the dynamics of the local labor market, which go beyond the typical measures of unemployment rate, help to explain the … to employment that are different from the rest of the labor force and thus variables that more closely reflect their …

Two labor supply issues that have received substantial attention are the responsiveness of labor supply to wage changes … and the imposition of labor supply constraints. Adjusting hours worked on a second job may be the practical and perhaps … only available response to either event yet, most labor supply studies only examine behavior on the primary job. Examining …

This paper examines the labor market outcomes of individuals with various types of postsecondary educational … the labor market rewards credentials. Wage and earnings models yield different structural parameter estimates when based …

Urban labor markets are characterized by the spatial proximity of households and businesses, which offers firms and … workers. This paper describes the current conditions of urban labor markets and outlines a national urban policy agenda that … addresses these concerns by taking into account cities' spatial dimension. The paper argues that a national urban labor policy …

increases labor supply. This paper considers the labor supply effects of the welfare reforms that have occurred since 1993, when … 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 …

. Other German labor policies, however, most especially the availability of unemployment insurance benefits for those on short …, German employers rely principally on the adjustment of average hours per worker. The adjustment of overall labor input is …

,500 follow-up interviews were conducted in early 1997 by employees of local labor offices with persons in self …