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How New is the "New Employment Contract"? Evidence from North American Pay Practices

Levine, David I.; Belman, Dale; Charness, Gary; … - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

This book explores this apparent change in the employment contract from a new perspective. Whereas earlier studies in this area focused on the rigidities in the quantity side of the employment relationship, e.g., changes in job tenure and rates of displacement, the authors focus on the price...

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Employee Benefits and Labor Markets in Canada and the United States

Alpert, William T. (contributor); … - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Alpert and Woodbury present a comprehensive set of explorations into the impacts that the provision of various types of employee benefits (or lack thereof) have on labor markets. And while there are, as the editors point out, substantial differences between the employee benefits systems of...

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Pay at Risk: Compensation and Employment Risk in the United States and Canada

Turner, John (contributor) - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

The contributors to this book investigate the compensation and employment risks for U.S. and Canadian workers. They … examine both wage and nonwage aspects of compensation, and whether workers in the U.S. or Canada face more job-related risks …

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The Tax Treatment of Fringe Benefits

Woodbury, Stephen A.; Huang, Wei-Jang - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

expected to influence the level of benefits and compensation provided by employers, federal revenues, and income inequality. …

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Passing the Torch: The Influence of Economic Incentives on Work and Retirement

Quinn, Joseph F.; Burkhauser, Richard V.; Myers, Daniel A. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

This book summarizes research on individual retirement decisions and aggregate retirement trends. It also serves as an excellent reference source on the economics of retirement.

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A Note on Commutes and the Spatial Mismatch Hypothesis

DeRango, Kelly - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2000

A number of empirical studies have tested the spatial mismatch hypothesis by examining the commuting times of blacks and whites. This note points out that the link between spatial mismatch and commuting times may be weak when employment probabilities decline as the distance from job site to...

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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

, Ergonomic Solutions, and Safety Training). Second is disability management, the set of strategies to minimize the disability …-to-Work Program). Third is health promotion, which represents an attempt to intervene directly with individuals to encourage more …-related disability (Lost Workday Cases and Workers' Compensation Wage-Loss Claims), the duration of disability (Lost Workdays per Case …

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Health Insurance Tax Credits, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and Health Insurance Coverage of Single Mothers

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

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Unemployment Compensation and Older Workers

O'Leary, Christopher J.; Wandner, Stephen A. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2000

Unemployment compensation in the United States is provided through a federal-state system of unemployment insurance (UI …

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Employer Training Needs in Hawaii

Woodbury, Stephen A. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 1992

The Survey of Employer Training Needs in Hawaii was undertaken to gather information and data on the needs and … preferences of employers in Hawaii regarding government assistance with training. The need for such information was created by … passage of Act 68, Session Laws of Hawaii 1991, which created the Hawaii Employment and Training Fund "to assist employers and …

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