impact of the marriage market and divorce legislation on household labor supply. In our approach, the sex ratio in the marriage market and the rules governing divorce are examples of “distribution factors.” These factors are defined
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