Similar Search Results

Thinking about Local Living Wage Requirements

Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2002

This paper reviews what we currently know about the benefits and costs of different varieties of a "living wage": a local government requirement, now adopted by over 50 local governments, for wages above the federal minimum imposed on employers with some financial link to the local government....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005116761

Instrumental Variable Estimates of the Labor Market Spillover Effects of Welfare Reform

Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2002

By increasing the labor supply of welfare recipients, welfare reform may reduce wages and increase unemployment among … that welfare reform has significant spillover effects: welfare reform reduces employment of male high school dropouts, and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005116763

The Labor Supply Effects of Welfare Reform

Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 1998

Will welfare reform increase unemployment and reduce wages? The answer depends in part on how much welfare reform … provides new estimates, of how many additional labor force participants have entered the labor force due to welfare reform. I … estimate that welfare reform from 1993-96 increased the U.S. labor force by between 100,000 and 300,000 persons. Between 1996 …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005101981

Examining the Effect of Industry Trends and Structure on Welfare Caseloads

Bartik, Timothy J.; Eberts, Randall W. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 1999

Previous studies of the macro-economic determinants of welfare caseloads have had difficulty in explaining changes in welfare caseloads during the last decade or so using the simple macroeconomic measure of unemployment. Because welfare recipients will typically get entry- level jobs, employment...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005116754