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Edward N. Wolff
New York University
Visiting Scholar
2003 to 2004
Edward N. Wolff, professor of economics at New York University, will write a book on the effects of changes in information technology on the skill levels of workers, job structure, earnings, and earnings inequality in the United States during the 1990s. He will focus in particular on how information technology has affected low-skill workers. Wolff's preliminary results indicate that although information technology raises skill requirements, it may actually have a negative effect on earnings.
James P. Ziliak
University of Kentucky
Visiting Scholar
2015 to 2016
Ziliak will investigate the declining response rates to earnings questions in the Current Population Survey (CPS) from 1998 to 2013. He will use an original dataset to link the CPS to the Social Security Administration’s Master Earning File in order to obtain the earnings information missing from the CPS. He will also assess how the drop in CPS responses affects our understanding of economic growth, the poverty rate, income inequality, and the effectiveness of the federal safety net.