The labor market increasingly rewards social skills. Between 1980 and 2012, jobs requiring high levels of social interaction grew by nearly…
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This study investigates change over time in the level of hiring discrimination in US labor markets. We perform a meta-analysis of every…
This article brings a new perspective to the analysis of the wage effects of the Mariel boatlift crisis, in which an estimated 125,000…
During the first decade of this century, many commentators predicted that American higher education was about to undergo major changes that…
Card’s (1990) study of the Mariel supply shock remains an important cornerstone of both the literature that measures the labor market…
The continuing inflow of hundreds of thousands of refugees into many European countries has ignited much political controversy and raised…
This briefing by Martha Alter Chen and Rachel Moussié of Women in Informal Employment Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) explores the IMF’s…
Advanced math coursework can affect college and labor market outcomes, yet discretionary placement policies can lead to differential access…
Using new direct measures of numeracy and literacy skills among 85,875 adults in 17 Western countries, we find that foreign-born adults…
Attendance in kindergarten and elementary school robustly predicts student outcomes. Despite this well-documented association, there is…