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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 …
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and Wages (QCEW) data on earnings and employment, the earnings of an average worker in Florida will increase as much as …
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Three fundamental forces have shaped labor markets over the last 50 years: the secular increase in the returns to education, educational upgrading, and the integration of large numbers of women into the workforce. We modify the Katz and Murphy (1992) framework to predict the structure of the...
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Does interacting product and labor market regulation alter the impact of immigration on wages of competing native … find that the wages of competing native West Germans respond negatively to the large influx of similar East German workers …
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wages and rising wage dispersion over time. …
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Neoclassical trade theory suggests that factor price convergence should follow increased commercial integration. Rising commercial integration and foreign direct investment followed the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Mexico. This paper evaluates the degree...
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This guide, updated for the 2014-15 job market season, describes the U.S. academic market for new Ph.D. economists and offers advice on conducting an academic job search. It reports findings from published papers, describes practical details, and provides links to internet resources. Topics...
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these flows affected state-level labor markets. It shows that out-migration positively impacted the wages of remaining …
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This paper adopts a generalized-difference-in-difference (GDD) technique outlined in Ariel R. Belasen and Solomon W. Polachek (IZA Discussion Paper #2976) to examine the impact of hurricanes on the labor market. We find that earnings of the average worker in a Florida county rises over 4% within...
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achieved human capital do not significantly influence immigrant wages in Hamamatsu. Instead, ascribed human capital (e ….g., gender, ethnicity) has a much greater impact on immigrant wages in Japan than in the United States. Although the use of … social networks by immigrants to find jobs has a significant impact on wages in both countries, the effect is positive in …
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