Changes in the Demand for Skilled Labor within U. S. Manufacturing: Evidence from the Annual Survey of Manufactures
- E. Berman, J. Bound, Z. Griliches
- Economics, Business
- 1 May 1994
This paper investigates the shift in demand away from unskilled and toward skilled labor in U. S. manufacturing over the 1980s. Production labor-saving technological change is the chief explanation…
Implications of Skill-Biased Technological Change: International Evidence
Demand for less skilled workers decreased dramatically in the US and in other developed countries over the past two decades. WE argue that pervasive skill-biased technological change, rather than…
Sect, Subsidy and Sacrifice: An Economist's View of Ultra-Orthodox Jews
- E. Berman, Ruth Klinov
- Economics
- 1 August 1998
The Israeli Ultra-Orthodox population doubles each seventeen years. With 60 % of prime aged males attending Yeshiva rather than working, that community is rapidly outgrowing its resources. Why do…
Can Hearts and Minds Be Bought? The Economics of Counterinsurgency in Iraq
- E. Berman, Jacob N. Shapiro, Joseph H. Felter
- Economics, Political ScienceJournal of Political Economy
- 1 December 2008
We develop and test an economic theory of insurgency motivated by the informal literature and by recent military doctrine. We model a three-way contest between violent rebels, a government seeking to…
Changes in the Demand for Skilled Labor within U.S. Manufacturing Industries: Evidence from the Annual Survey of Manufacturing
- E. Berman, J. Bound, Z. Griliches
- Economics
- 1 January 1993
This paper investigates the shift in demand towards skilled labor in U.S. manufacturing. Between 1979 and 1989. employment of production workers in manufacturing dropped by 2.2 mil1ion or 15 percent…
Environmental Regulation and Productivity: Evidence from Oil Refineries
We examine the effect of air quality regulation on productivity in some of the most heavily regulated manufacturing plants in the United States, the oil refineries of the Los Angeles (South Coast)…
Radical, Religious, and Violent: The New Economics of Terrorism
- E. Berman
- Political Science
- 25 September 2009
How do radical religious sects run such deadly terrorist organizations? Hezbollah, Hamas, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and the Taliban all began as religious groups dedicated to piety and charity. Yet once they…
Do Working Men Rebel? Insurgency and Unemployment in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Philippines
- E. Berman, M. Callen, Joseph H. Felter, Jacob N. Shapiro
- Political Science
- 1 August 2011
Most aid spending by governments seeking to rebuild social and political order is based on an opportunity-cost theory of distracting potential recruits. The logic is that gainfully employed young men…
Skill-biased Technology Transfer Around the World
In this paper we consider the extent to which skill-biased technological changes are transferring across international borders, thereby altering the skill structure of labour markets. Evidence of…
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