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Lawrence F. Katz
Researcher at Harvard University
Publications - 319
Citations - 60116
Lawrence F. Katz is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Wage & Unemployment. The author has an hindex of 104, co-authored 318 publications receiving 55969 citations. Previous affiliations of Lawrence F. Katz include Massachusetts Institute of Technology & National Bureau of Economic Research.
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Long-term effects of the Moving to Opportunity residential mobility experiment on crime and delinquency
Matthew Sciandra,Lisa Sanbonmatsu,Greg J. Duncan,Lisa A. Gennetian,Lawrence F. Katz,Ronald C. Kessler,Jeffrey R. Kling,Jens Ludwig +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined whether moving youth out of areas of concentrated poverty, where a disproportionate amount of crime occurs, prevents involvement in crime, using data from a randomized experiment.
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The evolution of the mexican-born workforce in the united states
TL;DR: This paper examined the evolution of the Mexican-born workforce in the United States using data drawn from the decennial U.S. Census throughout the entire 20th century, and examined the trends in the relative skills and economic performance of Mexican immigrants.
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Dynamics of the Gender Gap for Young Professionals in the Corporate and Financial Sectors
TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess the relative importance of various explanations for the gender gap in career outcomes for highly-educated workers in the U.S. corporate and financial sectors.
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Neighborhood effects on use of African-American Vernacular English
John R. Rickford,Greg J. Duncan,Lisa A. Gennetian,Ray Yun Gou,Rebecca Greene,Lawrence F. Katz,Lawrence F. Katz,Ronald C. Kessler,Jeffrey R. Kling,Jeffrey R. Kling,Lisa Sanbonmatsu,Andres E. Sanchez-Ordoñez,Matthew Sciandra,Ewart A. C. Thomas,Jens Ludwig,Jens Ludwig +15 more
TL;DR: Estimates of the effects of moving into lower-poverty neighborhoods on the use by low-income minority youth of African-American Vernacular English, using data from a large-scale, randomized residential mobility experiment called Moving to Opportunity, suggest that neighborhood effects on speech could increase lifetime earnings by approximately $18,000.
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Growth Management and Land use Controls: The San Francisco Bay Area Experience
TL;DR: In this paper, empirical evidence reviewed and case studies documented in this paper indicate that building moratoria, growth management systems, and restrictive zoning practices have helped lead to significantly increased house prices in those Bay Area communities in which they are present.