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After a decade in which wages and employment fell precipitously in low-skill occupations and expanded in high … accounted for by a single proximate cause - rising employment and wages in low-education, in-person service occupations. We … automation. We find that in labor markets that were initially specialized in routine-intensive occupations, employment and wages …
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lessons have been learned that may guide future policy. We focus on Europe and USA, but introduce evidence from other … are weekly wages and happiness. Our results show significant effects at age 50 from early adulthood unemployment. These …
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manufacturing. Earnings losses are larger for individuals with low initial wages, low initial tenure, and low attachment to the …
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High- and low-wage occupations are expanding rapidly relative to middle-wage occupations in both the U.S. and the E.U. We study the reallocation of workers from middle-skill occupations towards the tails of the occupational skill distribution by analyzing changes in age structure within and...
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to maintain their real wages by reducing labor demand still further. Furthermore, we argue inflationary pressures have …
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This paper summarizes evidence for the existence of a wage curve a downward-sloping relationship between the level of pay and the local unemployment rate in modern micro data. At the time of writing, the curve has been found in 40 nations. Its elasticity is approximately -0.1. -- wage...
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's theoretical framework: (i) wages are higher in states with more generous unemployment benefits, (ii) the perceived probability of … unemployment. We conclude that it is reasonable to view the wage curve as an empirical law of economics. -- wages ; unemployment …
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The main findings of this paper are that despite the existence of various affirmative action programs designed to improve the position of women and minorities in public construction, little has changed in the last twenty five years. We present evidence showing that where race conscious...
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In this paper I examine the characteristics of adults who report on whether they have health care coverage and of people who say that they are unable to see a doctor over the preceding year because of the cost. I make use of a unique data set, the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a...
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-25 have been particularly hard hit during the current recession. Using the USA and UK as cast studies, it analyses both causes … access to work. -- Youth unemployment ; scarring ; ethnic crime ; health ; life satisfaction ; wages ; ALMP …
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