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'Atypical work' and compensation
Addison, John T. (contributor);  … - 2005
Atypical work, or alternative work arrangements in U.S. parlance, has long been criticized for providing poorly-compensated employment. Although one group of atypical workers (contractors) seems to enjoy a wage premium, our cross-section results from the CPS and NLSY for the better-known...
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Employment-contingent health insurance, illness, and labor supply of women : evidence from married women with breast cancer
Bradley, Cathy J.; Neumark, David; Luo, Zhehui; … - 2005
"We examine the effects of employment-contingent health insurance on married women's labor supply following a health shock. First, we develop a theoretical model that examines the effects of employment-contingent health insurance on the labor supply response to a health shock, to clarify under...
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The affordable care act and the growth of involuntary part-time employment
Even, William E.; Macpherson, David A. - 2015
This study tests whether the employer mandate under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) increased involuntary part-time (IPT) employment. Using data from the Current Population Survey between 1994 and 2014, we find that IPT employment in 2014 was higher than predicted based on economic conditions and...
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Frictions and the joint behavior of hiring and investment
Yashiv, Eran - 2012
dependence and placing the emphasis on their joint, forward-looking behavior. Using estimation of aggregate, private sector U … investment costs. It is significant and negatively signed, implying complementarity between investment and hiring. There is a … substantial role for aggregate labor market conditions in hiring costs, whereby the latter are lower in "good times." The fit of …
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The effect of an employer health insurance mandate on health insurance coverage and the demand for labor : evidence from Hawaii
Buchmueller, Thomas C.; DiNardo, John E.; Valletta, … - 2009
Hawaii and other states increased, as did real health insurance costs, implying a rising burden of the mandate on Hawaii …
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Worker characteristics, job characteristics, and opportunities for phased retirement
Hutchens, Robert Maynard (contributor) - 2007
"This paper uses a telephone survey of 950 employers to examine employer-side restrictions on phased retirement. Not only did the survey collect information on establishment level policies, it also asked questions about a specific worker's opportunity for phased retirement. The paper uses these...
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The effectiveness of hiring credits
Cahuc, Pierre; Carcillo, Stéphane; Le Barbanchon, Thomas - 2017
This paper analyzes the effectiveness of hiring credits. Using comprehensive administrative data, we show that the French hiring credit, implemented during the Great Recession, had significant positive employment effects and no effects on wages. Relying on the quasi-experimental variation in...
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Is there a link between employer-provided health insurance and job mobility? : evidence from recent micro data
Chute, Benjamin W.; Wunnava, Phanindra V. - 2015
This study investigates the prevalence and severity of job immobility induced by the provision of employer-sponsored health insurance - a phenomenon known as 'job-lock'. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth from 1994 to 2010, job-lock is identified by measuring the impact of...
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Labor market effects of US sick pay mandates
Pichler, Stefan; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2016
This paper exploits temporal and spatial variation in the implementation of US sick pay mandates to assess their labor 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...
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New evidence on the motherhood wage gap
Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina (contributor);  … - 2008
Using data from the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, we assess the role of employment-based health insurance offers in explaining the motherhood wage gap. Researchers have been aware of the existence of a motherhood gap for many years; yet, the literature has failed to address the...
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