We develop a theory of sorting across occupations based on looks and derive its implications
for testing for the source of earnings differentials related to looks. These differentials are …

We propose models with an ascriptive characteristic generating earnings differentials and
causing sectoral sorting, allowing us to distinguish among sources producing such differentials…

In this book Daniel Hamermesh provides the first comprehensive picture of the disparate field
of labor demand. The author reviews both the static and dynamic theories of labor demand…

Adjusted for many other determinants, beauty affects earnings; but does it lead directly to the
differences in productivity that we believe generate earnings differences? We take a large …

BUSINESSES CHANGE their demand for inputs more slowly than the shocks to input demand
warrant. The standard explanation for this slow adjustment is that, because the firm must …

Publisher Summary The chapter presents a discussion on the demand for labor in the long
run, which is important to labor economists for a variety of reasons. As in the market for a …

The formation of individuals' horizons, which is central to the theory of life-cycle behavior, has
been completely neglected. This is especially surprising, since the life expectancy of adults …

This study examines the nature of the costs that firms face in adjusting labor demand in response
to shocks induced by changes in output demand and prices. Empirical work on monthly …

This examination of the role and potential for replication in economics points out the paucity
of both pure replication – checking on others' published papers using their data – and …

We discuss the new American Time Use Survey (ATUS), an on-going household survey of
roughly 1,200 Americans per month (1,800 per month in the first year, 2003) that collects time …