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The Problem with Structural Unemployment in the U.S.

Baker, Dean - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2012

from structural unemployment, or a mismatch between the skills of the unemployed and the types of jobs available. The …

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Does It Pay to Volunteer? The Relationship Between Volunteer Work and Paid Work

Jorgensen, Helene - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2013

It is widely believed that volunteering will improve workers’ job prospects. The logic is that volunteering offers opportunities to expand work-related experience, develop new skills, and build a network of professional contacts. For young people with little history of paid employment it can...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010667721

Failing on Two Fronts: The U.S. Labor Market Since 2000

Schmitt, John - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2015

demonstrates the remarkable “flexibility” of U.S. labor markets relative to the situation in other rich economies. The paper then …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011188907

The High Budgetary Cost of Incarceration

Schmitt, John; Warner, Kris - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2010

-offenders of working age. Because a prison record or felony conviction greatly lowers ex-offenders’ prospects in the labor market …

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Why Does the Minimum Wage Have No Discernible Effect on Employment?

Schmitt, John - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2013

The employment effect of the minimum wage is one of the most studied topics in all of economics. This report examines the most recent wave of this research – roughly since 2000 – to determine the best current estimates of the impact of increases in the minimum wage on the employment...

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Labor Market Policy in the Great Recession: Some Lessons from Denmark and Germany

Schmitt, John - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2011

This paper reviews the recent labor-market performance of 21 rich countries, with a focus on Denmark and Germany …. Denmark, which was widely seen as one of the world's most successful labor markets before the downturn, has struggled in … recent years. Germany, however, has outperformed the rest of the world's rich countries since 2007, despite earlier labor …

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State Union Membership, 2012

Schmitt, John; Jones, Janelle; Sanes, Milla - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2013

On January 23, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its estimates for union membership in the United States in …

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Regulation of Public Sector Collective Bargaining in the States

Schmitt, John; Sanes, Milla - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2014

While the unionization of most private-sector workers is governed by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), the legal …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010751630

State Union Membership, 2013

Schmitt, John; Jones, Janelle - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2014

On January 24, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its estimates for union membership in the United States in …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010741285

Women Workers and Unions

Schmitt, John; Woo, Nicole - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2013

This issue brief looks at the most recent national data available to examine the impact that being in or represented by a union has on the wages and benefits of women in the paid workforce. Even after controlling for factors such as age, race, industry, educational attainment and state of...

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