J23

Daron Acemoglu · Pascual Restrepo

Acemoglu and Restrepo examine the effects of automation in economies where labor market distortions cause some workers to earn rents—wages above their opportunity cost or outside option. The central …

Jonathon Hazell · Bledi Taska

Hazell and Taska use wages posted on online job vacancies — matched to job titles and establishment identifiers from Burning Glass Technologies — to measure the wage for new hires at the job level …

Mathilde Muñoz

This paper asks whether differences in labor market regulations — specifically payroll taxes and minimum wages — shape countries' comparative advantage in the cross-border provision of labor-intensive …

Nirupama L Rao · Max Risch

This paper asks how independent (pass-through) businesses in the United States accommodate minimum wage increases — specifically whether they reduce employment, compress profits, pass costs through to …