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Promoting Self Employment Among the Unemployed in Hungary and Poland

O'Leary, Christopher J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 1999

To evaluate the effectiveness of self-employment assistance to the unemployed in Hungary and Poland more than 5 … large and positive. In Poland there were also large and positive earnings impacts. A negative estimated earnings impact in … Poland, outside of service industries in Hungary, and outside of manufacturing and construction in Poland. …

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Preliminary Evidence on Impacts of Active Labor Programs in Hungary and Poland

O'Leary, Christopher J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 1997

markets, the governments of Hungary and Poland provide labor force members with unemployment compensation and a variety of …-employment, and comparison groups were done in Hungary and Poland in early 1997. Preliminary analysis suggests positive net impacts … Poland to assess how representative the comparison groups are of the general population of registered unemployed workers. …

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How Late to Pay? Understanding Wage Arrears in Russia

Earle, John S.; Sabirianova, Klara Z. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2002

We organize an empirical analysis of Russian wage arrears around hypotheses concerning factors that create incentives for firms to pay late and for workers to tolerate late payment, both reinforced by a prevalent environment of overdue wages. Our analysis draws upon nationally representative...

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Trade Reform and Regional Dynamics: Evidence From 25 Years of Brazilian Matched Employer-Employee Data

Dix-Carneiro, Rafael; Kovak, Brian K. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2015

We empirically study the dynamics of labor market adjustment following the Brazilian trade reform of the 1990s. We use variation in industry-specific tariff cuts interacted with initial regional industry mix to measure trade-induced local labor demand shocks, and then examine regional and...

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Military Retention Incentives: Evidence from the Air Force Selective Reenlistment Bonus

Joffrion, Justin; Wozny, Nathan - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2015

The limited lateral entry and rigid pay structure for U.S. military personnel present challenges in retaining skilled individuals who have attractive options in the civilian labor market. One tool the services use to address this challenge is the Selective Reenlistment Bonus (SRB), which offers...

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Of Heart and Mind: Essays in Honor of Sar A. Levitan

Mangum, Garth (contributor); Mangum, Stephen (contributor) - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

The essays in this volume, authored by close friends, associates and students, pay tribute to Sar Levitan and the enduring mark he left on the field of social policy. The book is loosely organized around the method of analysis taught and practiced by Levitan: identifying problems through the...

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Strategies for Improving Economic Mobility of Workers: bridging Research and Practice

Toussaint-Comeau, Maude (contributor); … - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

The contirbutors to this book provide a provocative assessment of the effectiveness of various policies and practices designed to help disadvantaged segments of our population overcome the obstacles in their path to upeard economic mobility.

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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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Unemployment Insurance Policy in New England: Background and Issues

Tannenwald, Robert; O'Leary, Christopher J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 1997

Most states have exhausted their unemployment insurance (UI) trust fund and borrowed from the federal government at least once during the past 35 years. Under such circumstances, states are required by law to raise UI taxes to replenish their trust funds and to pay off their debts to the federal...

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Alternative Measures of State UI Systems

O'Leary, Christopher J.; Tannenwald, Robert; Huang, Wei-Jang - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2000

Comparisons among state unemployment insurance (UI) systems can be misleading. Frequently quoted indicators of benefit generosity, tax cost, and adherence to the experience-rating principle are influenced by the relative economic conditions of states. Such comparisons thereby obscure underlying...

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