The Distribution of Economic Losses among Displaced Workers: Measurement Methods Matter
使用1984年失业工人调查数据，测量工人特征如何影响失业损失分布，发现蓝领工人、行业转换者、白人女性和黑人男性损失更大，并指出以往研究的异常发现源于未使用对照组和错误设定损失。
This paper uses data on displaced workers from the January 1984 Displaced Worker Survey and data on a comparison group of nondisplaced workers constructed from the Current Population Survey to measure how worker characteristics affect the distribution of losses from displacement for workers displaced between January 1983 and January 1984. Displaced blue collar workers, industry changers, white women, and black men who are displaced incur the greater losses. Anomolous findings in previous studies are shown to be the result of failure to include a comparison group and to specify losses correctly.