Jesse Rothstein

Jesse Rothstein appears in Why are we so obsessed with manufacturing? through research cited with David Card and Moises Yee on industry wage premiums. The episode uses the finding to compare manufacturing with restaurants, retail, finance and insurance, utilities, and mining/oil/gas.

His role is to support the episode’s more precise wage claim. Manufacturing is shown as meaningfully better paid than some sectors, but the cited comparison also keeps it from becoming a mythic best-job category.

Connections

• David Card and Moises Yee - co-cited researchers.
• Manufacturing Pay Premium - central wage concept.
• Manufacturing Job Quality - related caution that pay does not settle job quality.
• Good Jobs For Non-College Workers - broader policy target.