The Future of Work

Recent Awards

Marlene Kim, University of Massachusetts, Boston

"Black Women and Double Discrimination in Employment"
November 2007, $35,000
Project Description

Sandra Susan Smith, University of California, Berkeley

"Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Risks and Costs of Providing Job-Finding Assistance"
November 2007, $49,218
Project Description

Internal Appropriation , Russell Sage Foundation

"Travel and lodging costs to Future of Work researchers for the Labor Employment Relations Association (LERA) annual meeting"
November 2007, $6,818
Project Description

John Schmidt, Center for Economic Policy Research
Heather Boushey, Center for Economic Policy Research
David Rosnick, Center for Economic Policy Research
Ben Zipperer, Center for Economic Policy Research

"The Employment Impact of City Minimum Wage Increases"
June 2007, $20,755
Project Description

Richard B. Freeman, Harvard University

"Statistical Analysis of the worklifewizard.org Web Survey"
June 2007, $35,000
Project Description

Jeffrey Grogger, National Opinion Research Center
Gordan Hanson, National Opinion Research Center

"The Effects of Trade and Immigration on Low-Skill Workers: Revisiting the Issues with a Cohort of Labor Market Entrants"
June 2007, $159,902
Project Description

Martin Orland, Center for Education of the National Academies

"Workshop On Future Skill Demand"
November 2006, $35,000
Project Description

Gerry Rodgers, International Institute of Labor Studies

"Research Conference on Work, Social Policy, and Development"
November 2006, $16,200
Project Description

Michael Stoll, University of California, Los Angeles
Steven Raphael, University of California, Berkeley

"The Increasing Prison Population in the United States: What Has it Done for Us and What Has it Done to Us?"
June 2006, $140,668
Project Description

Annette Bernhardt, New York University
Douglas Heckathorn, Cornell University
Ruth Milkman, University of California, Los Angeles
Nikolas Theodore, University of Illinois, Chicago

"Documenting Unregulated Work: A Survey of Workplace Violations in New York City"
June 2006, $515,277
Project Description

Internal Appropriation , Russell Sage Foundation

"Low-Wage Work in Europe and the United States: Phase II"
June 2006, $348,213
Project Description

Julia R. Henly, University of Chicago
Susan J. Lambert, University of Chicago

"Improving Scheduling in Entry-Level Retail Jobs: A Workplace-Based Experiment"
November 2005, $149,609
Project Description

David Autor, MIT
Susan Houseman, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

"The Consequences of Temporary Agency Employment for Low-Skilled Workers"
November 2005, $161,290
Project Description

Annette Bernhardt, New York University
James DeFilippis, Baruch College, City University of New York

"Off the Radar Screen: Case Studies of Unregulated Jobs in Chicago and New York City"
June 2005, $100,000
Project Description

Shawn D. Bushway, University of Maryland, College Park
Michael Stoll, University of California, Los Angeles

"The Effect of Criminal Background Checks on Hiring of Ex-Offenders"
March 2005, $30,394
Project Description

Rosemary Batt, Cornell University

"The Global Call Center Research Project, Part II: An International Comparison of Low-Wage Service Workers"
November 2004, $71,916
Project Description

Francoise Carré, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Chris Tilly, University of Massachusetts, Boston

"Continuity and Change in Low-Wage Work in Retail Trade in the United States"
November 2004, $150,542
Project Description

Elizabeth Powers, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Joseph Persky, University of Illinois, Chicago
Ron Baiman, University of Illinois, Chicago

"Impacts of the Illinois Minimum Wage: Employment, Hours, and Labor Substitution in the Fast Food Industry"
November 2004, $89,967
Project Description

Jagdish Bhagwati, Columbia University

"Skilled Migration"
November 2004, $20,000
Project Description

Robert Fairlie, University of California, Santa Cruz
Alicia Robb, Foundation for Sustainable Development

"Race, Families, and Success in Small Business: A Comparison of African-American, Asian, and White-Owned Businesses"
November 2004, $18,000
Project Description

Jacob Eskilden, Aarhus School of Business
Klaus Grunert, Aarhus School of Business
Hans Jorn Juhl, Aarhus School of Business
Niels Westergaard-Nielsen, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Sara McGaughey, Copenhagen Business School
Niels Moller, Technical University of Denmark
Ole Sorensen, Technical University of Denmark

"Low-Wage Work in Denmark "
June 2004, $550,659
Project Description

Philippe Askenazy, Ecole Normale Supérieure
Thomas Piketty, Ecole Normale Supérieure
Ève Caroli, University Paris X
Jérôme Gautié, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

"Low-Wage Work in France"
June 2004, $589,763
Project Description

Gerhard Bosch, University of Duisburg-Essen
Larz Czommer, Institute for Work and Technology, Gelsenkirchen
Karen Jaehrling, Institute for Work and Technology, Gelsenkirchen
Thorsten Kalina, Institute for Work and Technology, Gelsenkirchen
Steffen Lehndorff, Institute for Work and Technology, Gelsenkirchen
Achim Vanselow, Institute for Work and Technology, Gelsenkirchen
Claudia Weinkopf, University of Duisburg-Essen

"Low-Wage Work in Germany"
June 2004, $545,668
Project Description

Marc van der Meer, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies
Wiemer Salverda, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies
Kea Tijdens, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labor Studies
Theo Bouwman, STZ Research Consulting
Arjen Van Halem, STZ Research Consulting
Maarten van Klaveren, STZ Consultancy and Research
Anja Van de Westerlaken, STZ Research Consulting

"Low-Wage Work in the Netherlands"
June 2004, $545,280
Project Description

Ana Rincon-Aznar, National Institute of Economic and Social Research
Michael Fisher, National Institute of Economic and Social Research
Geoff Mason, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, London
Ken Mayhew, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, London
Philip Stevens, National Institute of Economic and Social Research
Eli Dutton, University of Strathclyde
Caroline Lloyd, Economic and Social Research Council Centre

"Low-Wage Work in the United Kingdom"
June 2004, $568,630
Project Description

Annette Bernhardt, New York University
Tom Gerety, New York University
Nikolas Theodore, University of Illinois, Chicago

"Off the Radar Screen: Unregulated Jobs in Chicago and New York City"
May 2004, $30,000
Project Description

Arindrajit Dube, University of California, Berkeley
Michael Reich, University of California, Berkeley

"The Economic Impact of the San Francisco Municipal Minimum Wage Policy"
January 2004, $29,052
Project Description

"European Case Studies of Low Wage Work: Organizational Conference"

November 2003, $50,000
Project Description

Mark Brenner, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

"Evaluating the Economic Impact of Boston's Living Wage Ordinance"
November 2003, $63,385
Project Description

David Neumark, Michigan State University

"The School-to-Work Transition and School-to-Work Programs"
August 2003, $49,660
Project Description

Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect

"Special Issue of The American Prospect"
June 2003, $175,000

Rosemary Batt, Cornell University

"The Global Call Center Research Project: An International Comparison ofLow-Wage Service Workers"
June 2003, $262,488
Project Description

Michael Handel, University of Wisconsin

"Survey of Job Tasks, Technology, and Workforce Participation"
March 2003, $45,000
Project Description

Harriet Presser, University of Maryland
Janet C. Gornick, City University of New York

"Toward a 24-Hour Economy: U.S. Work Schedules and Public Policy in Cross-National Perspective"
March 2003, $31,217
Project Description

"Public Relations Campaign for the Future of Work Case Studies Volume"

February 2003, $130,000

David Levine, University of California, Berkeley
Jonathan Leonard, University of California, Berkeley

"How Discrimination and Similarity Affect Hiring, Turnover, and Promotions"
November 2002, $89,930

Robert LaLonde, University of Chicago
Susan George, University of Chicago

"Employment Transitions and Family Formation of Female Ex-Offenders"
November 2002, $127,836

James E. Rauch, University of California, San Diego

"The Formation and Decay of Economic Networks (Working Group)"
July 2002, $35,420

Everett Ehrlich, Committee for Economic Development

"Long-Term Economic Development, Background Paper"
July 2002, $44,197

John Kain, University of Texas, Dallas
Paul A. Jargowsky, University of Texas, Dallas

"The Middle Path: The Community College Experience in Texas"
June 2002, $136,659

Christy Visher, The Urban Institute

"Returning Home: Understanding the Challenges of Prisoner Re-entry"
March 2002, $49,623

Dave Marcotte, University of Maryland

" The Economic Returns to Education at Community Colleges: A New Look"
March 2002, $32,092

Harold Salzman, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Bert Useem, University of New Mexico

"The Social Transformation of Private Security Workforces"
March 2002, $47,801

Mary Patillo, Northwestern University
Bruce Western, Princeton University

"The Impact of Incarceration on Families and Communities"
March 2002, $31,000

David Olson, University of Washington
Daniel Jacoby, University of Washington
Margaret Levi, University of Washington
Shelly J. Lundberg, University of Washington
Michael McCann, University of Washington
Elaina Rose, University of Washington

"Living Wages in the United States: A Pre-research Proposal"
March 2002, $34,999

Edwin Mendelez, New School University
Joshua Hawley, Ohio State University

"What Explains Their Involvement? American Employers Associations and Workforce Development Initiatives"
January 2002, $99,486
Project Description

Katherine Newman, Harvard University

"The Long Run Careers of Low-Wage Workers: Next Steps for Research"
December 2001, $169,070
Project Description

Irwin Garfinkel, Columbia University
Marcia Meyers, University of Washington

" New York City and the Welfare State"
December 2001, $148,831
Project Description

Roberto Fernandez, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

"Networks, Race and Poverty"
October 2001, $45,939
Project Description

Susan Johnson, Harvard University

" A Study of New Teachers' Experiences of Hiring"
October 2001, $35,000
Project Description

Marcia Meyers, University of Washington
Janet C. Gornick, City University of New York

"Earning and Caring: Reconciling Motherhood, Fatherhood, and the Market"
October 2001, $9,924
Project Description

Robert Forrant, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
William Lazonick, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

" Growing Your Own in the New Economy: A Study of Skill Formation in the New England Networking Industry "
September 2001, $34,999
Project Description

Mariko Lin Chang, Harvard University

"Shortchanged: Gender, Social Structure, and Wealth"
July 2001, $31,036
Project Description

David Grusky, Stanford University
Francine D. Blau, Cornell University
Mary C. Brinton, Harvard University

"The Declining Significance of Gender"
July 2001, $27,280
Project Description

Harry J. Holzer, The Urban Institute and Georgetown University

"Workers and Firms in the Low-Wage Labor Market: Interactions and Long-Run Dynamics"
June 2001, $334,051

Peter Cappelli, University of Pennsylvania

"The Extent and Potential Causes of Alternative Employment Arrangements"
June 2001, $75,926

Robert Sampson, Harvard University

"The Aftermath of Incarceration in the Lives of Disadvantaged Men: A Fifty-Year Follow-up Study"
June 2001, $57,852

Susan Houseman, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
David Autor, MIT

"The Impact of Temporary Help Employment on the Labor Market Performance of Low-Skilled Workers"
June 2001, $205,024

Lawrence Kahn, Cornell University

"A Comparative Analysis of Employment Outcomes: Lessons for the U.S. from International Macro- and Micro- Labor Market Evidence"
June 2001, $4,548

Robert Fairlie, University of California, Santa Cruz

"Family Resources, Race, and Small Business Outcomes"
June 2001, $35,000

Mary Patillo, Northwestern University

"The Effects of Incarceration on Families and Children"
May 2001, $10,000

Peter Gottschalk, Boston College

"Does Work Experience Change the Attitudes and Expectation of Former Welfare Recipients?"
May 2001, $32,560

Harry J. Holzer, The Urban Institute and Georgetown University

"Ex-Offenders, Employers, and the Labor Market"
May 2001, $35,000

Bruce Western, Princeton University

"Incarceration Effects and Data Quality in the Fragile Families Study"
March 2001, $33,900

Jerry Jacobs, University of Pennsylvania

"The Workforce Linkages of Community Colleges"
January 2001, $47,676

Peter Sheehan, Victoria University of Technology

"Labor Market Inequality and the Changing Nature of U.S. Jobs"
January 2001, $32,600

William T. Dickens, Northeastern University

"Firm-Level Sources and Macroeconomic Effects of Changing Worker Substitutability in the 1990s"
January 2001, $11,600

Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

"The Transformation of Work and the Labor Market Fortunes of Low-Skill Workers"
December 2000, $173,719

Michael Stoll, University of California, Los Angeles

"The Determinants and Consequences of Employer-Initiated Criminal Background Checks"
December 2000, $112,373

David Neumark, Michigan State University

"Residential and Labor Market Segregation and Racial, Ethnic, and Language Differences in Labor Market Outcomes"
December 2000, $88,518

Alison Davis-Blake, University of Texas, Austin

"Outsourcing the Human Resources Function: The Role of Professional Employer Organizations"
December 2000, $56,416

William J. Sabol, Case Western Reserve University

"Effects of Access to Jobs, Neighborhood Characteristics, and Prison Experiences on Offender Employment and Recidivism"
December 2000, $175,194

David T. Ellwood, Harvard University

" The Role of Social Policies in the Expanding Labor Force"
October 2000, $14,981

James Hines, RSF Internal Appropriation

"Economic and Social Benefits to the Disadvantaged of a High-Pressure Economy"
October 2000, $15,000

Kathryn Neckerman, Columbia University

"Labor Market Intermediaries and Minority Workers: Impacts on Social Integration and Training"
October 2000, $50,000

Janet Yellen, University of California, Berkeley

"Project on Sustainable Employment"
September 2000, $12,831

John Bound, University of Michigan

"Trade in University Training"
September 2000, $35,000

Joseph Blasi, Rutgers University
Douglas Kruse, Rutgers University
Christopher Mackin, Ownership Associates, Inc.
Richard B. Freeman, Harvard University

" Shared Capitalism Research Project"
June 2000, $532,775

Arturo Gonzalez, University of Arizona
Michael Hilmer, University of Louisville

" Does Access to Community College Improve the Educational and Labor Market Outcomes of Hispanics?"
June 2000, $61,400

Laura Dresser, University of Wisconsin
Annette Bernhardt, New York University
Eric Parker, University of Wisconsin

" The Restructuring of Hotel Jobs and the Role of Institutions"
June 2000, $86,658
Project Description

Carolyn Heinrich, University of North Carolina
Peter Mueser, University of Missouri
Kenneth Troske, University of Missouri

"For-Profit Labor Market Intermediaries and Their Implications for Low-Skilled and Disadvantaged Workers' Labor Market Success"
June 2000, $130,964

John Tyler, Brown University
Jeffrey Kling, Princeton University

" Offender Re-Integration into the Mainstream Labor Market"
June 2000, $154,405

Jeffrey Fagan, Columbia University
Tamara Dumanovsky, Columbia University

" The Effects of Incarceration on Crime and Work in New York City: Individual and Neighborhood Effects"
June 2000, $225,461

Steven Raphael, University of California, Berkeley

" Assessing the Effects of State Prison Sentences on Post-Release Earnings and Employment "
June 2000, $66,289

Edward Nell, New School University
Edward Majewski, New School University

"Maintaining Full Employment: Public Service and Economic Stabilization"
June 2000, $35,000
Project Description

Joshua Haimson, Mathematica Policy Research Inc.
Robinson Hollister, Swarthmore College

"Examination of the Role of For-Profit Labor Market Intermediaries Hiring TANF Recipients and Other Disadvantaged Workers"
June 2000, $9,463
Project Description

Matthew Slaughter, Dartmough College
George Johnson, University of Michigan

" The Effect of Growing International Trade on U.S. Real Wages"
May 2000, $15,000

Rebecca M. Blank, University of Michigan
Matthew Shapiro, University of Michigan

" Labor and the Sustainability of Output and Productivity Growth"
May 2000, $15,680
Project Description

Manolo Abella, International Labour Organisation

"Achieving Equality in Employment for Migrant Workers"
February 2000, $15,000

Eileen Appelbaum, Economic Policy Institute
Peter Berg, Michigan State University
Ann Frost, University of Western Ontario
Gil Preuss, Case Western Reserve University

" The Transformation of Low-Skilled Work and Careers in the North American Health Care Industry"
November 1999, $293,076
Project Description

Derek Jones, Hamilton College
Takao Kato, Colgate University
Adam Weinberg, Colgate University

" Changing Employment Practices and the Quality of Jobs: Case Studies of Medium Size Firms in Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Communities in Central New York"
November 1999, $153,791
Project Description

William Cooke, Wayne State University
Christopher Huxley, Trent University
David Meyer, University of Akron

" The Motor Vehicle Component Supplier Industry: The Effects of Workplace Strategies on Lower-Skilled Production Workers"
November 1999, $194,798
Project Description

Annette Bernhardt, New York University
Marc A. Scott, Teachers College, Columbia University

" Divergent Paths: Economic Mobility in the New American Labor Market"
July 1999, $24,820
Project Description

Ann Bartel, National Bureau of Economic Research
Casey Ichniowki, Columbia University
Kathryn Shaw, Carnegie Mellon University

" The Impact of Workplace Technological Innovations on the Demand for Less-Skilled Labor: A Study of Three Industries"
June 1999, $293,523
Project Description

Douglas Kruse, Rutgers University
Richard B. Freeman, Harvard University

" Shared Capitalism Pilot Project"
June 1999, $19,500
Project Description

Laura Leete, Working Partnerships USA
Laura Dresser, University of Wisconsin
Manuel Pastor, University of California, Santa Cruz

" Economic Opportunity in a Volatile Economy: Understanding the Role of Labor Market Intermediaries in Two Regions"
June 1999, $195,676
Project Description

Peter Gottschalk, Boston College

" Effects of Labor Market Experience and Job Changes on the Wage Histories of Workers with Limited Education"
May 1999, $22,380
Project Description

John Schmitt, Economic Policy Institute

" The Economic Prospects of Recent College Graduates in the 1990's"
November 1998, $81,811
Project Description

Rosemary Batt, Cornell University
Larry Hunter, The Wharton School of Business
Steffanie Wilk, The Wharton School of Business

" The Quality of Jobs and Mobility Opportunities for Customer Service and Sales Workers"
November 1998, $220,336
Project Description

Rachel Connelly, Bowdoin College
Deborah DeGraff, Bowdoin College
Rachel Willis, Bowdoin College

" Squeezed Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Changes in Employment Practices in the Hosiery Industry"
November 1998, $218,502
Project Description

Morris Kleiner, University of Minnesota

" Keeping Jobs: Do Team Compensation Incentives Improve Working Lives?"
November 1998, $126,137
Project Description

Richard J. Murnane, Harvard University
Frank Levy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

" Computerized Work and Changing Skill Demands "
June 1998, $287,374
Project Description

Susan Houseman, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
George Erickcek, W. E. Upjohn Institute
Arne L. Kalleberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

" Flexible Staffing Practices and Job Quality"
June 1998, $259,535
Project Description

Laurie Bassi, American Society for Training & Development
David Finegold, American Society for Training & Development
Alec Levenson, American Society for Training & Development
Ann Majchrzak, American Society for Training & Development
Mark Van Buren, American Society for Training & Development

" The Temporary Staffing Industry and the Career Prospects of Lower Skilled Workers"
June 1998, $200,000
Project Description

John Pencavel, Stanford University

" Worker Participation and Ownership"
June 1998, $73,327
Project Description

Karen Lynn-Dyson, The Aspen Institute
David T. Ellwood, Harvard University

" Work and Future Society Working Group"
May 1998, $30,000
Project Description

Robert Cherry, Internal Appropriation

" The Impact of a Tight Labor Market on Black Employment Problems"
January 1998, $30,000
Project Description

Bruce Western, Princeton University

" Does Criminal Conviction Affect Employment?"
January 1998, $14,740

Craig Olson, University of Wisconsin

"Unions and the Labor Market"
December 1997, $32,787
Project Description

Gordon Hanson, The University of Michigan

" Global Production and the U.S. Labor Market"
November 1997, $31,295
Project Description

James Levinsohn, The University of Michigan

" Productivity, Jobs and International Competition"
November 1997, $152,862
Project Description

Frank Munger, State University of New York, Buffalo

" Poverty, Low-Wage Labor and Social Retrenchment"
September 1997, $20,160
Project Description

Edmund S. Phelps, Columbia University

" Subsidizing Low-Wage Employment"
August 1997, $29,050
Project Description

Stephen Reder,
Laurie Bassi, American Society for Training & Development
Peter Cappelli, University of Pennsylvania
Lia DiBello, City University of New York, Graduate Center
Alan Lesgold,
Ann Majchrzak, American Society for Training & Development
Gary Olson,

" Working Group on Organizational Facilitation of Job-Related Learning: A Cognitive Science of Work Force Development"
June 1997, $207,044

William J. Baumol, New York University
Edward N. Wolff, New York University

" Downsizing and Some Possible Consequences for Employment, Inequality, and Profits"
June 1997, $299,726

Mary Corcoran, The University of Michigan
James Kunz, The University of Michigan

" Background Precursors of Low Wages and Idleness"
June 1997, $103,521

David R. Harris, Cornell University
John Iceland, The University of Michigan

" Why Work Disappears: The Role of Race, Space and Skills in Employers' Relocation Decisions"
June 1997, $45,511

Edward Leamer, University of California, Los Angeles
Matthew Slaughter, Dartmough College

" Working Group on Globalization and U.S. Labor Markets"
June 1997, $117,530

Jeffrey Liebman, Harvard University

" Reforming Tax and Transfer Programs in Order to Assist Low-Skilled Workers"
June 1997, $112,052

Thomas MaCurdy, Stanford University
Anne Royalty, Stanford University

" Contribution of Non-Wage Benefits to the Growth and Inequality of Labor Compensation"
June 1997, $196,313

Matthew Slaughter, Dartmough College

" The International Integration of Product Markets and Labor Markets: New Research Ideas"
June 1997, $67,686

David Neumark, Michigan State University

" Changes in Job Stability and Job Security"
May 1997, $35,000

Eric Parker, University of Wisconsin

" Corporate Restructuring and Employee Outcomes"
May 1997, $9,000

William J. Baumol, New York University

" Downsizing and the Possible Consequences for Employment, Inequality and Profits"
April 1997, $11,700

Rebecca M. Blank, University of Michigan
Joseph Altonji, Northwestern University

" Race and Gender in the Labor Market"
February 1997, $17,608

Steven Raphael, University of California, Berkeley
John M. Quigley, University of California, Berkeley

" The Labor Market Consequences of an Extension of the San Francisco Bay Area's Commuter Rail System"
February 1997, $20,000

Daniel S. Hamermesh, University of Texas, Austin

" The Changing Distribution of Workplace Disamenities "
November 1996, $43,809

Katherine Newman, Harvard University

" In the Long Run: A Longitudinal Study of Occupational Mobility, Family Life and Ambition Among Harlem's Low-Wage Workers"
November 1996, $249,752

Lauren Rich, The University of Pennsylvania

" Wages, Employment and Teenaged Childbearing"
November 1996, $59,450

Annette Bernhardt, New York University

" Conference on Work Restructuring and Labor Market Outcomes"
October 1996, $33,070

Stephen Herzenberg, Keystone Research Center

" Enhancing Security and Careers in Laboring and Clerical and Administrative Occupations"
October 1996, $25,000

David T. Ellwood, Harvard University
Richard B. Freeman, Harvard University

" Policy Responses to the Declining Economic Position of Low Skill Workers"
July 1996, $25,000

Richard Sennett, New York University

" The Council for a Civil Society: Planning Meetings"
July 1996, $20,000

Timothy J. Bartik, W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

" Jobs for the Poor: Can Labor Demand Policies Help?"
June 1996, $100,300

Stuart W. Elliott, Carnegie Mellon University

" Computers and the Future of Work"
June 1996, $98,676
Project Description

Matthew Slaughter, Dartmough College

" International Trade and the Competitiveness of Factor Markets"
June 1996, $25,000

Eric Parker, University of Wisconsin

" Workplace Change and Social Outcomes in the Pharmaceutical Industry "
June 1996, $63,030

Peter Gottschalk, Boston College

"Family Income Dynamics"
May 1996, $9,200

Greg J. Duncan, Northwestern University

" Non-Cognitive Skills and Labor Market Outcomes"
April 1996, $5,000

Chris Winship, Harvard University

" Education, Mental Ability and Social and Economic Success"
April 1996, $5,000

Robert M. Hauser, University of Wisconsin, Madison

" Trends in Verbal Ability and Its Socioeconomic Correlates in the United States"
March 1996, $5,000

James Heckman, The University of Chicago

" The Returns to Education and the Returns to Ability Over Time "
March 1996, $5,000

Richard J. Murnane, Harvard University
John Willett, Harvard University

" The Impacts of Academic Skills, Computational Speed, and Self-Esteem on the Wage Profiles of Young Males"
March 1996, $5,000

Paul Peterson, The University of Chicago
Christopher Jencks, Harvard University

" Do Hard Courses and Good Grades Make for Good Test Scores? Does Learning Pay Off in the Job Market?"
March 1996, $10,000

Martin Carnoy, Stanford University

" Work, Family, and Community in the Information Age"
February 1996, $23,832

Yrjo Engestrom, University of California, San Diego

" Work and Learning in Transition: Toward a Research Agenda "
December 1995, $22,000

Francine D. Blau, Cornell University
Lawrence Kahn, Cornell University
Jane Waldfogel, Columbia University

" The Labor Market for Young Men and Women 1968-94: Trends in Employment, Wages and Family Formation"
November 1995, $197,058

Mary Clare Lennon, Columbia University

" Low-Quality Jobs and Trajectories of Unemployment: Consequences for the Psychological Well-Being of Adults and Children"
November 1995, $132,516

Francoise Carre, Radcliffe Public Policy Institute

" Building Stability for Transient Workforces"
October 1995, $23,765

Michael Iovenko, The French-American Foundation

" Joint Conference on Urban Youth Education, Training and Job Creation "
October 1995, $21,030

Michael Schwartz, State University of New York, Stony Brook
Frank Romo, State University of New York, Stony Brook

"The Rise and Fall of Detroit"
October 1995, $25,000

Paula Rayman, Radcliffe College

"Toward a Social Economy Report of the President"
August 1995, $24,960

Douglas S. Massey, The University of Pennsylvania

"The Hourglass Economy"
August 1995, $24,113

Irene Browne, Emory University

"African American and Latina Women in the Labor Market"
July 1995, $16,320

Barbara Wolfe, University of Wisconsin
David M. Cutler, University of Wisconsin
Brigitte Madrian, University of Wisconsin
Timothy McBride, University of Wisconsin

"Earnings Inequality: The Role of Fringe Benefits"
June 1995, $139,700

Lawrence Mishel, Economic Policy Institute
Jared Bernstein, Economic Policy Institute

"Technological Change and the Wage and Employment Structure"
June 1995, $52,796

Susan Mayer, The University of Chicago
Paul Peterson, The University of Chicago
Christopher Jencks, Harvard University

"Cognitive and Social Skills: Sources, Consequences, Trends and Policies"
June 1995, $77,688

Thomas Kane, The Brookings Institution

"Sending the Kids to College"
June 1995, $30,705

Annette Bernhardt, New York University
Martina Morris, Teachers College, Columbia University
Mark S. Handcock, Teachers College, Columbia University

"Work and Opportunity in the Post-Industrial Labor Market"
June 1995, $82,940

Lia DiBello, City University of New York, Graduate Center

"Alternative Workplace Education"
May 1995, $24,725

Marie-Florence Estime, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

"Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Employment, Innovation and Growth"
March 1995, $15,000

Ronald Ferguson, Harvard University

"Labor Demand for Low-Skilled, Non-College-Bound Young Adults"
March 1995, $25,000
Project Description

Susan Mayer, The University of Chicago
Christopher Jencks, Harvard University
Paul Peterson, The University of Chicago

"Seminar on Meritocracy and Equality"
February 1995, $69,546

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