In this working paper, Lawrence Buron, Robert Haveman, and Owen O'Donnell explore the major trends that have developed in the work force, including the rate of joblessness and the rise in part-time work, and whether these events were voluntary or involuntary. In addition, they look at the...

The source of the increased inequality in the distribution of male earnings has been the focus of much economic analysis. In this working paper, Robert H. Haveman and Lawrence Buron attempt to find the source of the increased inequality in the distribution of male earnings since the 1970s....

In this paper we study changes in the prevalence and composition of poverty in the United States over the 1973-1988 period, focusing on the first and last years. Over this period, official poverty rose from 23.6 million people (11.4 percent of the population) to 31.9 million (13.1 percent),...