FOR several reasons, What Do Unions Do? 1 by Richard B. Freeman and James L. Medoff is
the most significant book on the topic in recent years. The theses are provocative, including …

The purpose of this paper is to examine these concerns and evaluate the use of job satisfaction
(and other subjective variables) in labor market analysis. The main theme is that, while …

IMMIGRATION AND TRADE-particularly with less developed countries (LDCs)-have become
more significant to the US economy since the 1960s than they were earlier in the postwar …

Crime is a major activity in the US, with implications for poverty and the allocation of public
and private resources. The economics of crime focuses on the effect of incentives on criminal …

Publisher Summary The human capital “revolution” of the 1960s and 1970s turned the
previously peripheral topic of demand for education into a major area of research for labor …

This chapter reviews what economists have learned about the impact of labor market
institutions, defined broadly as government regulations and union activity on labor outcomes in …

The economic troubles of less-skilled workers in the United States. and OECD-Europe during
a period of rising manufacturing imports from third world countries has created a debate …

… In addition to serving on the faculty at Harvard University, Freeman concurrently holds the
… Professor Freeman is a highly acclaimed labor economist who is well known in several …

The high-level work force of the United States has been expanding rapidly in recent years.
In 1947, 6.6 percent of total employment was in professional, technical, and kindred jobs; in …

This paper shows that participation in crime and involvement with the criminal justice system
has reached extraordinary levels among young men. With approximately 2 percent as many …