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What do unions do to pension performance?

Even, William E.; Macpherson, David A. - 2010

This study argues that the promotion of union goals could have positive, negative, or neutral effects on risk adjusted return performance. Moreover, the union's ability and incentive to use pension assets to promote union goals will vary with the design of the pension. Using panel data on over...

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The effect of tip credits on earnings and employment in the US restaurant industry

Even, William E.; Macpherson, David A. - 2012

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 …

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Do pensions impede phased retirement?

Even, William E. (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Many workers reveal a preference for a gradual reduction in work hours as they approach retirement (phased retirementʺ), rather than a sudden change from full-time work to full-time retirement. Pension regulations may impede phased retirement without a switch of employers by prohibiting access...

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Wages, sorting on skill, and the racial composition of jobs

Hirsch, Barry T. (contributor); … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Where does the minimum wage bite hardest in California?

Even, William E.; Macpherson, David A. - 2018

This study uses employment data on California county-industry pairs (CIPs) between 1990 and 2016 to test whether … minimum wage increases caused employment growth to slow most in the CIPS with a large share of low wage workers. Evidence … simulations suggest that a 10 percent increase could cause a 3.4 percent employment loss in the average CIP in California. The job …

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