Wages

Explores employment and unemployment in Pennsylvania, wages, the labor force participation rate, the changing realities of work, and labor market disruptions. Also examines how employers are responding to these data and some proposed reform agendas to consider.

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Explores employment and unemployment in Pennsylvania.

Wages & Wealth: A Data Story of Wage Share of Income for New Jersey Households

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Wages & Wealth: A Data Story of Wage Share of Income for New Jersey Households

Topic

U.S. Labor Market & Industry

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Published Date

April 5, 2018

Type

Research Publications & Reports

Related Authors

Stephanie Walsh

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Research Products

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This data story analyzes what share of the households' income is from wages in order to understand how wages affect household incomes. Differences in income source by race of householder, total income, and other demographics are highlighted.

Heldrich Center Research Team Releases Wages & Wealth Data Story

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Heldrich Center Research Team Releases Wages & Wealth Data Story

Topic

U.S. Labor Market & Industry

Wages

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Published Date

April 5, 2018

Type

Research Publications & Reports

Work Category

Research Products

Attachments

Wages_Data_Story.pdf (492.48 KB)

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A new data story from the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development analyzes what share of New Jersey households' income is from wages in order to understand how wages affect household incomes. Differences in income source by race of householder, total income, and other demographics are highlighted. Also highlights how workforce policies and interventions are connected to households in the state.

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A data story analyzes what share of New Jersey households' income is from wages.

Male White-Black Wage Gaps, 1979-1994: A Distributional Analysis

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Male White-Black Wage Gaps, 1979-1994: A Distributional Analysis

Topic

U.S. Labor Market & Industry

Wages

race

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Published Date

September 7, 2005

Type

Research Publications & Reports

Related Authors

William M. Rodgers III, Ph.D.

Work Category

Research Products

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WP_07.pdf (287.91 KB)

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Examines whether the increased variance of wages in skill distribution during the 1980s explains the growth in within-group white-black wage gaps, develops a skill-specific decomposition that measures the variance’s contribution to the wage gap’s growth at various skill levels of the distribution, and shows that the wage distribution’s variance is an important contributor to the overall wage gap’s growth.

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Examines whether the increased variance of wages in skill distribution during the 1980s explains the growth in within-group white-black wage gaps.

Anxious American Worker

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Anxious American Worker

Topic

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Published Date

August 28, 2008

Type

Work Trends Reports

Related Authors

Carl E. Van Horn, Ph.D.

Work Category

Research Products

(OLD) Related Experts

Carl E. Van Horn

Cliff Zukin

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Work_Trends_August_2008.pdf (1.65 MB)

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Examines the overall disquiet about the economy held by American workers, depicts anxious workers trying to adjust to change in their current jobs and uncertainty about their future work life, and expresses workers’ feelings about being underpaid and unable to adequately prepare for retirement.

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Examines the overall disquiet about the economy held by American workers.