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Group Wage Curves
Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2000
prices, are affected by overall MSA unemployment, the distribution of unemployment among different groups, and national … prices and wages. MSA unemployment has strong effects on MSA wages and prices, but the distribution of unemployment among … different groups has weak effects on wages and prices. Using these estimates, simulations show that targeting high-unemployment …
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The Effect of School Finance Reforms on the Distribution of Spending, Academic Achievement, and Adult Outcomes
Jackson, C. Kirabo; Johnson, Rucker; Persico, Claudia - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
The school finance reforms (SFRs) that began in the early 1970s and accelerated in the 1980s caused some of the most dramatic changes in the structure of K-12 education spending in U.S. history. We analyze the effects of these reforms on the level and distribution of school district spending, as...
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The Effects of Work-Conditioned Transfers on Marriage and Child Well-Being: A Review
Grogger, Jeffrey T.; Karoly, Lynn - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
Transfer payments to poor families are increasingly conditioned on work, either via wage subsidies available only to workers or via work requirements in more traditional welfare programs. Although the effects of such programs on employment are fairly well understood, relatively little is known...
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Recent Trends in Resource Sharing Among the Poor
Haider, Steven J.; McGarry, Kathleen - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005
Motivated in part by the dramatic changes in the United States economy and public assistance policies, many researchers have examined the changes in the resources of the low-income population over the last two decades, with particular attention paid to income from earnings and public assistance...
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The Effects of Metropolitan Job Growth on the Size Distribution of Family Income
Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 1991
This paper examines how a metropolitan area's job growth affects its income distribution. The research uses annual Current Population Survey data on the income distribution in different metropolitan areas from 1979 through 1988. Faster metropolitan job growth increases real family income in the...
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The Role of Public Policy in Skills Development of Black Workers in the 21st Century
Bartik, Timothy J.; Hollenbeck, Kevin - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2000
skills development in the U.S. is failing. Lagging school achievement (particularly in urban areas), high unemployment rates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005012109
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Obesity as a Barrier to the Transition from Welfare to Work
Cawley, John; Danziger, Sheldon - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2004
This paper utilizes a rich longitudinal data set -- the Women's Employment Study (WES) to investigate whether obesity, which is common among women of low socioeconomic status, is a barrier to employment and earnings for current and former welfare recipients. We find evidence that, among current...
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The Consequences of the Privatization Process for Employee-Owned Companies – Some Evidence
Kozlowski, Maciej - In: Journal of Global Economy 8 (2012) 1, pp. 5-20
The success of the deep restructuring of economic relations in Polish economy depends primarily on the effectiveness of the reform aimed at restructuring of ownership in all sectors. The results of these processes of democratization include a growth in interest in worker ownership and...
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Fostering inclusive growth in Malaysia
Nixon, Stewart; Asada, Hidekatsu; Koen, Vincent - 2017
Malaysia has followed a comparatively equitable development path, largely eliminating absolute poverty and greatly reduced ethnic inequality. Income and wealth inequality have gradually declined since the mid-1970s. With the “people economy” at the centre of Malaysia’s ambition to become a...
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Making the Luxembourg Labour Market Work Better
Lawson, Jeremy - 2010
been met by in–flows of cross–border workers and, to a lesser extent, immigration. Unemployment has remained low compared …
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