This paper analyzes the earnings effect of skill-biased technological change (SBTC), focusing on the comparison of science and engineering (S&E) and non-S&E occupations. In the analysis, we assert that S&E occupations and non-S&E occupations differ in the nature of skill requirements and their susceptibility to technological change; and consequently the earnings effects of SBTC also demonstrate...

This article compares women and men’s attainment of workplace authority in femaledominated, mixed, and male-dominated occupations. It is based on a representative mobility study of Jewish women in the Israeli labor force conducted in 1991–1992. Two sets of hypotheses are offered based on two competing theories. The first theory predicts that in female occupations women have more influence and m...

An essential task of democratic societies is to establish a proper balance between freedom and order. From this general principle of democratic governments, we examine the regulation of occupations by the state. The issue of regulation involves the role of government in reconciling the special interests of the members of the occupation with the general concerns of the public. These special inte...