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Labour Market Dynamics in Spanish Regions: Evaluating Asymmetries in Troublesome Times

Sala, Hector; Trivín, Pedro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

reacts to regional employment shocks in a variety of cases. Shock responses are channelled via changes in unemployment …

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Simulating the Economic Impacts of Living Wage Mandates Using New Public and Administrative Data: Evidence for New York City

Neumark, David; Thompson, Matthew; Brindisi, Francesco; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Policy researchers often have to estimate the future effect of imposing a policy in a particular location. There is often evidence on the effects of similar policies in other jurisdictions, but no information on the effects of the policy in the jurisdiction in question. And the policy may have...

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Revisiting the Minimum Wage-Employment Debate: Throwing Out the Baby with the Bathwater?

Neumark, David; Salas, J.M. Ian; Wascher, William - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We revisit the minimum wage-employment debate, which is as old as the Department of Labor. In particular, we assess new … heterogeneity and conclude that minimum wages in the United States have not reduced employment. We explore the ability of these …

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Minimum Wage Effects in the Longer Run

Neumark, David; Nizalova, Olena - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

Exposure to minimum wages at young ages may lead to longer-run effects. Among the possible adverse longer-run effects are decreased labor market experience and accumulation of tenure, lower current labor supply because of lower wages, and diminished training and skill acquisition. Beneficial...

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The Effects of Living Wage Laws on Low-Wage Workers and Low-Income Families: What Do We Know Now?

Neumark, David; Thompson, Matthew; Koyle, Leslie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

laws reduce employment among the least-skilled workers they are intended to help. But they also increase wages for many of …

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Unemployment in the European Union: A Dynamic Reappraisal

Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Hector; Snower, Dennis J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

This paper examines the movements in EU unemployment from two perspectives: (a) the NRU/NAIRU perspective, in which unemployment movements are attributed largely to changes in the long-run equilibrium unemployment rate and (b) the chain-reaction perspective, in which unemployment movements are...

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Unemployment in the European Union: Institutions, Prices, and Growth

Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Hector; Snower, Dennis J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

This paper presents a reappraisal of unemployment movements in the European Union. Our analysis is based on the chain reaction theory of unemployment, which focuses on (a) the interaction among labor market adjustment processes, (b) the interplay between these adjustment processes and the...

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Do School-to-Work Programs Help the "Forgotten Half"?

Neumark, David; Rothstein, Donna - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

-secondary education, and coop, school enterprise, and internship/apprenticeship programs boost employment and decrease idleness after …

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Minimum Wages and Employment

Neumark, David; Wascher, William - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

We review the burgeoning literature on the employment effects of minimum wages - in the United States and other … wide range of existing estimates and, accordingly, a lack of consensus about the overall effects on low-wage employment of … view that the minimum wage reduces the employment of low-wage workers is clearly incorrect. A sizable majority of the …

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The Effects of Living Wage Laws: Evidence from Failed and Derailed Living Wage Campaigns

Adams, Scott; Neumark, David - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

employment among the least-skilled, especially when the laws cover business assistance recipients or are accompanied by similar …

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