important factor from the 1990s onwards. -- wage inequality ; polarization ; occupational tasks ; offshoring ; RIF-regressions …

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 …

market consequences. We use the Synthetic Control Group Method (SCGM) and the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW …) to estimate the causal effect of mandated sick leave on employment and wages. Our findings do not provide much evidence … that employment or wages were significantly affected by the mandates which typically allow employees to earn one hour of …

The effect of foreign labor on native employment within an occupation depends on native labor supply to that occupation … implies that the effect of migrant labor supply on native employment is close to zero within this occupation, and may be …

Based on data from a cross section of U.S. metro areas, we show that public employment correlates negatively with … business cycle volatility, hinting at a stabilizing effect of public employment, while public wages correlate weakly and … generate wage-reducing and stabilizing effects of public employment. Without this mechanism, a search and matching model cannot …

marginally attached displaying behavior lying between unemployment and non-attachment. The three non-employment states are …

. Although the U.S. case has been studied extensively, the importance of job finding and employment exit rates to unemployment …