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Labor market effects of US sick pay mandates
Pichler, Stefan; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2016
market consequences. We use the Synthetic Control Group Method (SCGM) and the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW …) to estimate the causal effect of mandated sick leave on employment and wages. Our findings do not provide much evidence … that employment or wages were significantly affected by the mandates which typically allow employees to earn one hour of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455898
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Veterans in workforce development : participation and labor market outcomes
Chrisinger, Colleen - 2017
This paper compares the employment status and earnings of veterans and nonveterans following their receipt of public workforce development services in Washington State during the years 2002–2012. It also describes workforce program participation patterns for veterans and nonveterans to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011667754
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Institutional frameworks and labor market performance : comparative views on the U.S. and German economies
Buttler, Friedrich (ed.); Franz, Wolfgang (ed.);  … - 1995
Institutional Frameworks and Labor Market Performance produces an in-depth analysis of the functioning of various labor market institutions in both the USA and Germany. Particular emphasis is given to the substantial differences between the US and Germany in the ways important areas are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012650132
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Gender differences in the labor market effects of the dollar
Goldberg, Linda; Tracy, Joseph - 2001
Although the dollar has been shown to influence the expected wages of workers, the analysis to date has focused on the … male workforce. We show that exchange rate fluctuations also have important implications for women's wages. The dominant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283338
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Displacement, asymmetric information, and heterogeneous human capital
Hu, Luojia (contributor); Taber, Christopher (contributor) - 2007
In a seminal paper Gibbons and Katz (1991; GK) develop and empirically test an asymmetric information model of the labor market. The model predicts that wage losses following displacement should be larger for layoffs than for plant closings, which was borne out by data from the Displaced Workers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003633908
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How disasters affect local labor markets : the effects of hurricanes in Florida
Belasen, Ariel R. (contributor);  … - 2007
and Wages (QCEW) data on earnings and employment, the earnings of an average worker in Florida will increase as much as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003635285
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Displacement, asymmetric information and heterogeneous human capital
Hu, Luojia (contributor); Taber, Christopher (contributor) - 2008
In a seminal paper Gibbons and Katz (1991; GK) develop and empirically test an asymmetric information model of the labor market. The model predicts that wage losses following displacement should be larger for layouts than for plant closings, which was borne out by data from the Displaced Workers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003773539
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Inequality and specialization : the growth of low-skill service jobs in the United States
Autor, David H.; Dorn, David - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003864615
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Do highly educated immigrants perform differently in the Canadian and US labour markets?
Bonikowska, Aneta; Hou, Feng; Picot, Garnett - 2011
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The economic value of teeth
Glied, Sherry; Neidell, Matthew - 2008
"Healthy teeth are a vital and visible component of general well-being, but there is little systematic evidence to demonstrate their economic value. In this paper, we examine one element of that value, the effect of oral health on labor market outcomes, by exploiting variation in access to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003689499