Similar Search Results

The effects of paid family leave in California on labor market outcomes

Baum, Charles L.; Ruhm, Christopher J. - 2014

effects of CA-PFL. Rights to paid leave are also associated with higher work and employment probabilities for mothers nine to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398868

Labour demand research : towards a better match between better theory and better data

Addison, John T.; Portugal, Pedro; Varejão, José M. - 2014

At first blush, most advances in labour demand were achieved by the late 1980s. Since then progress might appear to have stalled. We argue to the contrary that significant progress has been made in understanding labour market frictions and imperfections, and in modelling search behaviour and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010345537

Wage dispersion in a partially unionized labor force

Addison, John T.; Bailey, Ralph W.; Siebert, William S. - 2009

Taking as our point of departure a model proposed by David Card (2001), we suggest new methods for analyzing wage dispersion in a partially unionized labor market. Card's method disaggregates the labor population into skill categories, which procedure entails some loss of information....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003859360

Promotion and wages in mid-career : gender, unionism, and sector

Addison, John T.; Ozturk, Orgul Demet; Wang, Si - 2012

This paper considers the role of gender in the promotion process and the impact of promotion on wages and wage growth, using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79). Its focus is upon mid-career promotion and wages, thereby complementing extant studies of the NLSY that...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009629126

Cognitive performance and labor market outcomes

Lin, Dajun; Lutter, Randall W.; Ruhm, Christopher J. - 2016

We use information from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) and supplementary data sources to examine how cognitive performance, measured at approximately the end of secondary schooling, is related to the labor market outcomes of 20 through 50 year olds. Our estimates control...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011517671

Minimum wage increases under straightened circumstances

Addison, John T.; Blackburn, McKinley L.; Cotti, Chad - 2011

handling geographically-disparate trends. The evidence is generally unsupportive of negative employment effects, still less of …-disparate employment trends ; recession …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009516946

Maternal employment and adolescent development

Ruhm, Christopher J. (contributor) - 2005

This study investigates how maternal employment is related to the outcomes of 10 and 11 year olds, controlling for a … even moderate amounts of employment. The negative cognitive effects occur partly because maternal labor supply reduces the … significant. -- maternal employment ; adolescent development ; child obesity ; socioeconomic status …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003011515

'Atypical work' and compensation

Addison, John T. (contributor); … - 2005

-compensated employment. Although one group of atypical workers (contractors) seems to enjoy a wage premium, our cross-section results from …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002591952

Healthy living in hard times

Ruhm, Christopher J. (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001731023