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David Autor is the Ford Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research focuses on the determinants of inequality, with particular emphasis on the impact of technology, automation, and trade on labor market outcomes. He has been an NBER affiliate since 1999.
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Alexandre Mas is a Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on the role of fairness considerations, social forces, credit disruptions, and other factors in affecting labor market outcomes. He has been an NBER affiliate since 2006.
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The need for long-term, nonacute caregiving is projected to rise significantly in coming decades. The number of Americans ages 65 and older is expected to...
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Two landmark pieces of federal legislation in the early 1960s targeted pay discrimination against women. In How the 1963 Equal Pay Act and 1964 Civil...
![This figure is a two-panel line graph titled, Earnings Trajectories Following Job Losses for Low-Wage Workers. The following description is for the left-side panel. The y-axis is labeled, change in probability of having any earnings ($), relative to control group. It ranges from negative 30 to positive 5 percent, increasing in increments of 5. The x-axis is labeled, quarters since shock, ranging from negative 12 to 24, increasing in increments of 4. There is a vertical dotted line at 0 which is labeled,](/sites/default/files/styles/promo/public/2023-08/W31447.jpg?itok=8vZTDdui)
The effect of job losses on workers’ subsequent earnings is a subject of long-standing interest in labor economics. For a well-paid worker, losing a job...