Lawrence F. Katz

Harvard University - Department of Economics

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1.

Moving to Opportunity and Tranquility: Neighborhood Effects on Adult Economic Self-Sufficiency and Health from a Randomized Housing Voucher Experiment

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 10 Sep 2004
Jeffrey R. Kling, Jeffrey B. Liebman, Lawrence F. Katz and Lisa Sanbonmatsu
Government of the United States of America - Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Department of Economics and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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neighborhood effects, social experiments, Economics - Microeconomics, Housing¸ Urban Development and Transportation, Welfare / Health Care/ Social Policy

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The Origins of Technology-Skill Complementarity

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Citation 206

The Origins of Technology-Skill Complementarity

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 24 Oct 1996
Lawrence F. Katz and Claudia Goldin
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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The Origins of Technology-Skill Complementarity

NBER Working Paper No. w5657
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 27 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 18 Dec 2022
Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Trends in U.S. Wage Inequality: Re-Assessing the Revisionists

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Citation 71

Trends in U.S. Wage Inequality: Re-Assessing the Revisionists

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 05-21, Harvard Institute of Economic Research Discussion Paper No. 2095
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 21 Sep 2005
David H. Autor, Lawrence F. Katz and Melissa S. Kearney
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and University of Maryland - Department of Economics
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Wage structure, inequality, technological change, skills, labor market institutions, minimum wage

Trends in U.S. Wage Inequality: Re-Assessing the Revisionists

NBER Working Paper No. w11627
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 21 Nov 2005 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2022
David H. Autor, Lawrence F. Katz and Melissa S. Kearney
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and University of Maryland - Department of Economics
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Concentrating on the Fall of the Labor Share

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Citation 111

Concentrating on the Fall of the Labor Share

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6336
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 15 Mar 2017
David H. Autor, David Dorn, Lawrence F. Katz, Christina Patterson and John Van Reenen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of Zurich - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Department of Economics and London School of Economics - Centre for Economic Performance (CEP)
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Concentrating on the Fall of the Labor Share

NBER Working Paper No. w23108
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 30 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2023
David H. Autor, David Dorn, Lawrence F. Katz, Christina Patterson and John Van Reenen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of Zurich - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Department of Economics and London School of Economics - Centre for Economic Performance (CEP)
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Concentrating on the Fall of the Labor Share

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10539
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 05 Feb 2017
David H. Autor, David Dorn, Lawrence F. Katz, Christina Patterson and John Van Reenen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of Zurich - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Department of Economics and London School of Economics - Centre for Economic Performance (CEP)
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labor share, sales concentration

Concentrating on the Fall of the Labor Share

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11810
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 30 Jan 2017
David H. Autor, David Dorn, Lawrence F. Katz, Christina Patterson and John Van Reenen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of Zurich - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Department of Economics and London School of Economics - Centre for Economic Performance (CEP)
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Labor Share, Sales Concentration

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Grand Challenges in the Study of Employment and Technological Change

American Economic Association, Ten Years and Beyond: Economists Answer NSF's Call for Long-Term Research Agendas
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 12 Aug 2011
David H. Autor and Lawrence F. Katz
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Rising Wage Inequality: The Role of Composition and Prices

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Rising Wage Inequality: The Role of Composition and Prices

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 05-22, Harvard Institute of Economic Research Discussion Paper No. 2096
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 21 Sep 2005
David H. Autor, Lawrence F. Katz and Melissa S. Kearney
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and University of Maryland - Department of Economics
Downloads 314 (160,183)
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Wage structure, residual inequality, technological change, labor market institutions, quantile regression

Rising Wage Inequality: The Role of Composition and Prices

NBER Working Paper No. w11628
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 21 Nov 2005 Last Revised: 10 Oct 2022
David H. Autor, Lawrence F. Katz and Melissa S. Kearney
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and University of Maryland - Department of Economics
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Dynamics of the Gender Gap for Young Professionals in the Corporate and Financial Sectors

NBER Working Paper No. w14681
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 31 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2022
Marianne Bertrand, Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Prevailing Wage Laws and Construction Labor Markets

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Prevailing Wage Laws and Construction Labor Markets

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 12 Oct 2000
Daniel P. Kessler and Lawrence F. Katz
Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Prevailing Wage Laws and Construction Labor Markets

NBER Working Paper No. w7454
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 05 May 2000 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2022
Daniel P. Kessler and Lawrence F. Katz
Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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The Fall of the Labor Share and the Rise of Superstar Firms

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The Fall of the Labor Share and the Rise of Superstar Firms

NBER Working Paper No. w23396
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 18 May 2017 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2023
David H. Autor, David Dorn, Lawrence F. Katz, Christina Patterson and John Van Reenen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of Zurich - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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The Fall of the Labor Share and the Rise of Superstar Firms

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10756
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 22 May 2017
David H. Autor, David Dorn, Lawrence F. Katz, Christina Patterson and John Van Reenen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of Zurich - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Department of Economics and London School of Economics - Centre for Economic Performance (CEP)
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labor share, sales concentration, firms

The Fall of the Labor Share and the Rise of Superstar Firms

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12041
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 15 May 2017
David H. Autor, David Dorn, Lawrence F. Katz, Christina Patterson and John Van Reenen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of Zurich - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Labor share; concentration; superstar

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Changes in Relative Wages, 1963-1987: Supply and Demand Factors

NBER Working Paper No. w3927
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 21 Dec 2000 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2022
Lawrence F. Katz and Kevin M. Murphy
Harvard University - Department of Economics and University of Chicago
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The Company You Keep: The Effects of Family and Neighborhood on Disadvantaged Youths

NBER Working Paper No. w3705
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 06 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 18 Aug 2022
Anne Case and Lawrence F. Katz
Princeton University - Research Program in Development Studies and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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The Race between Education and Technology: The Evolution of U.S. Educational Wage Differentials, 1890 to 2005

NBER Working Paper No. w12984
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 23 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 25 Dec 2022
Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Moving to Opportunity in Boston: Early Results of a Randomized Mobility Experiment

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Moving to Opportunity in Boston: Early Results of a Randomized Mobility Experiment

Industrial Relations Section Working Paper No. 441
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 30 Jun 2000
Lawrence F. Katz, Jeffrey R. Kling and Jeffrey B. Liebman
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Government of the United States of America - Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Well-being, health, neighborhoods, experiment

Moving to Opportunity in Boston: Early Results of a Randomized Mobility Experiment

NBER Working Paper No. w7973
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 22 Oct 2000 Last Revised: 16 Oct 2022
Lawrence F. Katz, Jeffrey R. Kling and Jeffrey B. Liebman
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Government of the United States of America - Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Wage Subsidies for the Disadvantaged

NBER Working Paper No. w5679
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 23 Oct 1996 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2022
Lawrence F. Katz
Harvard University - Department of Economics
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On the Labor Market Effects of Immigration and Trade

NBER Working Paper No. w3761
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 19 Jun 2004 Last Revised: 13 Oct 2022
George J. Borjas, Richard B. Freeman and Lawrence F. Katz
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Beyond Treatment Effects: Estimating the Relationship between Neighborhood Poverty and Individual Outcomes in the Mto Experiment

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 05 Feb 2005
Jeffrey B. Liebman, Lawrence F. Katz and Jeffrey R. Kling
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Department of Economics and Government of the United States of America - Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
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Economics - Economic and Econometric Theory, Economics - Microeconomics, Housing¸ Urban Development and Transportation, Welfare / Health Care/ Social Policy

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The Effect of the Minimum Wage on the Fast Food Industry

NBER Working Paper No. w3997
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 07 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2022
Lawrence F. Katz and Alan B. Krueger
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section
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The Power of the Pill: Oral Contraceptives and Women's Career and Marriage Decisions

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The Power of the Pill: Oral Contraceptives and Women's Career and Marriage Decisions

NBER Working Paper No. w7527
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 05 May 2000 Last Revised: 28 Jul 2022
Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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The Power of the Pill: Oral Contraceptives and Women's Career and Marriage Decisions

Posted: 03 Dec 2002
Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics

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The Homecoming of American College Women: The Reversal of the College Gender Gap

NBER Working Paper No. w12139
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 18 May 2006 Last Revised: 26 Dec 2022
Claudia Goldin, Lawrence F. Katz and Ilyana Kuziemko
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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The Impact of the Potential Duration of Unemployment Benefits on the Duration of Unemployment

NBER Working Paper No. w2741
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 16 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 30 Dec 2022
Lawrence F. Katz and Bruce D. Meyer
Harvard University - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Changes in the Structure of Wages in the Public and Private Sectors

NBER Working Paper No. w3667
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 06 Apr 2004 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2022
Lawrence F. Katz and Alan B. Krueger
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section
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The Polarization of the U.S. Labor Market

NBER Working Paper No. w11986
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 Apr 2006 Last Revised: 26 Dec 2022
David H. Autor, Lawrence F. Katz and Melissa S. Kearney
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and University of Maryland - Department of Economics
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Computing Inequality: Have Computers Changed the Labor Market?

NBER Working Paper No. w5956
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 25 May 2006 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2022
David H. Autor, Lawrence F. Katz and Alan B. Krueger
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section
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Boosting the Earned Income Tax Credit for Singles: Final Impact Findings From the Paycheck Plus Demonstration in New York City

New York: MDRC, 2018
Number of pages: 120 Posted: 06 Dec 2018
Cynthia Miller, Lawrence F. Katz, Gilda Azurdia, Adam Isen, Caroline B. Schultz and Kali Aloisi
MDRC, Harvard University - Department of Economics, MDRC, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Tax Analysis (OTA), MDRC and MDRC
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EITC, Work Incentives, Random Assignment

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What We Know and Do Not Know About the Natural Rate of Unemployment

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What We Know and Do Not Know About the Natural Rate of Unemployment

NBER Working Paper No. w5822
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 10 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 30 Nov 2022
Olivier J. Blanchard, Olivier J. Blanchard and Lawrence F. Katz
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Peterson Institute for International Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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What We Know and Do Not Know About the Natural Rate of Unemployment

MIT Dept. of Economics WP Series 96-29
Posted: 31 Mar 1997
Olivier J. Blanchard, Olivier J. Blanchard and Lawrence F. Katz
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Peterson Institute for International Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics

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The For-Profit Postsecondary School Sector: Nimble Critters or Agile Predators?

NBER Working Paper No. w17710
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 31 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 24 May 2023
David Deming, David James Deming, Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz
Academic Dean, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
Downloads 103 (427,036)
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Efficiency Wage Theories: a Partial Evaluation

NBER Working Paper No. w1906
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 29 Dec 2000 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2022
Lawrence F. Katz
Harvard University - Department of Economics
Downloads 101 (432,992)
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Interindustry Wage Differences and Industry Characteristics

NBER Working Paper No. w2014
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 31 May 2004 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2023
William T. Dickens and Lawrence F. Katz
Northeastern University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Why the United States Led in Education: Lessons from Secondary School Expansion, 1910 to 1940

NBER Working Paper No. w6144
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 10 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2022
Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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The Returns to Skill in the United States Across the Twentieth Century

NBER Working Paper No. w7126
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 29 Sep 1999 Last Revised: 23 Dec 2022
Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Extending the Race between Education and Technology

NBER Working Paper No. w26705
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 28 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 21 Jun 2023
David H. Autor, Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard University and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Layoffs and Lemons

NBER Working Paper No. w2968
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 09 Jun 2004 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2022
Robert S. Gibbons and Lawrence F. Katz
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School and Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Understanding Trends in Alternative Work Arrangements in the United States

NBER Working Paper No. w25425
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 07 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2023
Lawrence F. Katz and Alan B. Krueger
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section
Downloads 93 (457,163)
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Searching for the Effect of Immigration on the Labor Market

NBER Working Paper No. w5454
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 12 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 29 May 2022
George J. Borjas, Richard B. Freeman and Lawrence F. Katz
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Harvard University - Department of Economics
Downloads 92 (460,361)
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The Rise and Nature of Alternative Work Arrangements in the United States, 1995-2015

NBER Working Paper No. w22667
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 26 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2023
Lawrence F. Katz and Alan B. Krueger
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section
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The Effects of Exposure to Better Neighborhoods on Children: New Evidence from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment

NBER Working Paper No. w21156
Number of pages: 91 Posted: 11 May 2015 Last Revised: 23 Apr 2023
Raj Chetty, Nathaniel Hendren and Lawrence F. Katz
Harvard University, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
Downloads 89 (469,918)
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Are Efficiency Wages Efficient?

NBER Working Paper No. w1935
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 13 Dec 2000 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2022
William T. Dickens, Lawrence F. Katz and Kevin Lang
Northeastern University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics
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Wage Dynamics: Reconciling Theory and Evidence

NBER Working Paper No. w6924
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 21 Jun 1999 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2022
Olivier J. Blanchard, Olivier J. Blanchard and Lawrence F. Katz
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Peterson Institute for International Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Long-Run Changes in the U.S. Wage Structure: Narrowing, Widening, Polarizing

NBER Working Paper No. w13568
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 05 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 30 Jul 2022
Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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The Shaping of Higher Education: The Formative Years in the United States, 1890 to 1940

NBER Working Paper No. w6537
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 11 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2022
Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Can Online Learning Bend the Higher Education Cost Curve?

NBER Working Paper No. w20890
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 27 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2022
David Deming, Claudia Goldin, Lawrence F. Katz and Noam Yuchtman
Academic Dean, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Neighborhood Effects on Crime for Female and Male Youth: Evidence from a Randomized Housing Voucher Experiment

NBER Working Paper No. w10777
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 20 Sep 2004 Last Revised: 14 Dec 2022
Jeffrey R. Kling, Jens Ludwig and Lawrence F. Katz
Government of the United States of America - Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Georgetown University - Public Policy Institute (GPPI) and Harvard University - Department of Economics
Downloads 80 (501,253)
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Unemployment Insurance, Recall Expectations, and Unemployment Outcomes

NBER Working Paper No. w2594
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 05 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2022
Lawrence F. Katz and Bruce D. Meyer
Harvard University - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy
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Rising Inequality? Changes in the Distribution of Income and Consumption in the 1980s

NBER Working Paper No. w3964
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 28 Jun 2004 Last Revised: 02 Nov 2022
David M. Cutler and Lawrence F. Katz
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Inter-Industry Wage Differences and Theories of Wage Determination

NBER Working Paper No. w2271
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 28 May 2004 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2022
William T. Dickens and Lawrence F. Katz
Northeastern University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit for Workers Without Dependent Children: Interim Findings from the Paycheck Plus Demonstration in New York City

New York: MDRC, September 2017
Number of pages: 96 Posted: 01 Nov 2017
Cynthia Miller, Lawrence F. Katz, Gilda Azurdia, Adam Isen and Caroline B. Schultz
MDRC, Harvard University - Department of Economics, MDRC, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Tax Analysis (OTA) and MDRC
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tax policy, work incentives, random assignment

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Experimental Analysis of Neighborhood Effects

NBER Working Paper No. w11577
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 17 Oct 2005 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2022
Jeffrey R. Kling, Jeffrey B. Liebman and Lawrence F. Katz
Government of the United States of America - Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Evaluating Contradictory Experimental and Non-Experimental Estimates of Neighborhood Effects on Economic Outcomes for Adults

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Evaluating Contradictory Experimental and Non-Experimental Estimates of Neighborhood Effects on Economic Outcomes for Adults

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2021-22
Number of pages: 98 Posted: 16 Feb 2021
David J. Harding, Lisa Sanbonmatsu, Greg J. Duncan, Lisa A. Gennetian, Lawrence F. Katz, Ronald C. Kessler, Jeffrey R. Kling, Matt Sciandra and Jens Ludwig
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Population Studies Center, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Northwestern University - Institute for Policy Research, Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy, Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard Medical School, Government of the United States of America - Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Independent and Georgetown University - Public Policy Institute (GPPI)
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Evaluating Contradictory Experimental and Non-Experimental Estimates of Neighborhood Effects on Economic Outcomes for Adults

NBER Working Paper No. w28454
Number of pages: 97 Posted: 15 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 15 May 2023
David J. Harding, Lisa Sanbonmatsu, Greg Duncan, Lisa A. Gennetian, Lawrence F. Katz, Ronald C. Kessler, Jeffrey R. Kling, Matt Sciandra and Jens Ludwig
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Population Studies Center, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), University of California, Irvine, Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy, Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard Medical School, Government of the United States of America - Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Independent and Georgetown University - Public Policy Institute (GPPI)
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An Evaluation of Recent Evidence on the Employment Effects of Minimum and Subminimum Wages

NBER Working Paper No. w4528
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 28 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2022
David Card, Lawrence F. Katz and Alan B. Krueger
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section
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Mass Secondary Schooling and the State

NBER Working Paper No. w10075
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 12 Nov 2003 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2022
Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Human Capital and Social Capital: The Rise of Secondary Schooling in America, 1910 to 1940

NBER Working Paper No. w6439
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 06 Sep 2000 Last Revised: 07 Aug 2022
Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Long-Term Neighborhood Effects on Low-Income Families: Evidence from Moving to Opportunity

NBER Working Paper No. w18772
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 11 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2023
Jens Ludwig, Greg J. Duncan, Lisa A. Gennetian, Lawrence F. Katz, Ronald C. Kessler, Jeffrey R. Kling and Lisa Sanbonmatsu
Georgetown University - Public Policy Institute (GPPI), Northwestern University - Institute for Policy Research, Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy, Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard Medical School, Government of the United States of America - Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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53.

Cyclical Unemployment: Sectoral Shifts or Aggregate Disturbances?

NBER Working Paper No. w1410
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 11 Apr 2004 Last Revised: 10 Nov 2022
Katharine G. Abraham and Lawrence F. Katz
University of Maryland - Joint Program in Survey Methodology and Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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54.

Comparative Advantage, Learning, and Sectoral Wage Determination

NBER Working Paper No. w8889
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 11 Apr 2002 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2022
Robert S. Gibbons, Lawrence F. Katz, Thomas Lemieux and Daniel Parent
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School and Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics, University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Economics and McGill University - Department of Economics
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55.

The Value of Postsecondary Credentials in the Labor Market: An Experimental Study

NBER Working Paper No. w20528
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 30 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2023
David Deming, Noam Yuchtman, Amira Abulafi, Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz
Academic Dean, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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56.

Does Unmeasured Ability Explain Inter-Industry Wage Differentials?

NBER Working Paper No. w3182
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 21 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2022
Robert S. Gibbons and Lawrence F. Katz
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School and Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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57.

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

NBER Working Paper No. w18752
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 02 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2023
Lawrence F. Katz and Robert A. Margo
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Boston University - Department of Economics
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58.

Employee Crime, Monitoring, and the Efficiency Wage Hypothesis

NBER Working Paper No. w2356
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 06 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 11 Dec 2022
William T. Dickens, Lawrence F. Katz, Kevin Lang and Lawrence H. Summers
Northeastern University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics, Boston University - Department of Economics and Harvard University
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59.

The Decline of Non-Competing Groups: Changes in the Premium to Education, 1890 to 1940

NBER Working Paper No. w5202
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 27 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 19 Sep 2022
Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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60.

The "Virtues" of the Past: Education in the First Hundred Years of the New Republic

NBER Working Paper No. w9958
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 10 Sep 2003 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2022
Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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61.

Workers' Trust Funds and the Logic of Wage Profiles

NBER Working Paper No. w2548
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 05 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 19 Dec 2022
George A. Akerlof and Lawrence F. Katz
University of California, Berkeley and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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62.

A Comparison of Changes in the Structure of Wages

NBER Working Paper No. w4297
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 25 Aug 2000 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2022
Lawrence F. Katz, Gary W. Loveman and David G. Blanchflower
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard Business School and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics
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63.

Job Queues and Wages: New Evidence on the Minimum Wage and Inter-Industry Wage Structure

NBER Working Paper No. w2561
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 06 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2022
Harry J. Holzer, Lawrence F. Katz and Alan B. Krueger
Georgetown University - Public Policy Institute (GPPI), Harvard University - Department of Economics and Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section
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64.

Do Deferred Wages Dominate Involuntary Unemployment as a Worker Discipline Device?

NBER Working Paper No. w2025
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 12 Apr 2004 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2022
George A. Akerlof and Lawrence F. Katz
University of California, Berkeley and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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65.

The Evolution of the Mexican-Born Workforce in the United States

NBER Working Paper No. w11281
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 02 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2022
George J. Borjas and Lawrence F. Katz
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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The Effect of the New Minimum Wage Law in a Low-Wage Labor Market

NBER Working Paper No. w3655
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 01 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 29 Dec 2022
Lawrence F. Katz and Alan B. Krueger
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section
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67.

A Distinctive System: Origins and Impact of U.S. Unemployment Compensation

NBER Working Paper No. w5889
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 07 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 06 Aug 2022
Katherine Baicker, Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz
Harvard University - Department of Health Policy & Management, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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68.

Layoffs, Recall and the Duration of Unemployment

NBER Working Paper No. w1825
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 07 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 29 Dec 2022
Lawrence F. Katz
Harvard University - Department of Economics
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69.

Changes in the Structure of Wages: the U.S. Versus Japan

NBER Working Paper No. w3021
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 21 Dec 2000 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2022
Lawrence F. Katz and Ana Revenga
Harvard University - Department of Economics and The World Bank
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70.

Education and Income in the Early 20th Century: Evidence from the Prairies

NBER Working Paper No. w7217
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 07 May 2000 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2022
Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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71.

Women Working Longer: Facts and Some Explanations

NBER Working Paper No. w22607
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 07 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2022
Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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72.

Creating Moves to Opportunity: Experimental Evidence on Barriers to Neighborhood Choice

NBER Working Paper No. w26164
Number of pages: 112 Posted: 20 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2023
Peter Bergman, Raj Chetty, Stefanie DeLuca, Nathaniel Hendren, Lawrence F. Katz and Christopher Palmer
Columbia University, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and MIT Sloan
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Putting the Co in Education: Timing, Reasons, and Consequences of College Coeducation from 1835 to the Present

NBER Working Paper No. w16281
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 24 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 28 Jun 2023
Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Long-Term Unemployment and the Great Recession: The Role of Composition, Duration Dependence, and Non-Participation

NBER Working Paper No. w20273
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 08 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 25 May 2023
Kory Kroft, Fabian Lange, Matthew Notowidigdo and Lawrence F. Katz
University of Toronto, McGill University, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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75.

The Most Egalitarian of All Professions: Pharmacy and the Evolution of a Family-Friendly Occupation

NBER Working Paper No. w18410
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 22 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 22 Apr 2023
Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Some Recent Developments in Labor Economics and Their Implications for Macroeconomics

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 04 Jul 2004
Lawrence F. Katz
Harvard University - Department of Economics
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77.

Can Inter-Industry Wage Differentials Justify Strategic Trade Policy?

NBER Working Paper No. w2739
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 29 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 28 Dec 2022
Lawrence F. Katz and Lawrence H. Summers
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University
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78.

In Praise of Moderation: Suggestions for the Scope and Use of Pre-Analysis Plans for Rcts in Economics

NBER Working Paper No. w26993
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 20 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2023
Esther Duflo, Abhijit V. Banerjee, Amy Finkelstein, Lawrence F. Katz, Benjamin Olken and Anja Sautmann
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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79.

Neighborhoods Matter: Assessing the Evidence for Place Effects

NBER Working Paper No. w28953
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 28 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2023
Eric Chyn and Lawrence F. Katz
University of Texas at Austin and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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80.

Why Do Sectoral Employment Programs Work? Lessons from Workadvance

NBER Working Paper No. w28248
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 23 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 09 Mar 2023
Lawrence F. Katz, Jonathan Roth, Richard Hendra and Kelsey Schaberg
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Microsoft Corporation, MDRC and MDRC
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81.

The Incubator of Human Capital: The NBER and the Rise of the Human Capital Paradigm

NBER Working Paper No. w26909
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 30 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2023
Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz
Harvard University and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Achieving Escape Velocity: Neighborhood and School Interventions to Reduce Persistent Inequality

American Economic Review, Vol. 103, No. 3, 2013
Posted: 02 Jun 2013
Roland G. Fryer and Lawrence F. Katz
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics

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83.

Neighborhood Effects on the Long-Term Well-Being of Low-Income Adults

Posted: 01 Oct 2012
Jens Ludwig, Greg J. Duncan, Lisa A. Gennetian, Lawrence F. Katz, Ronald C. Kessler, Jeffrey R. Kling and Lisa Sanbonmatsu
Georgetown University - Public Policy Institute (GPPI), Northwestern University - Institute for Policy Research, Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy, Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard Medical School, Government of the United States of America - Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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84.

The High-Pressure U.S. Labor Market of the 1990s

Princeton University Industrial Relations Working Paper No. 416
Posted: 03 Apr 2000
Alan B. Krueger and Lawrence F. Katz
Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section and Harvard University - Department of Economics

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