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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 … Current Population Survey data on the income distribution in different metropolitan areas from 1979 through 1988. Faster … metropolitan job growth increases real family income in the lowest income quintile by a significantly greater percentage than for …

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Management and Employee Agreement on Reports of Organizational Policies and Practices Important in Return to Work Following Carpal Tunnel Surgery

Amick, Benjamin C.; Hunt, H. Allan; Katz, Jeffrey N.; … - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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The Michigan Disability Prevention Study: Research Highlights

Hunt, H. Allan; Habeck, Rochelle V. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 1993

This 3-year collaborative research project was designed to provide empirical evidence to substantiate the impact of various employer policies and practices on the prevention and management of workplace disability. It studied a random sample of 220 Michigan establishments with more than 100...

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The Productivity Consequences of Two Ergonomic Interventions

DeRango, Kelly; Ben Amick, III; Robertson, Michelle; … - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2003

Pre- and post-intervention data on health outcomes, absenteeism, and productivity from a longitudinal, quasi-experimental design field study of office workers was used to evaluate the economic consequences of two ergonomic interventions. Researchers assigned individuals in the study to three...

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Female Workers as a Buffer in the Japanese Economy

Houseman, Susan N.; Abraham, Katharine G. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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International Trade and Money Wage Growth in the 1980s by Susan Vroman and Wayne Vroman

Jacobson, Louis S. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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Recent Trends in clerical Employment: The Impact of Technological Change

Hunt, H. Allan; Hunt, Timothy L. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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Occupational Labor Shortages: Concepts, Causes, Consequences, and Cures

Barnow, Burt S.; Trutko, John; Piatak, Jaclyn Schede - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Barnow, Trutko, and Piatak focus on whether persistent occupation-specific labor shortages might lead to inefficiencies in the U.S. economy. They describe why shortages arise, the difficulty in ascertaining that a shortage is present, and how to assess strategies to alleviate the shortage.

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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; Polivka, Anne - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2009

A variety of evidence points to significant growth in domestic contracting out over the last two decades, yet the phenomenon is not well documented. In this paper, we pull together data from various sources to shed light on the extent of and trends in domestic outsourcing, the occupations in...

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Older and Out of Work: Jobs and Social Insurance for a Changing Economy

Eberts, Randall W. (contributor); … - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Policy experts advance our understanding of the labor market experiences of older workers while pointing our that current workforce programs often leave this growing population underserved.

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