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Just the facts, ma'am : postsecondary education and labor market outcomes in the US

Holzer, Harry J.; Dunlop, Erin - 2013

In this paper, we provide a comprehensive and up-to-date snapshot of the most important postsecondary education and labor market outcomes in the U.S. using two nationally representative sources of data: The Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) and The National Educational...

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Improving employment and earnings in 21st century labor markets : an introduction

Groshen, Erica L.; Holzer, Harry J. - 2019

What are the prospects for improving the lot of US workers in the 21st century? This introduction to the topic examines the most important US labor market trends of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, considers their causes and likely future trends; and then explores policies that might...

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Workforce development as an antipoverty strategy : what do we know? ; what should we do?

Holzer, Harry J. (contributor) - 2008

In this paper I note the basic paradox of workforce development policy: that, in an era in which skills are more important than ever as determinants of labor market earnings, we spend fewer and fewer public (federal) dollars on workforce development over time. I present trends in funding and how...

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Living wage laws : how much do (can) they matter?

Holzer, Harry J. (contributor) - 2008

In this paper I review what we have learned about living wage laws and their impacts on the wages, employment and … raised wage levels of low wage workers and have reduced their employment at covered firms, but that the magnitudes of both …

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Collateral costs : the effects of incarceration on the employment and earnings of young workers

Holzer, Harry J. (contributor) - 2007

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. -- Incarceration ; employment ; earnings …

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Temporary help agencies and the advancement prospects of low earners

Andersson, Fredrik (contributor); … - 2007

low earners, and to estimate the impact of temp employment on subsequent employment outcomes for these workers. Our … period during which the temp employment occurred. -- Temp ; employment ; advancement ; intermediaries …

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Work-based learning to expand opportunities for youth

Holzer, Harry J.; Lerman, Robert Irving - In: Challenge 57 (2014) 4, pp. 18-31

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Perceived criminality, criminal background checks, and the racial hiring practices of employers

Holzer, Harry J.; Raphael, Steven; Stoll, Michael A. - In: The journal of law & economics 49 (2006) 10, pp. 451-480

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Can we solve black youth unemployment?

Holzer, Harry J. - In: Challenge 31 (1988) 6, pp. 43-49

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Does federally-funded job training work? : nonexperimental estimates of WIA training impacts using longitudinal data on workers and firms

Andersson, Fredrik; Holzer, Harry J.; Lane, Julia; … - 2013

compare WIA participants who do and do not receive training. In addition to the usual impacts on earnings and employment, we … to estimate impacts on the characteristics of the firms at which participants find employment. We find moderate positive … impacts on employment, earnings and desirable firm characteristics for adults, but not for dislocated workers. Our primary …

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