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John Schmitt
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The Union Wage Advantage for Low-Wage Workers
May 2008
Unions and Upward Mobility for African-American Workers
March 2008
The Economic Impact of a U.S. Slowdown on the Americas
March 2008 (with Mark Weisbrot and Luis Sandoval)
The Decline in African-American Representation in Unions and Manufacturing, 1979-2007
February 2008 (with Ben Zipperer)
Movin’ On Up: Reforming America’s Social Contract to Provide a Bridge to the Middle Class
February 2008 (with Shawn Fremstad, Rebecca Ray, and Liz Chimienti)
What We’re In For: Projected Economic Impact of the Next Recession
January 2008 (with Dean Baker)
The Need for an Economic Stimulus Package
January 2008 (with Eileen Appelbaum and Dean Baker)
'Misunderestimating' Living Standards
January 2008, (with David Rosnick)
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly: Job Quality in the United States over the Three Most Recent Business Cycles
November 2007
Unions and Upward Mobility for Low-Wage Workers
August 2007 (with Margy Waller, Shawn Fremstad and Ben Zipperer)
Is the Unemployment Rate in Sweden Really 17 Percent?
June 2007
No-Vacation Nation
May 2007 (with Rebecca Ray) The Decline in African-American Representation in Unions and Manufacturing, 1979-2006
March 2007 (with Ben Zipperer) Dropping the Ax: Illegal Firings During Union Election Campaigns
January 2007 (with Ben Zipperer) Whatever Happened to the American Jobs Machine?
October 2006 Old Europe Goes to Work: Rising Employment Rates in the European Union
September 2006 (with Dean Baker)
The Impact of Undercounting in the Current Population Survey
August 2006 (with Dean Baker) Is the U.S. a Good Model for Reducing Social Exclusion in Europe?
August 2006 (with Ben Zipperer) Are Protective Labor Market Institutions Really at the Root of Unemployment? A Critical Perspective
July 2006 (with David R. Howell, Dean Baker, and Andrew Glyn) Analysis of NY 'Fair Share for Health Care' Bill
May 2006 Changing Patterns in the Relative Economic Performance of Immigrants to Great Britain and the U.S.
April 2006 (with Jonathan Wadsworth) Employment Regulation and French Unemployment: Were the French Students Right After All?
April 2006 (with David Howell) Missing Inaction: Evidence of Undercounting of Non-Workers in the Current Population Survey (CPS)
February 2006 (with Dean Baker) The Decline in African-American Representation in Unions and Auto Manufacturing, 1979-2004
January 2006 (with Ben Zipperer) Impact of Proposed Minimum-Wage Increase on Low-income Families
December 2005 (with Heather Boushey) How Good is the Economy at Creating Good Jobs?
October 2005 Correcting Employment Rates in the 2000 Decennial Census Using Information from the CPS-Census 2000
May 2005 (with Dean Baker) Labor Markets and Economic Inequality in the United States Since the End of the 1970s
April 2005 Bad Times: The Impact of Changes in Work Schedules on Productivity Growth
November 2004 (with Dean Baker) Recent Job Loss Hits the African-American Middle Class Hard
October 2004 Unemployment and Labor Market Institutions: The Failure of the Empirical Case for Deregulation
September 2004 (with Dean Baker, Andrew Glyn, and David Howell) Labor Market Performance in Ohio, 2001-2004
September 2004 Labor Market Performance in Michigan, 2001-2004
September 2004 Labor Market Performance in Pennsylvania, 2001-2004
September 2004 The Rise in Job Displacement, 1991-2004: The Crisis in American Manufacturing
August 2004 Job Displacement over the Business Cycle, 1991-2001
July 2004 Computer Assisted Exam Results
Summer 2004 (with Jonathan Wadsworth) Labor Market Protections and Unemployment: Does the IMF Have a Case?
November 2003 (with Dean Baker) Hard Times in the New Millennium: The Fate of Youth in the Bush Years
November 2003 (with Heather Boushey) Is It Time to Export the US Tax Model to Latin America?
April 2003 Growing Pain: The Expense of Drugs for the Elderly
February 2003 (with Dean Baker) Taking the Measure of Workers and Jobs: Surveying What Workers Want (and Get) from Their Union and Company
Final Report to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, September 2004 (with Arne L. Kalleberg, Eileen Appelbaum, and Steve Sleigh). Los inmigrantes mexicanos, salvadoreños y dominicanos en el mercado laboral estadounidense: las brechas de género en los años 1990 y 2000
Serie Estudios y Perspectivas No. 20. Mexico City: United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, June 2004 (with Sarah Gammage). The Expenditures of Working Families with Critical Housing Affordability Problems: Trends and Tradeoffs
Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute for the Center for Housing Policy, June 28, 2004 (with Jared Bernstein). Unemployment and Labor Market Institutions: The Failure of the Empirical Case for Deregulation 
Paper prepared for the International Labor Organization, December 2003 (with Dean Baker, Andrew Glyn, and David Howell). Background Report on Social Indicators in Latin America at the Turn of the Century
Paper prepared for the Social Development Division of the Inter-American Development Bank. February 27, 2002 (with Sarah Gammage). Factors Affecting and Reflecting Labor-Market Adaptability in the United States, 1989-2000
Paris: Paper prepared for Algoé project on "Labor-market adaptability," for the European Commission, Directorate-General Employment and Social Affairs. August 30, 2001. Women's Capabilities and Opportunities in Latin America at the Turn of the Century: What Do the Data Say?
Prepared for the Women in Development Program Unit of the Inter-American Development Bank. February 20, 2001 (with Sarah Gammage). Tax Cut No Cure for Middle Class Economic Woes
Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute, September 1999 (with Jared Bernstein, Edie Rasell, and Robert Scott). Finally, Real Wage Gains: Lower Unemployment, Higher Minimum Wage Spur Recent Wage Growth
Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute, July 1998 (Lawrence Mishel and Jared Bernstein). Making Work Pay: The Impact of the 1996-97 Minimum Wage Increase
Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute, May, 1998 (with Jared Bernstein). Trading Away Good Jobs: An Examination of Employment and Wages in the U.S. 1979-94
Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute. October 1997 (with Robert Scott and Thea Lee). The Minimum Wage and Job Loss
Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute, January 1996.
Cutting Wages by Cutting Welfare: The Impact of Welfare Reform on the Low-Wage Labor Market
Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute, September 1995 (with Lawrence Mishel). El Salvador section in World Outlook 1994
London: The Economist Intelligence Unit. 1994. Country Report: El Salvador, 4th Quarter 1993
London: The Economist Intelligence Unit. 1994. The State of Working America 2000-2001
Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 2001 (with Lawrence Mishel and Jared Bernstein). The State of Working America 1998-99
Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1999 (with Lawrence Mishel and Jared Bernstein). The State of Working America 1996-97
Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1996 (with Lawrence Mishel and Jared Bernstein). Beware the U.S. Model: Jobs and Wages in a Deregulated Economy
Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute. 1995 (with Lawrence Mishel(eds.)) "Labor Markets and Economic Inequality in the United States Since the End of the 1970s," in Vicente Navarro (ed.), Neoliberalism, Globalization, and Inequalities: Consequences for Health and Quality of Life . Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing Company, Inc, 2007. "Is the United States a Good Model for Reducing Social Exclusion in Europe?" in Vicente Navarro (ed.), Neoliberalism, Globalization, and Inequalities: Consequences for Health and Quality of Life . Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing Company, Inc, 2007 (with Ben Zipperer).
"Economic Efficiency versus Social Equality? The U.S. Liberal Model versus The European Social Model," in Vicente Navarro (ed.), Neoliberalism, Globalization, and Inequalities: Consequences for Health and Quality of Life . Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing Company, Inc, 2007 (with Vicente Navarro).
"Is Globalization Undermining the Welfare State? The Evolution of the Welfare State in Developed Capitalist Countries during the 1990s," in Vicente Navarro (ed.), Neoliberalism, Globalization, and Inequalities: Consequences for Health and Quality of Life . Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing Company, Inc, 2007 (with Vicente Navarro and Javier Astudillo). "The Scorecard on Development: 25 Years of Diminished Progress," in K.S. Jomo and Jacques Baudot (eds.), Flat World, Big Gaps: Economic Liberalization, Globalization, Poverty and Inequality. London: Zed Books, 2007 (with Mark Weisbrot and David Rosnick). "Mercados de trabajo y desigualdad en el plano económico en los Estados Unidos desde finales de la década de los años setenta," in Gerardo Fujii and Santos M. Ruesga (eds.), El trabajo en un mundo globalizado, Madrid: Ediciones Pirámide, 2004. "Is the OECD Jobs Strategy Behind US and British Employment and Unemployment Success in the 1990s?" in David Howell (ed.), Fighting Unemployment: The Limits of Free Market Orthodoxy, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. "Labor Market Institutions and Unemployment: A Critical Assessment of the Cross-Country Evidence," in David Howell (ed.), Fighting Unemployment: The Limits of Free Market Orthodoxy, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004 (with Dean Baker, Andrew Glyn, and David Howell). "The Minimum Wage Increase: A Working Woman's Issue," in Ellen Mutari and Deborah M. Figart (eds.), Women and the Economy: A Reader, Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2003 (with Jared Bernstein and Heidi Hartmann). "Os trabalhadores e a nova economia: algumas lições recentes vindas dos Estados Unidos," in DIEESE (ed.), Emprego e desenvolvimento tecnológico: experiências sindicais, setoriais e regionais, São Paulo: DIEESE, 2002. "Die makroökonomischen Wurzeln der hohen Arbeitslosigkeit in Europa – Der Einfluß des Wachstums im Ausland" ("The Macroeconomic Roots of High European Unemployment: The Role of International Demand"), in Eckhard Hein and Achim Truger (eds.), Moderne Wirtschaftspolitik = Koordinierte Makropolitik, Marburg, Germany: Metropolis-Verlag, 2002 (with Dean Baker). "Did Job Quality Deteriorate in the 1980s and 1990s?" in Ivar Berg and Arne Kalleberg (eds.) Sourcebook of Labor Markets: Evolving Structures and Processes, New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishing, 2001. "The United States and Europe: Who's Really Ahead?" in Jeff Madrick (ed.) Unconventional Wisdom: Alternative Perspectives on the New Economy, New York: The Century Foundation Press, 2000 (with Lawrence Mishel). "Labor Market Flexibility and Job Creation in the United States," in Ludwig Bussman (ed.), Vollbeschäftigung und Tertiarisierung (Drei-Sektoren-Hypothese), Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 1999. "Inequality and Globalization: Some Evidence from the United States," in Don Kalb, Marco van der Land, Richard Staring, Bart van Steenbergen, and Nico Wilterdink (eds.), The Ends of Globalization: Bringing Society Back In, Boulder, CO: Rowman & Littlefield, 1999. "Globalization and Labor Markets: A View from the United States" in Carl Lankowski (ed.), Responses to Globalization in Germany and the United States: Seven Sectors Compared. AICGS Research Report No. 10. Washington, D.C.: American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, 1999.
"The US Model: The Wages of Inequality," in John Vail and Jane Wheelock (eds.), Work and Idleness: The Political Economy of Full Employment. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Press. 1998 (with Jared Bernstein and Lawrence Mishel). "The Minimum Wage: Blocking the Low-Wage Path," in Todd Schafer and Jeff Faux (eds.), Reclaiming Prosperity: A Blueprint for Progressive Economic Reform. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1996 (with William Spriggs). "The Changing Structure of Male Earnings in Britain, 1974-88," in Richard Freeman and Lawrence Katz (eds.), Differences and Changes in Wage Structures: An International Comparison. National Bureau of Economic Research Series. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. 1995. John Schmitt and Jonathan Wadsworth. "The Rise in Inactivity," in Andrew Glyn and David Miliband (eds.), Paying for Inequality: The Economic Cost of Social Injustice. London: River Oram Press, 1994.
David R. Howell, Dean Baker, Andrew Glyn, and John Schmitt (2007) "Are Protective Labor Market Institutions at the Root of Unemployment? A Critical Review of the Evidence," Capitalism and Society: Vol. 2 : Iss. 1, Article 1. Available at: http://www.bepress.com/cas/vol2/iss1/art1
"Labor Markets and Economic Inequality in the United States Since the End of the 1970s," International Journal of Health Services vol. 35 (4): 655 - 673, October 2005. "Economic Efficiency Versus Social Equality? The U.S. Liberal Model versus the European Social Model," International Journal of Health Services, vol. 35 (4): 613 - 630, October 2005 (with John Navarro). "Is It Time to Export the US Tax Model to Latin America?" Challenge, vol. 48 (3):46-68, May-June 2005. "¿A dónde va el socioliberalismo? Una crítica del libro Quo Vadis Europa? Por qué la Unión Europea sigue creciendo más lentamente que Estados Unidos," Revista Principios: Estudios de Economía Política, vol. 2005(2): 105-120, May (with Vicenç Navarro). "The Rise in Job Displacement, 1991-2004: the crisis in American Manufacturing," Challenge, vol. 47 (6): 46-68, November-December 2004. "Computer Assisted Exam Results," CentrePiece, Summer 2004: 8-15 (with Jonathan Wadsworth). "The Evolution of the Welfare State in Developed Capitalist Countries During the Decade of the 1990s," Cambridge Journal of Economics, vol. 28 (1): 133-152, January 2004 (with Vicente Navarro and Javier Astudillo). "Review of White-collar Sweatshop: The Deterioration of Work and Its Rewards in Corporate America by Jill Andresky Fraser," British Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 41 (2):373-74, June 2003. La importancia de la política en la supuesta globalización económica: la evolución de los estados de bienestar en el capitalismo desarrollado durante la década de los años noventa
Sistema No. 171, pp. 3-46. Madrid, November 2002 (with Vicenç Navarro and Javier Astudillo). "An Evaluation of the G7 Economies in the 1990s," Challenge, vol. 41 (6): 39-59, November-December 1998 (with Lawrence Mishel). "Unterschätzte soziale Kosten, überbewertete ökonomische Vorteile des 'US-Modells,'" WSI Mitteilungen, April 1998, pp. 271-79 (with Lawrence Mishel and Jared Bernstein). Reprinted as "Dangers for European Workers in the U.S. Economic Model," in WorkingUSA, May-June 1998, pp. 73-85; and as "An Evaluation of the Costs and Benefits of the US Model," Economic Report, vol. 12 (8), September 1998, London: Employment Policy Institute.
"Education isn't Enough," New Economy (London), December 1996, pp. 204-08. "The State of American Workers," Challenge, November-December 1996, pp. 33-42 (with Lawrence Mishel and Jared Bernstein). "Unemployment Benefit Levels and Search Activity," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, vol. 55, no. 1 (February 1993), pp. 1-24 (with Jonathan Wadsworth). John Schmitt and Jonathan Wadsworth. "Is there an impact of household computer ownership on children’s educational attainment in Britain?" Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No. 625, London School of Economics, March 2004. John Schmitt. "Estimating household consumption expenditure in the United States using the Interview and Diary portions of the 1980, 1990, and 1997 Consumer Expenditure Surveys," DEMPATEM Working Paper No. 1, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies, University of Amsterdam, February 2004. Andrew Glyn, Wiemer Salverda, Joachim Möller, John Schmitt, and Michel Sollogoub. "Employment differences in services: the role of wages, productivity and demand," DEMPATEM Working Paper No. 12, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies, University of Amsterdam, February 2004. Arne L. Kalleberg, Eileen Appelbaum, Steve Sleigh, and John Schmitt. "For better or worse: union and company trust and citizenship behaviors," paper prepared for the Industrial Relations Research Association meetings, San Diego, CA, January 2-5, 2004.
John Schmitt. "Creating a consistent hourly wage series from the Current Population Survey's Outgoing Rotation Group, 1979-2002," Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington, DC, August 2003. John Schmitt. "Labor-market transitions and the measurement of labor-market capacity," paper prepared for meeting of the project on New Cross-National Architecture for Labor-Market Statistics, Bellagio, Italy, September 23-27, 2002 John Schmitt. "Supply, demand, and the wages of recent college graduates in the 1990s," paper prepared for the Russell Sage Foundation (Grant No. 85-99-02), June 14, 2002. John Schmitt and Jonathan Wadsworth. "Give PCs a Chance: Changes in Personal Computer Ownership Rates in the United States and Great Britain," Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper 526, London School of Economics. April 2002. John Schmitt and William Stanley. "Finance-Led Development, or Why People are Leaving El Salvador," paper prepared for the Latin American Studies Association, XXIII International Congress, Washington, DC, September 6-8, 2001. John Schmitt. "Workers and the new economy: some early lessons from the United States," paper prepared for the International Seminar on "Alternativas de Desenvolvimento e a Questão Regional," Rio de Janeiro, August 27 and 28, 2001. John Schmitt. "The impact of changing composition on the inequality of earnings among recent college graduates in the 1980s and 1990s," paper prepared for the Russell Sage Foundation (Grant No. 85-99-02), June 8, 2001. John Schmitt. "Earnings of recent college graduates in the 1980s and 1990s: evidence from the Current Population Survey, the National Association of Colleges and Employers 'Salary Survey,' and the Recent College Graduate/Baccalaureate and Beyond Surveys," paper prepared for the Russell Sage Foundation (Grant No. 85-99-02), February 28, 2001. John Schmitt. "The Employment Effects of the 1996-97 Increases in the Federal Minimum Wage: Another Look at the Card and Deere, Murphy, and Welch Tests," unpublished paper, Economic Policy Institute, January 2000. Lawrence Mishel, Jared Bernstein, and John Schmitt. "Wage Inequality in the 1990s: Measurement and Trends," paper presented at the 1999 meetings of the Allied Social Science Association, New York, December 28, 1998. John Schmitt, Lawrence Mishel, and Jared Bernstein. "Recent Trends in Wages, Incomes, and Wealth in the United States," paper prepared for the Canadian Economic Association Meetings, Ottawa, May 31, 1998. Lawrence Mishel, Jared Bernstein, and John Schmitt. "Did Technology Have Any Effect on the Growth of Wage Inequality in the 1980s and 1990s?" Economic Policy Institute Working Paper. April 1997. John Schmitt and Lawrence Mishel. "Did International Trade Lower Less-skilled Wages During the 1980s? Standard Theory and Evidence," Economic Policy Institute Technical Paper. July 1996. John Schmitt. "Export Promotion in El Salvador: is Getting Prices Right Enough?" Centre for Economic Performance Working Paper No. 384. London School of Economics. August 1993. John Schmitt and Jonathan Wadsworth. "You Won't Feel the Benefit: Changing Unemployment Benefit Entitlement and Labour Market Activity in Britain," unpublished paper, Economic Policy Institute, June 1998; revised version of "Job Search Activity and Changing Unemployment Benefit Entitlement: Pseudo-panel Estimates for Britain," Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No. 148. London School of Economics, May 1993.
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