Employment, Earnings and Inequality: Realities and Opportunities in Low Wage Labor Markets
This conference will present both quantitative and qualitative
research on questions related to low wage labor markets. A
wide variety of topics will be covered including: wage trends and
shifts in occupations, policies that enhance wages (such as the
minimum wage and the earned income tax credit), issues related to
immigration and mobility among low-skilled workers, and issues
related to stigma and identity among low-skilled workers.
Skills of the Unskilled: Work and Mobility Among Mexican
Migrants Jacqueline Hagan, UNC Chapel Hill
The Great Recession, Low-wage Work, and Work Identity:
Narratives of Self in the Face of Economic
Catastrophe Steve Lopez, The Ohio State University
The Stigma of Low-Wage Work: Field- and
Survey-Experimental Evidence David Pedulla, The University of Texas at Austin
The Reversal in the Demand for Skill and Its Implications
for Employment and Wages for All Workers David Green, University of British Columbia
The Minimum Wage, Earned Income Tax Credit and Labor
Supply Dayanand Manoli, University of Texas at Austin
Is Tinkering with Safety Net Programs Harmful to
Beneficiaries? Evidence from the Medicaid Notch and the Minimum
Wage Jeffrey Clemens, UC San Diego Download Professor Clemens' Paper
Policy Discussion and Q & A: Raising Labor Standards at
the Local Level Ken Jacobs, UC Berkeley
Reflections On the Low Wage Labor Market: Facts and
Policies Paul Osterman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
