Background
Katz, Lawrence Francis was born on April 21, 1959 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Son of Robert and Vera (Reichenfeld) Gantz.
( This book provides a careful historical analysis of th...)
This book provides a careful historical analysis of the co-evolution of educational attainment and the wage structure in the United States through the twentieth century. The authors propose that the twentieth century was not only the American Century but also the Human Capital Century. That is, the American educational system is what made America the richest nation in the world. Its educational system had always been less elite than that of most European nations. By 1900 the U.S. had begun to educate its masses at the secondary level, not just in the primary schools that had remarkable success in the nineteenth century. The book argues that technological change, education, and inequality have been involved in a kind of race. During the first eight decades of the twentieth century, the increase of educated workers was higher than the demand for them. This had the effect of boosting income for most people and lowering inequality. However, the reverse has been true since about 1980. This educational slow-down was accompanied by rising inequality. The authors discuss the complex reasons for this, and what might be done to ameliorate it.
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Katz, Lawrence Francis was born on April 21, 1959 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Son of Robert and Vera (Reichenfeld) Gantz.
AB, University of California, Berkeley, 1981; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986; Master of Arts (honorary), Harvard University, 1991.
Assistant professor University California, Berkeley, 1985-1986. Assistant professor economics Harvard University, Cambridge, 1986-1990, professor economics, 1991—2003, Elisabeth Allison professor economics, since 2003. Chief economist United States Department Labor, Washington, 1993-1994.
Research associate National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, since 1985. Project director, Project on the Well-Being of Children and Economics of the Family, National Bureau Economic Research, 1994-1996. Principal investigator Moving to Opportunity Long-Term Evaluation, since 2006.
Co-director Laboratory Economic Applications and Policy, Harvard University, since 2010.
( This book provides a careful historical analysis of th...)
Member panel economics advisors Congressional Budget Office, since 2004. Board trustees Russell Sage Foundation, since 2009. Board directors Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, since 2009.
Member advisory council Hamilton Project, since 2010. Member executive committee American Economic Association, 2006—2009. Member visiting committee Harvard Kennedy School, since 2004.
Fellow Econometric Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Society of Labor Economists (Albert Rees lecturer 2006, 2nd vice president, 2010). Member American Economics Association.
