[...]This paper is an interim report on continuingwork that we began in 1988. Our earlier research on thecauses of wage structure changes in the 1980s (Bound andJohnson 1992) showed that part of explanation A (theslowdown in the growth rate of that fraction of the workforce with high levels of...

Over the last half century, U.S. wage growth stagnated, wage inequality rose, and the labor-force participation rate of prime-age men steadily declined. In this article, we examine these labor market trends, focusing on outcomes for males without a college education. Though wages and...

In this paper we estimate the effects of industrial shifts in the 1970s and 1980s on the wages and employment of black and white males. We use micro Census data for 52 MSAs, and estimate effects separately by age and education group. The results show that industrial shifts did reduce demand for...