We analyse the effects of imports on employment and earnings by distinguishing between import competition in final … products and firms' use of imports in production (offshoring). We use Finnish worker-firm data merged with product-level trade … occupations. An increase in import competition has larger negative effects than an increase in offshoring. Production workers …

employment among the least-skilled, especially when the laws cover business assistance recipients or are accompanied by similar …

In this paper I review the empirical evidence on the effects of incarceration on the subsequent employment and earnings … micro employment data for young black men. The strengths and weaknesses of each type of analysis are discussed as well. The … employment and earnings for those with criminal records. …

. Concomitantly, employment falls between 1½ and 5% depending on hurricane strength. On the other hand, the effects of hurricanes on … better examine the specific shocks, we also observe sectoral employment shifts. Finally, we conduct a time-series analysis … and find that over time, there is somewhat of a cobweb with earnings and employment rising and falling each quarter over a …

examine employment and earnings among Chinese immigrants who were likely beneficiaries of the U.S. government's actions … measures - highly-educated immigrants from mainland China experienced significant employment and earnings gains during the 1990 …

employment, including hours, prices, turnover, training, performance standards, and non-labor costs. Exploiting variation in the … cost impact of the MW across restaurants, we find no significant effect of the MW increases on employment or hours over the …

laws reduce employment among the least-skilled workers they are intended to help. But they also increase wages for many of …

wages to identify the effects of reducing or eliminating the tip credit on employment and earnings in the U.S. restaurant … industry. Using data from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages and the Current Population Survey, we find that a … reduction in the tip credit increases weekly earnings but reduces employment in the full services restaurant industry and for …

meaningful employment, are becoming increasingly popular in developing countries. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act …

Public Employment Service (PES) agencies and caseworkers (CW) often have substantial leeway in the design and …, employment, and post-unemployment earnings using register data that contain PES and case-worker identifiers for about 130,000 job …