Consists of analyses and commentaries which were presented at a conference at the American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C. on Nov. 3, 1989.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-207).
Wages and demographics / Marvin H. Kosters -- The payoff to education in the labor market : a commentary / Gary Burtless -- The role of international trade in wage differentials / Kevin M. Murphy and Finis Welch -- The changing structure of relative wages : a commentary / Walter Y. Oi -- Wages in the United States during the 1980s and beyond / John Bound and George Johnson -- A reinterpretation of the role of relative supply shifts : a commentary / Lawrence F. Katz -- Accounting for the slowdown in black-white wage convergence / Chinhui Juhn, Kevin M. Murphy, and Brooks Pierce -- Wage differences and racial inequities : a commentary / Albert Rees -- Achievement, test scores, and relative wages / John Bishop -- A curious hypothesis of supply : a commentary / Sherwin Rosen