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4 publications found, searching for 'Michael J. Handel '

• Public Policy Brief No. 62
  December 10, 2000

  Is There a Skills Crisis?

  Michael J. Handel
  Abstract

  Despite seven years of economic growth a large gap exists in the wages earned by workers at the top of the earnings scale and those at the bottom. The leading…more

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• Working Paper No. 301
  May 01, 2000

  Trends in Direct Measures of Job Skill Requirements

  Michael J. Handel
  Abstract

  It is commonly assumed that jobs in the United Sates require ever greater levels of skill and, more strongly, that this trend is accelerating as a result of the diffusion…more

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• Working Paper No. 295
  February 01, 2000

  Is There a Skills Crisis?

  Michael J. Handel
  Abstract

  Many economists and other social scientists and policy makers believe that the growth in inequality in the last two decades reflects mostly an imbalance between the demand for and the…more

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• Working Paper No. 285
  October 01, 1999

  Computers and the Wage Structure

  Michael J. Handel
  Abstract

  A leading explanation for the rapid growth in wage inequality in the United States in the last 20 years, consistent with both human capital and postindustrial theories, is that advanced…more

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