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Employment and Wage Effects of Privatisation: Evidence from Hungary, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine

Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Telegdy, Almos - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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Job Growth and the Quality of Jobs in the U.S. Economy

Houseman, Susan N. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 1995

sharply. Moreover, although job growth was high, many argued that the quality of American jobs as measured by wages, benefits …, and job security deteriorated. The decline of jobs in the high-paying manufacturing sector and the growth of jobs in the … low-paying services sector, the growth in part-time and temporary employment, and the general decline in real wages among …

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The Effects of Metropolitan Job Growth on the Size Distribution of Family Income

Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 1991

This paper examines how a metropolitan area's job growth affects its income distribution. The research uses annual … metropolitan job growth increases real family income in the lowest income quintile by a significantly greater percentage than for … the average family. Metropolitan job growth also increases the value of property owned by upper income quintiles, but …

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The New Scarlet Letter? Negotiating the U.S. Labor Market with a Criminal Record

Raphael, Steven - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

The book details the problems ex-inmates face as they attempt to reenter the U.S. labor market, along with recommendations for easing this transition.

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Food Stamp Participation among Adult-Only Households

Ribar, David C.; Edelhoch, Marilyn; Liu, Qiduan - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2009

Several recent changes in the Food Stamp Program have been directed toward households without children. Some, including new work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs), were intended to promote self-sufficiency, while others, including easier application and...

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Wage and Employment Adjustment in Local Labor Markets

Eberts, Randall W.; Stone, Joe A. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Eberts and Stone create dynamic models of labor supply and demand behavior for metropolitan labor markets. They use these models to simulate wage, employment, and personal income responses to local economic change, including changes brought about by governmental policy.

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Child Care and the Employment Behavior of Single and Married Mothers

Kimmel, Jean - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 1992

This paper examines the relationship between the cost of child care and the employment behavior of married and single mothers. The data used in this paper are from the 1987 SIPP, the first SIPP panel to utilize an improved probing of child care usage and expenditures. A primary contribution of...

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Nonstandard Work and Child Care Choices of Married Mothers

Kimmel, Jean; Powell, Lisa - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2001

The focus of this paper is to examine the interplay between nonstandard employment and child care choice decisions of married mothers with young children. We draw on the 1992/93 Survey of Income and Program Participation to estimate two related econometric models of child care choice that...

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Marital Status and Full-time/Part-time Work Status in Child Care Choices: Changing the Rules of the Game

Connelley, Rachel; Kimmel, Jean - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 1999

In an industrialized economy, it is nearly impossible to engage in market work while simultaneously caring for young children. Thus, if a mother is to engage in such work, someone else must care for her children during work hours. However, non-maternal child care is often expensive or of poor...

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Gender Differences in Faculty Turnover

Brown, Byron W.; Woodbury, Stephen A. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 1995

Over the last 15 to 20 years, colleges and universities have paid increasing attention to attracting and retaining faculty women. The rate of progress of women in academe has nevertheless been painfully slow. For example, statistics on economists collected and published by the American Economic...

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