Rising income inequality has recently come centre‐stage as a core societal concern for rich
countries. The diagnosis of the forces driving inequality upwards and their relative …

From the Industrial Revolution to the age of artificial intelligence, The Technology Trap takes
a sweeping look at the history of technological progress and how it has radically shifted the …

YouTube is the most used social network in the United States and the only major platform
that is more popular among right-leaning users. We propose the “Supply and Demand” …

The economic convergence of American regions has greatly slowed, and rates of long-term
nonemployment have even been diverging. Simultaneously, the rate of non-employment for …

The book that Sparked a National Conversation Boys and men are struggling. Profound
economic and social changes of recent decades have many losing ground in the classroom …

We review and assess the monetary policy framework currently used by the Federal
Reserve, with special focus on policies that operate through the slope of the term structure …

The US labor force participation rate has declined since 2007, primarily because of
population aging and ongoing trends that preceded the Great Recession. The labor force …

We propose a methodology exploiting time diary data and “leisure Engel curves” to infer
quality changes across leisure activities and measure the effects on the marginal return to …

Using data from a variety of sources, this paper comprehensively documents the dramatic
changes in the manufacturing sector and the large decline in employment rates and hours …

Modern Labor Economics: Theory and Public Policy, now in its fourteenth edition, continues
to be the leading text for one-semester courses in labor economics at the undergraduate …