Tag Archives: Larry Katz

A few useful job market resources

Posted on January 7, 2014 by ozidar

I’ll post more on this topic after the job market, but here are a few links that I have found helpful Presentation How to Give an Applied Micro Talk: Unauthoritative Notes from Jesse Shapiro Jonathan Shewchuk on giving an academic talk Paper … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Claudia Goldin, Jesse Shapiro, job market, Job Market Paper, John Cochrane, Jonathan Shewchuk, Larry Katz | 1 Comment

Caught in a Revolving Door of Unemployment

Posted on November 17, 2013 by ozidar

From a story by Annie Lowrey in the NYTimes today: “I’ve been turned down from McDonald’s because I was told I was too articulate,” she says. “I got denied a job scrubbing toilets because I didn’t speak Spanish and turned … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Annie Lowrey, Duration Dependence, Fabian Lange, Great Recession, Kory Kroft, Larry Katz, Long term unemployment, Matt Notowidigdo, Unemployment | Leave a comment

Long-Term Unemployment and the Great Recession: The Role of Composition, Duration Dependence, and Non-Participation

Posted on September 21, 2013 by ozidar

From Kory Kroft, Fabian Lange, Larry Katz, and Matt Notowidigdo: We explore the extent to which composition, duration dependence, and non-participation can account for the sharp increase in long-term unemployment (LTU) during the Great Recession. We first show that compositional shifts in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Aggregate Demand, Beveridge curve, Demand, Duration Dependence, employment to population ratio, Fabian Lange, Great Recession, inequality, Jobs, Kory Kroft, labor force participation, Labor Markets, Larry Katz, long term unemployed, Matching Models, Matt Notowidigdo, Middle Class, Non-Participation, Structural Unemployment, Unemployment | 1 Comment

Declining Labor Shares and Rising Corporate Profits

Posted on June 9, 2013 by ozidar

A few people have been posting about the global trend of falling labor shares (e.g. Tim Taylor) so I thought I’d highlight a paper by Loukas Karabarbounis and Brent Neiman on the subject. Here’s a non-technical summary. I haven’t had a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Brent Neiman, Corporate Profits, economic profit, John Fernald, Labor Share, Larry Katz, larry summers, Loukas Karabarbounis, rents, Susanto Basu | 6 Comments

Technical Change and the Relative Demand for Skilled Labor: The United States in Historical Perspective

Posted on March 24, 2013 by ozidar

A new working paper from Larry Katz & Robert Margo This paper examines shifts over time in the relative demand for skilled labor in the United States. Although de-skilling in the conventional sense did occur overall in nineteenth century manufacturing, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Hollowing Out, inequality, Larry Katz, Middle Class, Robert Margo, Skill Biased Technical Change, Wages | Leave a comment

Long Run Growth in Real Per Pupil Public Education Spending

Posted on February 6, 2013 by ozidar

Real per pupil education spending for elementary and secondary schools has increased roughly 23X since 1920. While there are many causes for this increase (special ed availability, reduced student teacher ratios, etc) and spending more on education is often a good … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Baumol's Cost Disease, Claudia Goldin, Education, Government Spending, Jesse Rothstein, Larry Katz | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Larry Katz

A few useful job market resources

Caught in a Revolving Door of Unemployment

Long-Term Unemployment and the Great Recession: The Role of Composition, Duration Dependence, and Non-Participation

Technical Change and the Relative Demand for Skilled Labor: The United States in Historical Perspective

Long Run Growth in Real Per Pupil Public Education Spending

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