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References for The labor market in the US, 2000–2018

Author: Daniel S. Hamermesh
  • Further reading

    • President of the United States Economic Report of the President, 2000–2019.
  • Key references

    • Hurd, M. "A compensation measure of the cost of unemployment to the unemployed" Quarterly Journal of Economics 95:2 (1980): 225–243.
      Key reference: [1]
    • OECD Employment Outlook, 2018. Paris: OECD, 2018.
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    • Boeri, T., Burda, M., Kramarz, F.. Work Hours and Job Sharing in the EU and USA: Are Europeans Lazy? Or Americans Crazy?. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.
      Key reference: [3]
    • Johnson, J. "Sex differentials in unemployment: A case for no concern" Journal of Political Economy 91:2 (1983): 293–303.
      Key reference: [4]
    • Bound, J., Johnson, G. "Changes in the structure of wages in the 1980s: An evaluation of alternative explanations" American Economic Review 82:3 (1992): 371–392.
      Key reference: [5]
    • Juhn, C., Murphy, K., Pierce, B. "Wage inequality and the rise in returns to skill" Journal of Political Economy 101:3 (1993): 410–442.
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    • Boskin, M., Dulberger, E., Gordon, R., Griliches, Z., Jorgenson, D. "The CPI Commission: Findings and recommendations" American Economic Review 87:2 (1997): 78–83.
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    • Atkinson, A., Piketty, T., Saez, E. "Top incomes in the long run of history" Journal of Economic Literature 49:1 (2011): 3–71.
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