- Institutions and Economic Performance
- Edited by Elhanan Helpman
- Explores the question of why income per capita varies so greatly across countries. This book is unique in its melding of economics, political science, history, and sociology to address its central question.
- Hardcover 2008
- The Race between Education and Technology
- Claudia Goldin
- Lawrence F. Katz
- 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. During the first eight decades of the twentieth century, the increase of educated workers was higher than the demand for them. This boosted income for most people and lowered inequality. However, the reverse has been true since about 1980. The authors discuss the complex reasons for this educational slow-down and what might be done to ameliorate it.
- Hardcover 2008