All data sources indicate that black–white skill gaps diminished over most of the 20th
century, but black–white skill gaps as measured by test scores among youth and …

We present new evidence on the evolution of black–white earnings differences among all
men, including both workers and nonworkers. We study two measures:(i) the level earnings …

This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of the margins along which firms
responded to a large and persistent minimum wage increase in Hungary. We show that …

Using rich data linking federal cases from arrest through to sentencing, we find that initial
case and defendant characteristics, including arrest offense and criminal history, can explain …

While nominal wage differences between skilled and unskilled workers have increased
since 1980, college graduates have experienced larger increases in cost of living because …

This paper examines the dynamic implications of social networks for the labour market
outcomes of refugees resettled in the US A theoretical model of job information transmission …

We analyze gender wage gaps correcting for sample selection induced by nonemployment.
We recover wages for the nonemployed using alternative imputation techniques, simply …

Researchers may want to estimate the percentage change of a variable, such as household
wealth or corporate profits, that takes on economically significant nonpositive values. Using …

This paper distinguishes between the human capital and signaling theories by estimating
the earnings return to a high school diploma. Unlike most indicators of education (eg, a year …

Existing work suggests that black-white gaps in potential wages are much larger among
men than women and further that black-white differences in patterns of female labor supply …