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SCHOLARS &
FELLOWS
Marvin H. Kosters
Former Resident Scholar
RESOURCES
RESEARCH AREAS
- Income inequality
- Labor issues
Contact
E-mail: mkosters@aei.org
Phone: 202-862-5846
Fax: 202-862-7177
Biography
Marvin H. Kosters, a labor economist, served as a senior economist at the President's Council of Economic Advisers and in the Office of the Assistant to the President for Economic Affairs. He also served as a consultant to the U.S. Department of Treasury and taught economics at many universities, including Virginia Tech, UCLA, and the University of Chicago. His books range from the coauthored Wage Levels and Inequality (1998) to Closing the Education Achievement Gap: Is Title I Working (2003).
Experience
- Adjunct Professor, Virginia Tech, 1994-2000
- Consultant, U.S. Department of the Treasury (and other government agencies), 1975-77
- Staff, Office of the Assistant to the President for Economic Affairs, White House, 1974-75
- Associate Director for Economic Policy, Assistant Director for Economic Planning and Analysis, U.S. Cost of Living Council, 1971-74
- Associate Manpower Administrator for Policy, Evaluation, and Research, U.S. Department of Labor, 1971
- Senior Economist, President's Council of Economic Advisers, 1969-71
- Lecturer, University of California at Los Angeles, 1966-69
- Economist, RAND Corporation, 1965-69
Education
Ph.D., economics, University of Chicago B.A., Calvin College
The Public Interest
January 1, 2005
Public Interest
January 1, 2005
Policies that directly address the problem of inadequate income are preferable to policies that restrict wage and job flexibility.
The World & I
April 1, 2004
Public Interest
September 1, 1996
Review of When Work Disappears by William Julius Wilson.
Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs
April 5, 1995
Committee on Ways and Means
October 26, 1993
House of Reps, Education and Labor Committee, Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations
February 28, 1991
Senate Budget Committee
February 22, 1991
Journal of Labor Research
December 1, 1989
Books [List all]
Closing the Education Achievement Gap
This bookexamines the effects on achievement of the largest federal program of financial aid to schools, Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
Financing College Tuition
A college education has been the key to higher real wages and living standards. But as college enrollment has increased, so has the difficulty in paying for higher education.
Wage Levels and Inequality
AEI Press
January 1, 1998
This book discusses the cost and standard of living, income distribution, wage surveys, and wages.
The Effects of the Minimum Wage on Employment
AEI Press
December 2, 1996
The Clinton administration has claimed its proposal to increase the minimum wage would not affect employment; other research supports that a higher minimum wage means fewer jobs.
Trade and Wages
AEI Press
January 1, 1994
A discussion of the perceived widening wage gap between skilled and unskilled workers that analyzes the implications of such a gap upon trade in the context of NAFTA.
Fiscal Politics and the Budget Enforcement Act
AEI Press
September 1, 1992
Four distinguished authorities examine the implications of the Budget Enforcement Act for federal budget policy.
Personal Saving, Consumption, and Tax Policy
This book provides an analysis of ways to raise national saving and domestically financed investment.
International Competitiveness in Financial Services
Kluwer Academic Publishers
March 1, 1991
This book discusses financial services, monetary policy, and tax and fiscal policy.
Workers and Their Wages
AEI Press
January 1, 1991
In this volume, the author describes the changes in wages during the 1980s that led to increased rewards in schooling in the labor market.
The Quality of Jobs
Reforming Regulation
AEI Press
January 1, 1980
Contributors discuss proposals the legislative veto, the regulatory budget, mandatory applications of cost-benefit analysis, and the Carter administration's regulatory reform initiatives.
Controls and Inflation
AEI Press
December 1, 1975
This book examines the phases of the Economic Stabilization Program from 1971 to 1974, analyzing the controls as an "income policy" tool that was part of the U.S. response to inflation.
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