candidate explanation is supply-side effects driven by dramatic expansions of Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefit durations, to … longitudinal structure of the Current Population Survey to construct unemployment exit hazards that vary across states, over time …, and between individuals with differing unemployment durations. I then use these hazards to explore a variety of …

Theory predicts that mandated employment protections may reduce productivity by distorting production choices. Firms … Business Database, our estimates suggest that wrongful-discharge protections reduce employment flows and firm entry rates … mandated employment protections reduce productive efficiency as theory would suggest. However, our analysis also presents some …

individual work full-time or not at all, what we term a minimum hours constraint on employment, would induce more than twice as … many people to enter partial retirement as would leave full-time work, so that total full-time equivalent (FTE) employment …

We study the effects of minimum wages and the EITC in the post-welfare reform era. For the minimum wage, the evidence … that minimum wages reduce employment, with the exception of high school dropouts. In contrast, evidence strongly suggests … that the EITC boosts employment of young women (although not teenagers). We also explore how minimum wages and the EITC …

We estimate the minimum wage's effects on low-skilled workers' employment and income trajectories. Our approach …, negative effects on the employment and income growth of targeted workers. Lost income reflects contributions from employment …'s effects on aggregate employment. Over the late 2000s, the average effective minimum wage rose by 30 percent across the United …

the unemployment insurance (UI) system in providing a safety net during periods of unemployment. Recent welfare reform … reform. …