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Overview

William L. Wascher is affiliated with the Federal Reserve System in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on labor market dynamics, monetary policy, and economic theory, with a notable concentration on wage rigidity and its effects in the U.S. economy.

The scientist's main fields of study include Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, along with Health Professions. Within these broad areas, specific subfields addressed are General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Economics and Econometrics, and General Health Professions.

Key topics that characterize Wascher's work are:

  • Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
  • Monetary policy and economic impact
  • Employment and welfare studies
  • Economic theory and policy

Wascher has published in various venues, covering working papers, discussion series, and peer-reviewed journals. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Labour Economics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Finance and Economics Discussion Series
  • Working paper

The scientist often collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Bruce Fallick
  • Daniel Villar
  • Daniel Villar Vallenas
  • Michael Lettau

Representative recent publications by William L. Wascher emphasize the theme of downward nominal wage rigidity in the United States, particularly during periods of economic distress such as the Great Recession. Notable papers include:

  • "Downward nominal wage rigidity in the United States in times of economic distress and low inflation," published in 2022 in Labour Economics
  • "Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity in the United States during and after the Great Recession," published in 2020 as a Working Paper
  • "Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity in the United States during and after the Great Recession," published in 2020 in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity in the United States During and After the Great Recession," published in 2020 in the Finance and Economics Discussion Series

Best Publications

  • Minimum Wages and Employment: A Review of Evidence from the New Minimum Wage Research

    David Neumark;William Wascher

  • Minimum Wages and Employment: A Review of Evidence from the New Minimum Wage Research

    David Neumark;David Neumark;David Neumark;William Wascher

  • Employment Effects of Minimum and Subminimum Wages: Panel Data on State Minimum Wage Laws

    David Neumark;William Wascher

  • Revisiting the Minimum Wage—Employment Debate: Throwing Out the Baby with the Bathwater?:

    David Neumark;J. M. Ian Salas;J. M. Ian Salas;William Wascher

  • Minimum Wage Effects throughout the Wage Distribution

    David Neumark;Mark Schweitzer;William Wascher

  • Minimum Wages and Employment

    David Neumark;William L. Wascher

  • Using the EITC to Help Poor Families: New Evidence and a Comparision with the Minimum Wage

    David Neumark;William Wascher

  • MINIMUM WAGES, LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS, AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT: A CROSS-NATIONAL ANALYSIS

    David Neumark;William Wascher

  • Labor Force Participation: Recent Developments and Future Prospects

    Stephanie Aaronson;Tomaz Cajner;Bruce Fallick;Felix Galbis-Reig

  • Aggregate supply in the United States: recent developments and implications for the conduct of monetary policy

    David L. Reifschneider;William Wascher;David Wilcox

  • The Effect of New Jersey's Minimum Wage Increase on Fast-Food Employment: A Re-Evaluation Using Payroll Records

    David Neumark;William Wascher

  • Minimum Wage Effects throughout the Wage Distribution

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  • Labor Force Participation: Recent Developments and Future Prospects

    Stephanie Aaronson;Tomaz Cajner;Bruce Fallick;Felix Galbis-Reig

  • Minimum Wages and Training Revisited

    David Neumark;William Wascher

  • Revisiting the Minimum Wage-Employment Debate: Throwing Out the Baby with the Bathwater?

    David Neumark;John Michael Ian Salas;William Wascher

  • Minimum Wage Effects on Employment and School Enrollment

    David Neumark;William Wascher

  • Using the EITC to Help Poor Families: New Evidence and a Comparision with the Minimum Wage

    David Neumark;David Neumark;David Neumark;William Wascher

  • Employment Effects of Minimum and Subminimum Wages: Reply to Card, Katz and Krueger

    David Neumark;William Wascher

  • The Effects of Minimum Wages on the Distribution of Family Incomes: A Non-Parametric Analysis

    David Neumark;Mark E. Schweitzer;William Wascher

  • Employment Effects of Minimum and Subminimum Wages: Panel Data on State Minimum Wage Laws

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  • The Recent Decline in the Labor Force Participation Rate and Its Implications for Potential Labor Supply

    Stephanie Aaronson;Bruce Fallick;Andrew Figura;Jonathan F. Pingle

  • Do Minimum Wages Fight Poverty

    David Neumark;William Wascher

  • Minimum Wage Effects on School and Work Transitions of Teenagers

    David Neumark;David Neumark;David Neumark;William L. Wascher

  • Compensating differentials and evolution in the quality-of-life among U.S. states

    Stuart A. Gabriel;Joe P. Mattey;William L. Wascher

  • The Effects of Minimum Wages on Teenage Employment and Enrollment: Evidence from Matched CPS Surveys

    David Neumark;William Wascher

  • Minimum wages and skill acquisition: another look at schooling effects

    David Neumark;William Wascher

  • Revisiting the Minimum Wage-Employment Debate: Throwing Out the Baby with the Bathwater?

    David Neumark;David Neumark;David Neumark;John Michael Ian S Salas;William Wascher

  • The Effects of Minimum Wages Throughout the Wage Distribution

    David Neumark;Mark E. Schweitzer;William Wascher

  • Minimum Wages, Labor Market Institutions, and Youth Employment : A Cross-National Analysis

    David Neumark;David Neumark;David Neumark;William L. Wascher

Frequent Co-Authors

David Neumark
David Neumark University of California, Irvine
Stuart A. Gabriel
Stuart A. Gabriel University of California, Los Angeles

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