While no one can predict the future, today's economic and demographic realities suggest the
opportunities and challenges that will face America in the years to come. The US economy …

This paper argues that several of the poor labor market outcomes observed in the Great
Recession can be traced back to a change in the demand pattern for skilled workers that …

We apply an understanding of what computers do to study how computerization alters job
skill demands. We argue that computer capital (1) substitutes for workers in performing …

This paper shows that the United Kingdom since 1975 has exhibited a pattern of job
polarization with rises in employment shares in the highest-and lowest-wage occupations …

What types of jobs are growing: well-paid managerial jobs or low-paid auxiliary jobs, high-
end professional jobs or bottom-end service jobs? Can occupational change transform …

The concept of emotional labor demands and their effects on workers has received
considerable attention in recent years, with most studies concentrating on stress, burnout …

Abstract We use Census and Labour Force Survey (LFS) data for the period from 1971 to
2012 to investigate whether the Canadian wage and employment structures have polarized …

We present the first estimates of the returns to years of schooling before 1940 using a large
sample of individuals (from the 1915 Iowa State Census). The returns to a year of high …

Economic inequality is higher today than it has been since 1939, as measured by both the
wage structure and wealth inequality. But the comparison between 1939 and 1999 is largely …

After a decade in which wages and employment fell precipitously in low% skill occupations
and expanded in high% skill occupations, the shape of US earnings and job growth sharply …