Lawrence Katz
Biographic Data
| ID | 5847237 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lawrence Katz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lawrence |
| FAMILY NAME | Katz |
| SIGNATURE | KATZ L |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Bureau of Economic Research |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1964 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Summaries of Doctoral Dissertations
I was honored that Lee Alston asked me to be the convener for the Nevins Prize Competition this year. There were close to a dozen submissions spanning a
The Rise and Nature of Alternative Work Arrangements in the United States, 1995-2015
To monitor trends in alternative work arrangements, we conducted a version of the Contingent Worker Survey as part of the RAND American Life Panel in late 2015.The findings point to a significant rise in the incidence of alternative work arrangements in the U.S. economy from 2005 to 2015.The percentage of workers engaged in alternative work arrangements -defined as temporary help agency workers, on-call workers, contract workers, and independent …
What We Know and Do Not Know About the Natural Rate of Unemployment
Over the past three decades, much research has attempted to identify the determinants of the natural rate of unemployment. The authors reach two main conclusions about this body of work. First, there has been considerable theoretical progress over the past thirty years. A framework emerged that can be used to think, for example, about the relation between technological progress and unemployment. Second, empirical knowledge lags behind. Economists…
On the Labor Market Effects of Immigration and Trade
The Company You Keep
The value of well-validated tests in courtroom testimony
The Salvation Army Men—s Social Service Center. II Results
Data were gathered on the population served and the results of the rehabilitation program in the San Francisco and Lytton Salvation Army Men's Social Service Centers. The demographic characteristics of about 300 men are similar to those described in other large samples of homeless and jailed alcoholics. The educational level and past occupational attainments, however, are somewhat better than those of the typical homeless alcoholic, and more near…
The Salvation Army Men's Social Service Center. I . Program
What We Know and Do Not Know About the Natural Rate of Unemployment
Over the past three decades, much research has attempted to identify the determinants of the natural rate of unemployment. The authors reach two main conclusions about this body of work. First, there has been considerable theoretical progress over the past thirty years. A framework emerged that can be used to think, for example, about the relation between technological progress and unemployment. Second, empirical knowledge lags behind. Economists…
The Salvation Army Men's Social Service Center. I . Program
The Salvation Army Men—s Social Service Center. II Results
Data were gathered on the population served and the results of the rehabilitation program in the San Francisco and Lytton Salvation Army Men's Social Service Centers. The demographic characteristics of about 300 men are similar to those described in other large samples of homeless and jailed alcoholics. The educational level and past occupational attainments, however, are somewhat better than those of the typical homeless alcoholic, and more near…
The value of well-validated tests in courtroom testimony
On the Labor Market Effects of Immigration and Trade
The Company You Keep
What We Know and Do Not Know About the Natural Rate of Unemployment
Over the past three decades, much research has attempted to identify the determinants of the natural rate of unemployment. The authors reach two main conclusions about this body of work. First, there has been considerable theoretical progress over the past thirty years. A framework emerged that can be used to think, for example, about the relation between technological progress and unemployment. Second, empirical knowledge lags behind. Economists…
The Rise and Nature of Alternative Work Arrangements in the United States, 1995-2015
To monitor trends in alternative work arrangements, we conducted a version of the Contingent Worker Survey as part of the RAND American Life Panel in late 2015.The findings point to a significant rise in the incidence of alternative work arrangements in the U.S. economy from 2005 to 2015.The percentage of workers engaged in alternative work arrangements -defined as temporary help agency workers, on-call workers, contract workers, and independent …
Summaries of Doctoral Dissertations
I was honored that Lee Alston asked me to be the convener for the Nevins Prize Competition this year. There were close to a dozen submissions spanning a
Business (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Center (category theory) (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Law (2 works)