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 …

difference-in-differences models along with the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages to estimate the causal effects of … mandated sick pay on employment and wages. We do not find much evidence that employment or wages were significantly affected by …

positive effect on entry wages and wage-tenure profiles are adjusted according to entry age. -- Deferred compensation ; human … capital ; internal labor markets ; older workers ; wages …

difference in higher marginal tax rates on wages, relative to lower rates on fringe benefits, induces a reallocation of the total … compensation package toward fringe benefits. Firm-level panel data on employee total compensation and wages across all industries … my most conservative estimate, I find that an increase in fringe-tax by 1 percentage point increases wages by one percent …

employer-based coverage – whether or not they have dependent children – experience an annual reduction in wages of …

between cash wages and other benefits. Under such an arrangement, higher health insurance premiums must induce changes in the … composition of total compensation -- either in lower after-tax wages or in decreased contributions to other benefits. The results … suggest that about two-thirds of the premium increase is financed out of cash wages and the remaining one-thirds is financed …

Increases in the cost of providing health insurance must have some effect on labor markets, either in lower wages … wages, we document in this paper a significant effect on work hours as well. Using data from the CPS and the SIPP, we show …