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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 …

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What Works in Work-First Welfare: Designing and Managing Employment Programs in New York City

Feldman, Andrew R. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

This book is a case study of how New York City's welfare-to-work programs were managed and implemented in the mid 2000s. Feldman also analyzes the unique characteristics that differentiate it from other programs in place across the country.

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A Framework for Assessing the Economic Benefits and Costs of Workplace Literacy Training

Hollenbeck, Kevin - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 1996

Many individuals are grappling with the issue of whether to provide workers with training that upgrades the workers' basic academic skills. The corollary questions that flow from this issue are how to provide the training, how much training should be provided, and who should pay for the...

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Medicaid and the Labor Supply of Single Mothers: Implications for Health Care Reform

Pohl, Vincent - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2014

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act expands Medicaid and introduces health insurance subsidies, thereby changing work incentives for single mothers. To undertake an ex ante policy evaluation of the employment effects of the PPACA, I structurally estimate a model of labor supply and...

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State Incentives for Innovation, Star Scientists, and Jobs: Evidence from Biotech

Moretti, Enrico; Wilson, Daniel J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2013

We evaluate the effects of state-provided financial incentives for biotech companies, which are part of a growing trend of placed-based policies designed to spur innovation clusters. We estimate that the adoption of subsidies for biotech employers by a state raises the number of star biotech...

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Temporary Agency Employment: A Way Out of Poverty?

Autor, David H.; Houseman, Susan N. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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What Do We Know about Contracting Out in the United States? Evidence from Household and Establishment Surveys

Dey, Matthew; Houseman, Susan N.; Polivka, Anne - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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The Nature of Determinants of Service Sector Growth in the United States

Eberts, Randall W.; Erickcek, George A. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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Employment Creation and Destruction: An Analytical Review

Eberts, Randall W.; Montgomery, Edward - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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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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