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Youth transitions and lifetime trajectory
Chacaltana, Juan; Elder, Sara; Lee, Miso - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012201748
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Gender dimensions of employment trends and future of work : where would women work next?
Otobe, Naoko - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011793423
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The Budgetary Implications of Higher Federal Reserve Board Interest Rates
Baker, Dean - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2015
This paper explores the potential impact of the Federal Reserve Board’s decision on interest rates on the budget deficit. The first part recounts the history of the 1990s surplus, correcting the widely held misunderstanding that this surplus was achieved by the Clinton administration’s tax...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011196383
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The Wage and Employment Impact of Minimum-Wage Laws in Three Cities
Schmitt, John; Rosnick, David - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2011
This report analyzes the wage and employment effects of the first three city-specific minimum wages in the United … States –San Francisco (2004), Santa Fe (2004), and Washington, DC (1993). We use data from a virtual census of employment in … on wages and employment in fast food restaurants, food services, retail trade, and other low-wage and small …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008921764
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Work Sharing: The Quick Route Back to Full Employment
Baker, Dean - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2011
This paper outlines a proposal for a system of work sharing that would give employers an incentive to maintain workers on their payroll at reduced hours as an alternative to laying them off. The system would be attached to the existing system of unemployment compensation, with shorttime...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009144917
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The High Budgetary Cost of Incarceration
Schmitt, John; Warner, Kris - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2010
, we estimate that this large population lowered the total male employment rate that year by 1.5 to 1.7 percentage points …. In GDP terms, these reductions in employment cost the U.S. economy between $57 and $65 billion in lost output. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727348
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Does It Pay to Volunteer? The Relationship Between Volunteer Work and Paid Work
Jorgensen, Helene - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2013
with little history of paid employment it can also signal that a person would be a reliable and motivated employee. In … on employment and pay in the United States. This analysis examines volunteering as a pathway to employment during a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010667721
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State Union Membership, 2013
Schmitt, John; Jones, Janelle - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2014
On January 24, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its estimates for union membership in the United States in 2013. This issue brief focuses on the union membership numbers by gender, education, race, and private vs public sector.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010741285
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Women Workers and Unions
Schmitt, John; Woo, Nicole - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2013
This issue brief looks at the most recent national data available to examine the impact that being in or represented by a union has on the wages and benefits of women in the paid workforce. Even after controlling for factors such as age, race, industry, educational attainment and state of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010741286
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Union Advantage for Black Workers
Jones, Janelle; Schmitt, John - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2014
In this report, we review the most recent data available to examine the impact of unionization on the wages and benefits paid to black workers. These data show that even after controlling for factors such as age and education level, unionization has a significant positive impact on black...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010741287