Similar Search Results

The Climate for Business Development and Employment Growth in Puerto Rico

Davis, Steven; Rivera-Batiz, Luis - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005

Employment rates in Puerto Rico range from 55 to 65 percent of U.S. rates during the past thirty years. This huge employment shortfall holds for men and women, cuts across all education groups, and is deeper for persons without a college degree. The shortfall is concentrated in the private...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005014927

Industrial Policy, Employer Size, and Economic Performance in Sweden

Davis, Steven; Henrekson, Magnus - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1995

neutral set of policies and institutions, Sweden's employment distribution is sharply tilted away from lower wage industries …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005710775

Women, War and Wages: The Effect of Female Labor Supply on the Wage Structure at Mid-Century

Acemoglu, Daron; Autor, David; Lyle, David - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2002

This paper investigates the effects of female labor supply on the wage structure. To identify variation in female labor supply, we exploit the military mobilization for World War II, which drew many women into the workforce as males exited civilian employment. The extent of mobilization was not...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005718495

Explaining National Differences in the Size and Industry Distribution of Employment

Davis, Steven; Henrekson, Magnus - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1997

national pension system, wage-setting institutions and the size of the public sector. We characterize these aspects of the … set of policies and institutions, Sweden's employment distribution in the mid-1980s is sharply tilted away from low …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005828881

Small Business and Job Creation: Dissecting the Myth and Reassessing theFacts

Davis, Steven; Haltiwanger, John; Schuh, Scott - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1993

This paper investigates how job creation and destruction behavior varies by employer size in the U.S. manufacturing sector during the period 1972 to 1988. The paper also evaluates the empirical basis for conventional claims about the job-creating prowess of small businesses. The chief findings...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005777949

Recruiting Intensity during and after the Great Recession: National and Industry Evidence

Davis, Steven; Haltiwanger, John; Faberman, R. Jason - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

We measure job-filling rates and recruiting intensity per vacancy at the national and industry levels from January 2001 to September 2011 using data from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. Construction makes up less than 5 percent of employment but accounts for more than 40 percent of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652884

Labor Market Flows in the Cross Section and Over Time

Davis, Steven; Haltiwanger, John; Faberman, Jason - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011

Many theoretical models of labor market search imply a tight link between worker flows (hires and separations) and job gains and losses at the employer level. Partly motivated by these theories, we exploit establishment-level data from U.S. sources to study the relationship between worker flows...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009220649

Recessions and the Cost of Job Loss

Davis, Steven; von Wachter, Till Marco - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011

-displacement earnings if displaced in mass-layoff events that occur when the national unemployment rate is below 6 percent. They lose a … staggering 2.8 years of pre-displacement earnings if displaced when the unemployment rate exceeds 8 percent. These results … opportunities respond to contemporaneous economic conditions. Finally, we confront leading models of unemployment fluctuations with …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372449

Changes in Unemployment and Wage Inequality: An Alternative Theory and Some Evidence

Acemoglu, Daron - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1998

unemployment rates for both groups. The paper provides some evidence that there has been a change in the composition of jobs in the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005829909

Credit Market Imperfections and Persistent Unemployment

Acemoglu, Daron - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2000

This paper develops the thesis that credit market frictions may be an important contributor to high unemployment in … market imperfections, so unemployment rises and remains high for an extended period. The data show that there has not been … cause of the increase in European unemployment, they may have played some role in limiting European employment growth. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005830268