Lisa B Kahn

Biographic Data

ID9621033
NAMELisa B Kahn
GIVEN NAMESLisa B
FAMILY NAMEKahn
SIGNATUREKAHN L B
AFFILIATIONSYale School of Management, 165 Whitney Avenue, PO Box 208200, New Haven, CT 06511, NBER, and IZA (email: )
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS3
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2010
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX1

  • Overview

    Erik Hurst, Lisa Kahn et al.ARTICLEJournal of Labor Economics2023

  • Dropouts Need Not Apply? The Minimum Wage and Skill Upgrading

    Jeffrey Clemens, Lisa Kahn et al.ARTICLEJournal of Labor Economics2021

    We explore whether minimum wage increases result in substitution from lower-skilled to slightly higher-skilled labor. Using 2011–16 American Community Survey (ACS) data, we show that workers employed in low-wage occupations are older and more likely to have a high school diploma following recent statutory minimum wage increases. To better understand the role of firms, we examine the Burning Glass vacancy data. We find increases in a high school d…

  • Introduction

    Daniel Aaronson, Lisa Kahn et al.ARTICLEJournal of Labor Economics2021

  • Labor demand in the time of Covid-19

    Open AccessEliza Forsythe, Lisa Kahn et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Economics2020

  • Supervisors and Performance Management Systems

    Anders Frederiksen, Lisa Kahn et al.ARTICLEJournal of Political Economy2019Cited by: 3References: 1

    We study how heterogeneity in performance evaluations across supervisors affects employee and supervisor careers and firm outcomes using data on the performance system of a Scandinavian service sector firm. Supervisors vary widely in how they rate subordinates of similar quality. In our model, this ratings heterogeneity can arise because supervisors can differ in their ability to manage subordinates or in their leniency when rating subordinates. …

  • Do Recessions Accelerate Routine-Biased Technological Change? Evidence from Vacancy Postings

    Brad Hershbein, Lisa Kahn et al.ARTICLEAmerican Economic Review2018

    We show that skill requirements in job vacancy postings differentially increased in MSAs that were hit hard by the Great Recession, relative to less hard-hit areas. These increases persist through at least the end of 2015 and are correlated with increases in capital investments, both at the MSA and firm levels. We also find that effects are most pronounced in routine-cognitive occupations, which exhibit relative wage growth as well. We argue that…

  • Skill Requirements across Firms and Labor Markets

    David Deming, Lisa Kahn et al.ARTICLEJournal of Labor Economics2018

    We study variation in skill demands for professionals across firms and labor markets. We categorize a wide range of keywords found in job ads into 10 general skills. There is substantial variation in these skill requirements, even within narrowly defined occupations. Focusing particularly on cognitive and social skills, we find positive correlations between each skill and external measures of pay and firm performance. We also find evidence of a c…

  • Cashier or Consultant? Entry Labor Market Conditions, Field of Study, and Career Success

    Joseph G Altonji, Lisa Kahn et al.ARTICLEJournal of Labor Economics2016

    We measure impacts of entry conditions on labor market outcomes for the US college graduating classes of 1974–2011. A large recession reduces initial earnings by 10%, through full-time work and wages, with small persistent impacts on wages. Those in high-paying majors experience smaller impacts on most labor market outcomes, widening earnings inequality across majors. In the Great Recession, early earnings losses are much larger than predicted gi…

  • The long-term labor market consequences of graduating from college in a bad economy

    Open AccessLisa Kahn, Lisa B KahnARTICLELabour Economics2010