How are wages determined?

An analysis of the role of employers in wage-setting across three Fourth Federal Reserve District labor markets--Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh--during the years 1955-1988.Wages ; Federal Reserve District, 4th

Can services be a source of export-led growth? Evidence from the fourth district

A discussion of the role played by service exports in sustaining a regional economy, with the contention that its growth reflects a natural and inevitable response to rising wealth.Service industries ; Federal Reserve District, 4th

HRM policy and increasing inequality in a salary survey

A look at the implications for human resource management of the rising wage disparity found in a three-decades-long private salary survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.Wages ; Income distribution

Rising inequality in a salary survey: another piece of the puzzle

A study of rising wage inequality based on data from a private salary survey conducted over the last three decades.Wages ; Income distribution

Commentary on Are good jobs disappearing in Canada?

Proceedings of a Conference Cosponsored by the Canadian Consulate General in New York, the Centre for the Study of Living Standards, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the New York Association for Business Economics.Labor market - Canada ; Business cycles - Canada ; Economic conditions - Canada

Are the Great Lakes cities becoming service centers?

A look at how the dwindling manufacturing base in the Midwest's 10 major metropolitan areas has transformed them into service centers for their surrounding communities, which have picked up many of the factory jobs that have left the cities.Great Lakes ; Service industries

The recent rise in the value of education: market forces at work

A market-based approach to understanding the widening income gap between college graduates and less-educated workers in the 1980s--a phenomenon that reflects the changes fueled by foreign competition and by technological advances--and an analysis of the far-reaching implications of continued schooling-based wage disparities.Education ; Income

Live long and prosper: challenges ahead for an aging population

Over the next thirty years, the percentage of people who are 65 and over will grow rapidly while the percentage of people in their working years will decline. This shift in the age distribution of the population will put enormous pressure on social security systems in the United States, Germany, and Japan as the number of workers whose payroll taxes fund each retiree drops sharply.Old age ; Social security

Has structural change contributed to a jobless recovery?

The current recovery has seen steady growth in output but no corresponding rise in employment. A look at layoff trends and industry job gains and losses in 2001-03 suggests that structural change - the permanent relocation of workers from some industries to others - may help explain the stalled growth in jobs.Business cycles ; Employment (Economic theory) ; Labor mobility ; Unemployment ; Industries ; Recessions