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Income inequality : the public and the partisan divide

Blendon, Robert J.; Benson, John M. - In: Challenge 59 (2016) 1, pp. 4-11

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A comparison of the human capital and signaling models : the case of the self-employed and the increase in the schooling premium in the 1980's

Lofstrom, Magnus - 2000

This paper utilizes the self-employed to analyze the observed increase in the educational earnings premium in the 1980's. The paper compares the predictions of the signaling and human capital models in response to an exogenous demand shock such as a skill-biased technological change. Since the...

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Self-employment and earnings among high-skilled immigrants in the United States

Lofstrom, Magnus - 2000

-skilled occupations than natives, but the gap between the two groups decreased in the 1980's. Given the high self-employment rates of this …-skilled natives are more likely to be self-employed than high-skilled immigrants. Models of the self-employment decision, controlling …

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Public opinion and Trump's jobs and trade policies

Blendon, Robert J.; Casey, Logan S.; Benson, John M. - In: Challenge 60 (2017) 3, pp. 228-244

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Did employer sanctions lose their bite? : labor market effects of immigrant legalization

Lofstrom, Magnus; Hill, Laura; Hayes, Joseph M. - 2010

employment outcomes of illegal immigrants. With the exception of high-skilled unauthorized immigrants, the data fail to reveal … evidence of improved employment outcomes attributable to legal status. In light of evidence that unauthorized immigrants …

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Labor market assimilation and the self-employment decision of immigrant entrepreneurs

Lofstrom, Magnus - 1999

sorting into the sectors, models of the self-employment decision are estimated. Variables for the proportion of immigrants in … the population and average earnings ratios are used as instruments to control for self-selection into self-employment and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011313956

Labor market conditions and post-reform declines in welfare receipt among immigrants

Lofstrom, Magnus; Bean, Frank D. - 2001

results show that variation in the unemployment and employment rates across MSAs and states explain the observed relative post …-welfare reform decrease among immigrants, with immigrant welfare utilization being sensitive to changes in both employment and …

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In economic policy, how much does it matter which party governs?

Blendon, Robert J. (contributor) - In: Challenge 44 (2001) 6, pp. 59-77

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Immigration and U.S. economy : the public's perspective

Blendon, Robert J.; Pelletier, Stephen R.; Brodie, Mollyann - In: Challenge 48 (2005) 2, pp. 113-132

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How Americans viewed thier lives in 2004

Blendon, Robert J.; Benson, John - In: Challenge 48 (2005) 3, pp. 14-33

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