Lawrence Katz

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Lawrence Francis Katz (* 1959 in Ann Arbor , Michigan ) is an American economist .

Live and act

Katz graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with an AB in Economics in 1981 . 1986 doctorate he at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for Ph.D. From 1985 to 1986 he was an assistant professor at the School of Business Administration at the University of California, Berkeley, and from 1986 to 1991 assistant and associate professor at Harvard University , where he has been a full professor since 1991. He has also been doing research at the National Bureau of Economic Research since 1985 and was Chief Economist at the United States Department of Labor from 1993 to 1994 . In 1999 he was a visiting professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem .

Katz works in the field of labor economics and the economics of social problems. In particular, he deals with income inequality , unemployment , theories on wage determination, educational economics , the impact of globalization and technological change on the labor market, the economy of social interactions, the economic effect of the birth control pill and the evaluation of the effectiveness of social and Labor market guidelines.

Awards

  • 1993 H. Gregg Lewis Prize for the best article in the Journal of Labor Economics ( Layoffs and Lemons . 1993).
  • 1999 Excellence in Mentoring Award (Harvard Graduate Student Council)
  • 2008 RR Hawkins Award "for the most Outstanding Professional, Reference, or Scholarly Work of 2008" (American Association of Publishers, for The Race between Education and Technology)
  • 2008 Richard A. Lester Prize "for the Outstanding Book in Labor Economics and Industrial Relations of 2008" (for The Race between Education and Technology)
  • 2020 IZA Prize in Labor Economics "for its outstanding scientific contributions to research into income inequality and the importance of education for success in the labor market"

Memberships

Works

Books
  • Edited with Richard B. Freeman: Differences and Changes in Wage Structures. University of Chicago Press, Chicago [u. a.] 1995, ISBN 0-226-26160-3
  • with Claudia Goldin : The Race between Education and Technology. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. [u. a.] 2008, ISBN 978-0-674-02867-8
Article (selection)
  • with Katharine G. Abraham: Cyclical Unemployment. Sectoral Shifts or Aggregate Disturbances? In: Journal of Political Economy. Volume 94, No. 3, June 1986, pp. 507-522.
  • Efficiency Wage Theories. A partial evaluation. In: NBER Macroeconomics Annual . Volume 1, 1986, pp. 235-290.
  • with George A. Akerlof : Workers' Trust Funds and the Logic of Wage Profiles. In: The Quarterly Journal of Economics. Volume 104, No. 3, August 1989, pp. 525-536.
  • with Lawrence Summers : Industry Rents. Evidence and Implications. In: Brookings Papers on Economic Activity: Microeconomics. 1989, pp. 209-275.
  • with Bruce Meyer: The impact of the potential duration of unemployment benefits on the duration of unemployment. In: Journal of Public Economics. Volume 41, No. 1, February 1990, pp. 45-72.
  • with Bruce D. Meyer: Unemployment Insurance, Recall Expectations, and Unemployment Outcomes. In: The Quarterly Journal of Economics. Volume 105, No. 4, November 1990, pp. 973-1002.
  • with Robert Gibbons: Layoffs and Lemons. In: Journal of Labor Economics. Volume 9, No. 4, October 1991, pp. 351-380.
  • with David M. Cutler : Macroeconomic Performance and the Disadvantaged. In: Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. Volume 22, 1991, Part 2, pp. 1-74.
  • with Kevin M. Murphy : Changes in Relative Wages, 1963–1987. Supply and Demand Factors. In: The Quarterly Journal of Economics. Volume 107, No. 1, February 1992, pp. 35-78.
  • with Robert Gibbons: Does Unmeasured Ability Explain Inter-industry Wage Differentials? In: Review of Economic Studies. Vol. 59, No. 3, July 1992, pp. 515-535.
  • with Alan B. Krueger : The effect of the minimum wage on the fast-food industry. In: Industrial and Labor Relations Review. Volume 46, No. 1, October 1992, pp. 6-21.
  • with Olivier Jean Blanchard : Regional Evolutions. In: Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. Volume 23, 1992, Part 1, pp. 1-76.
  • with George J. Borjas and Richard B. Freeman: How Much Do Immigration and Trade Affect Labor Market Outcomes? In: Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. 1997, Part 1, pp. 1-90.
  • with Claudia Goldin: The Origins Of Technology-Skill Complementarity. In: The Quarterly Journal of Economics. Volume 113, No. 3, August 1998, pp. 693-732.
  • with Author David H. and Alan B. Krueger: Computing Inequality. Have Computers Changed The Labor Market? In: The Quarterly Journal of Economics. Volume 113, No. 4, November 1998, pp. 1169-1213.
  • with Claudia Goldin: The Shaping of Higher Education. The Formative Years in the United States, 1890 to 1940. In: Journal of Economic Perspectives. Volume 13, No. 1, Winter 1999, pp. 37-62.
  • with Claudia Goldin: Education and Income in the Early Twentieth Century. Evidence from the Prairies. In: The Journal of Economic History. Volume 60, No. 3, September 2000, pp. 782-818.
  • with Jeffrey R. Kling and Jeffrey B. Liebman: Moving To Opportunity In Boston. Early Results Of A Randomized Mobility Experiment. In: The Quarterly Journal of Economics. Volume 116, No. 2, May 2001, pp. 607-654.
  • with Claudia Goldin: The Power of the Pill. Oral Contraceptives and Women's Career and Marriage Decisions. In: Journal of Political Economy. Volume 110, No. 4, August 2002, pp. 730-770.

literature

  • Mark Blaug and Howard R. Vane (Eds.): Who's who in economics . 4th edition, Elgar, Cheltenham and Northampton 2003, ISBN 1-84064-992-5 , pp. 448-450

Web links

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Katz, Lawrence
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Katz, Lawrence Francis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American economist
DATE OF BIRTH 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Ann Arbor , Michigan