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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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Discrimination and the Effects of Drug Testing on Black Employment

Wozniak, Abigail - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2012

drug testing regulation to study discrimination against blacks related to perceived drug use. Black employment in the … testing sector is suppressed in the absence of testing, consistent with ex ante discrimination on the basis of drug use …

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Earnings of Balck Immigrants: Implications for Racial Discrimination

Woodbury, Stephen A. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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Banking the Furnace: Essays on the Economics of Discrimination

Hoffman, Emily P. (contributor) - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

This book explores the effects of discrimination on the economic outcomes of various societal groups. …

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Black-White Segregation, Discrimination, and Home Ownership

DeRango, Kelly - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2001

The effect of discrimination on black-white racial segregation is studied using a confidential supplement of the Panel … Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). Audit studies reveal that the rate of discrimination in rental housing is substantially … higher than in owner-occupied housing. Thus, a variable indicating home ownership is used to proxy for the discrimination …

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Women's Work after War

Kleykamp, Meredith A. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2010

In the more than 30 years following the all-volunteer force (AVF), the proportion of women serving in the military has increased from 1.8 percent just before the AVF to 14.2 percent in 2008. The majority of women do not stay in the military for a 20-year or longer career; like men, most women...

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What Makes Small Firms Grow? Finance, Human Capital, Technical Assistance, and the Business Environment in Romania

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

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Basic Skills Training at Harbor Industries

Hollenbeck, Kevin; Anderson, William - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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Predictors of Employment Growth and Unemployment in U.S. Central Cities, 1990-2010

Wolf-Powers, Laura - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2013

This paper considers employment growth and unemployment from 1990-2010 in a cross-section of cities in light of practical tools that city governments have at their disposal to provide relief. In particular, I test educational attainment (both initial levels and growth over time) and public...

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On-the-Job Training

Barron, John M.; Berger, Mark C.; Black, Dan A. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Barron, Berger, and Black pulling together in one place answers to important questions regarding access to training opportunities, the duration of OJT across workers who differ by job and personal characteristics, and how accurately we are able to measure training.

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