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How Do We Spend Our Time? Evidence from the American Time Use Survey
Kimmel, Jean (contributor) - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
This book presents findings based on the American Time Use Survey. This new data set allows the contributors to determine how Americans spend their time, providing a better understanding of everyday life.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008472684
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Aggregate Demand, Idle Time, and Unemployment
Michaillat, Pascal; Saez, Emmanuel - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2014
This paper develops a model of unemployment fluctuations. The model keeps the architecture of the Barro and Grossman … flexible to completely rigid. With some price rigidity, aggregate demand influences unemployment through a simple mechanism … thus increases labor demand, which in turn reduces unemployment. We use the comparative-statistics predictions of the model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010798202
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The Effects of Temporary Services and Contracting Out on Low-Skilled Workers: Evidence from Auto Suppliers, Hospitals, and Public Schools
Erickcek, George A.; Houseman, Susan N.; Kalleberg, Arne L. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850034
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Job Security and Work Force adjustment: How Different are U.S. and Japanese Practices?
Abraham, Katharine G.; Houseman, Susan N. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010611763
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Workdays, Workhours, and Work Schedules: Evidence for the United States and Germany
Hamermesh, Daniel S. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Daniel S. Hamermesh presents the first comprehensive evidence explaining how days of work, hours of work, and daily schedules are determined in the U.S. and Germany. Using an instantaneous approach to looking at unique data sets for each country, Hamermesh provides comparative analyses on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008502802
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The Shadow Workforce: Perspectives on Contingent Work in the United States, Japan, and Europe
Gleason, Sandra E. (contributor) - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the state of nonstandard employment and its impact on employees, businesses, unions, and public policy. It not only reveals how nonstandard employment operates in the United States, Japan, and Europe, it also highlights the important similarities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008472677
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The Economics of Work and Family
Kimmel, Jean (contributor); Hoffman, Emily P. (contributor) - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Kimmel and Hoffman present a set of topical, non-technical papers authored by nationally known experts in this field. Using an economic perspective, they confront work/family issues including child care (potentially the biggest obstacle to parents successfully integrating work and family...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008472688
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Working Time in Comparative Perspective, Volume 2: Life-Cycle Working Time and Nonstandard Work
Houseman, Susan (contributor); Nakamura, Alice (contributor) - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
The chapters explore an expanded set of working-time issues, which may be loosely grouped under two topics: 1) working time over the life cycle, and 2) nonstandard work arrangements (e.g., temporary work, job sharing and moonlighting).
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008472700
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Mothers' Work and Children's Lives: Low-Income Families after Welfare Reform
Johnson, Rucker C.; Kalil, Ariel; Dunifon, Rachel E. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
This book examines the effects of work requirements imposed by welfare reform on low-income women and their families. The authors pay particular attention to the nature of work, whether it is stable or unstable, the number of hours worked in a week, and the regularity and flexibility of work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008472703
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Working Time in Comparative Perspective, Volume 1: Patterns, Trends, and Policy Implications of Earnings Inequality and Unemployment
Wong, Ging (contributor); Picot, Garnett (contributor) - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
for earnings inequality, and efforts to reduce unemployment through mandated hours reductions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008472716