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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 Unemployment and the Great Recession: The Role of Composition, Duration Dependence, and Non-Participation
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the extent to which composition, duration dependence, and labor force non-participation can account for the sharp increase in the incidence of long-term unemployment (LTU) during the Great Recession.
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Technical Change and the Relative Demand for Skilled Labor: The United States in Historical Perspective
Lawrence F. Katz,Robert A. Margo +1 more
TL;DR: This paper examined shifts over time in the relative demand for skilled labor in the United States and found that occupations hollowed out: the share of "middle-skill" jobs - artisans, non-production workers, and operatives and laborers increased.
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Documenting decline in U.S. economic mobility
TL;DR: Although Chetty et al. find that the slowdown in Gross Domestic Product growth has played a role, they conclude that faster economic growth is insufficient to restore mobility to its immediate postwar level in light of increased income inequality.
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A Distinctive System: Origins and Impact of U.S. Unemployment Compensation
TL;DR: The U.S. unemployment compensation system is distinctive among countries by virtue of its federal-state structure, experience-rating, and limitation on benefits as discussed by the authors. But how different is the UI system in the United States because of these features, and how have they affected the U. S. labor market?
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Changes in the Structure of Wages in the Public and Private Sectors
Lawrence F. Katz,Alan B. Krueger +1 more
TL;DR: The U.S. public sector responded sluggishly to substantial changes in private sector wages during the 1970s and 1980s, despite a large expansion in the college/high school wage differential during the 1980s in the private sector, the public sector college wage premium remained fairly stable as mentioned in this paper.