John Schmitt
Research Associate
Areas of expertise
Wage inequality • Minimum wage • Unemployment • Economic development • International labor market comparisons
Biography
John Schmitt is Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research and a research associate of the Economic Policy Institute. He has written for popular and academic publications on wage inequality, the minimum wage, education, and comparative economic performance. Schmitt has also traveled, studied, and worked extensively in Latin America, most recently in El Salvador, where he worked with the United Nations peacekeeping mission.
Education
Ph.D. (1993) and M.Sc. (1989) in economics, London School of Economics
B.A. Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University (1984)
Publications by John Schmitt
Blog
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Jan. 14, 2013 | Job polarization in the 2000s?
Report
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Jan. 11, 2013 | Assessing the job polarization explanation of growing wage inequality
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Oct. 23, 2006 | Did international trade lower less-skilled wages during the 1980s? Standard trade theory and evidence
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June 1, 2000 | The impact of the minimum wage
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Dec. 1, 1999 | The Macroeconomic Roots of High European Unemployment
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Sept. 16, 1999 | The minimum wage increase: A working woman’s issue
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Sept. 1, 1999 | The Minimum Wage Increase: A Working Woman’s Issue
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Sept. 1, 1999 | TAX CUT NO CURE FOR MIDDLE CLASS ECONOMIC WOES
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July 1, 1998 | Finally, Real Wage Gains: Lower Unemployment, Higher Minimum Wage Spur Recent Wage Growth
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Nov. 1, 1997 | Trading Away Good Jobs
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June 1, 1997 | The Sky Hasn’t Fallen
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Feb. 1, 1996 | Jump-Starting Wage Growth: The High Value of the Minimum Wage
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Jan. 1, 1996 | The Minimum Wage and Job Loss
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July 1, 1995 | Cutting Wages by Cutting Welfare
Economic snapshot
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Aug. 30, 2000 | The state of self-employment
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Aug. 2, 2000 | The myth of economic mobility
Book
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Sept. 1, 2000 | The State of Working America 2000-01
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Jan. 1, 1999 | The State of Working America 1998-99
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May 1, 1998 | Making Work Pay: The Impact of the 1996-97 Minimum Wage Increase
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Jan. 1, 1997 | The State of Working America 1996-97
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Jan. 1, 1995 | Beware the U.S. Model: Jobs and Wages in a Deregulated Economy
Commentary
Sept. 22, 2005 | Economic ‘Boom’ of the 1990s is a Bust for the Middle Class
March 4, 2002 | Demand drives U.S. jobs success
June 5, 1996 | Out of date on the minimum wage