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 | Lawrence KatzAllison Professor of Economics, Harvard University Verified email at harvard.edu Cited by 106213 |
The effects of exposure to better neighborhoods on children: New evidence from the moving to opportunity experiment
The Moving to Opportunity (MTO) experiment offered randomly selected families housing
vouchers to move from high-poverty housing projects to lower-poverty neighborhoods. We …
vouchers to move from high-poverty housing projects to lower-poverty neighborhoods. We …
[BOOK][B] The race between education and technology
C Goldin, LF Katz - 2009 - books.google.com
This book provides a careful historical analysis of the co-evolution of educational attainment
and the wage structure in the United States through the twentieth century. The authors …
and the wage structure in the United States through the twentieth century. The authors …
Experimental analysis of neighborhood effects
Families, primarily female‐headed minority households with children, living in high‐poverty
public housing projects in five US cities were offered housing vouchers by lottery in the …
public housing projects in five US cities were offered housing vouchers by lottery in the …
Changes in relative wages, 1963–1987: supply and demand factors
LF Katz, KM Murphy - The quarterly journal of economics, 1992 - academic.oup.com
A simple supply and demand framework is used to analyze changes in the US wage structure
from 1963 to 1987. Rapid secular growth in the demand for more-educated workers, “more…
from 1963 to 1987. Rapid secular growth in the demand for more-educated workers, “more…
Trends in US wage inequality: Revising the revisionists
… Katz acknowledges financial support from the Spencer … differ somewhat from those of Katz
and Murphy, we uncover … The lower panel of figure 4 uses this replication of the basic Katz-…
and Murphy, we uncover … The lower panel of figure 4 uses this replication of the basic Katz-…
The power of the pill: Oral contraceptives and women's career and marriage decisions
C Goldin, LF Katz - Journal of political Economy, 2002 - journals.uchicago.edu
The fraction of US college graduate women entering professional programs increased
substantially just after 1970, and the age at first marriage among all US college graduate women …
substantially just after 1970, and the age at first marriage among all US college graduate women …
The homecoming of American college women: The reversal of the college gender gap
C Goldin, LF Katz, I Kuziemko - Journal of Economic perspectives, 2006 - aeaweb.org
Women are currently the majority of US college students and of those receiving a bachelor's
degree, but were 39 percent of undergraduates in 1960. We use three longitudinal data sets …
degree, but were 39 percent of undergraduates in 1960. We use three longitudinal data sets …
The polarization of the US labor market
Much research (surveyed in Katz and Autor, 1999) documents a substantial widening of the
US wage structure since the late 1970s, driven by increases in educational wage …
US wage structure since the late 1970s, driven by increases in educational wage …
Changes in the wage structure and earnings inequality
LF Katz - Handbook of labor economics, 1999 - Elsevier
This chapter presents a framework for understanding changes in the wage structure and
overall earnings inequality. The framework emphasizes the role of supply and demand factors …
overall earnings inequality. The framework emphasizes the role of supply and demand factors …
Computing inequality: have computers changed the labor market?
This paper examines the effect of skill-biased technological change as measured by
computerization on the recent widening of US educational wage differentials. An analysis of …
computerization on the recent widening of US educational wage differentials. An analysis of …