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Source: Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
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1. Feldstein, Martin S.
Importance of Temporary Layoffs: An Empirical Analysis
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 3 (1975): 725-45
Cohort(s): Older Men
Publisher: Brookings Institution
Keyword(s): Current Population Survey (CPS) / CPS-Fertility Supplement; Job Search; Layoffs; Unemployment; Unemployment Insurance

The purpose of this paper is to present a range of new empirical information on temporary layoffs that can provide a foundation for future analytic and econometric research. This paper analyzes the manufacturing turnover data. Some of the implications of temporary layoffs for the theory of unemployment, wage rigidity, the Philips curve, and unemployment insurance are briefly discussed.
Bibliography Citation
Feldstein, Martin S. "Importance of Temporary Layoffs: An Empirical Analysis." Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 3 (1975): 725-45.
2. Hall, Robert E.
Kasten, Richard A.
The Relative Occupational Success of Blacks and Whites
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 1973,3 (1973): 781-795.
Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2534208
Cohort(s): Young Men
Publisher: Brookings Institution
Keyword(s): Discrimination, Racial/Ethnic; Employment; Occupational Status; Socioeconomic Status (SES); Wages

Within the labor market, blacks suffer relative to whites in two ways: first, blacks are less likely to have high- paying occupations than whites; and, second, within each occupation, they are paid less. The authors divide the total deficit in black earnings into components attributable to the occupational and wage dimensions. They find that they are approximately equal in size. They study the occupational component in detail, attempting to subdivide it into two parts; differences arising from the unequal treatment of blacks and whites in the labor market and differences arising from the unequal endowments of the two groups.
Bibliography Citation
Hall, Robert E. and Richard A. Kasten. "The Relative Occupational Success of Blacks and Whites." Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 1973,3 (1973): 781-795.
3. Kearney, Melissa S.
Levine, Phillip B.
Income Inequality, Social Mobility, and the Decision to Drop Out of High School
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (Spring 2016): 333-380.
Also: Income Inequality, Social Mobility, and the Decision to Drop Out of High School
Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY97
Publisher: Brookings Institution
Keyword(s): Armed Forces Qualifications Test (AFQT); Educational Attainment; High School and Beyond (HSB); High School Diploma; High School Dropouts; Income Distribution; Mobility, Social; National Education Longitudinal Survey (NELS); Socioeconomic Background

It is widely documented that places with higher level of income inequality have lower rates of social mobility. But it is an open question whether and how higher levels of inequality actually lead to lower rates of mobility. We propose that one channel through which higher rates of income inequality might lead to lower rates of upward mobility is lower rates of human capital investment among low-income individuals. Specifically, we posit that greater levels of income inequality could lead low-income youth to perceive a lower rate of return on investment in their own human capital. Such an effect would offset any potential "aspirational" effect coming from higher educational wage premiums. The data are consistent with this prediction: Individuals from low socioeconomic backgrounds are more likely to drop out of school if they live in a place with a great gap between the bottom and middle of the income distribution. This finding is robust in relation to a number of specification checks and tests for confounding factors.
Bibliography Citation
Kearney, Melissa S. and Phillip B. Levine. "Income Inequality, Social Mobility, and the Decision to Drop Out of High School." Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (Spring 2016): 333-380.