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Has technology hurt less skilled workers? An econometric survey of the effects of technical change on the structure of pay and jobs

Chennells, Lucy; Reenen, John Van - 1999

computing technologies. This paper surveys the evidence on the effects of technical change on skills, wages and employment by … level product innovations appear to raise employment growth, but there is no clear evidence of a robust effect (either …

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Uncertainty, redistribution, and the labor market since 2007

Mulligan, Casey B. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 3 (2014), pp. 1-16

Uncertainty and its composition can affect the demand for social insurance, and thereby the labor market. This paper shows that small to medium-sized increases in uncertainty or risk aversion are enough to recommend an expansion of the safety net that would be broadly similar to the actual...

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Finding alternatives to disability benefit receipt

Livermore, Gina; Wittenburg, David; Neumark, David - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 3 (2014), pp. 1-9

This introduction offers a context for the articles in this thematic series by providing an overview of the programs that provide cash and in-kind supports to people with disabilities in the United States, summarizes the increasing reliance on these programs, and describes the challenges...

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More on recent evidence on the effects of minimum wages in the United States

Neumark, David; Salas, J. M. Ian; Wascher, William - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 3 (2014), pp. 1-26

A central issue in estimating the employment effects of minimum wages is the appropriate comparison group for states … reduce employment of less-skilled workers. In Neumark et al. (Ind Labor Relat Rev 67:608-648, 2014), we present evidence that …

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What factors contributed to changes in employment during and after the Great Recession?

Farooq, Ammar; Kugler, Adriana D. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 4 (2015), pp. 1-28

paper then presents new suggestive evidence to quantify the employment impacts of various counter-cyclical policies … introduced during this time. We conduct a counter-factual and find that employment would have been between 4.2 percent and 4 … Credits increased the likelihood of employment by about 4.7 percent for disconnected youth but had no effect on disabled and …

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Transitional jobs after release from prison: Effects on employment and recidivism

Valentine, Erin; Redcross, Cindy - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 4 (2015), pp. 1-17

former prisoners: the Evaluation of the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) and the Transitional Jobs Reentry … Demonstration (TJRD). The analysis assesses the effects of these programs on employment and recidivism. We find that the programs in … both studies led to a large increase in employment driven by the transitional jobs themselves. However, the programs did …

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Who suffers from unemployment? The role of health and skills

Nilsson, Anton - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 4 (2015), pp. 1-24

pattern is found both among young and older individuals. The employment of the lower-educated also varies more with variations …

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Fiscal policies and the prices of labor: A comparison of the U.K. and U.S.

Mulligan, Casey - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 4 (2015), pp. 1-27

This paper measures the 2007-13 evolution of employment tax rates in the U.K. and the U.S. The U.S. changes are greater …, in the direction of taxing a greater fraction of the value created by employment, and primarily achieved with new … employment during its "austerity" period. Tax rate measurements are a first ingredient for cross-country comparisons of labor …

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European firm adjustment during times of economic crisish

Fabiani, Silvia; Lamo, Ana; Messina, Julián; Rõõm, Tairi - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 4 (2015), pp. 1-28

This paper exploits a unique cross-country, firm-level survey to study the responses of European firms to the sharp demand and credit contraction triggered by the global Great Recession of 2009. The analysis reveals that cost reduction-particularly labour cost reduction through the adjustment of...

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The role of workplace accommodations in the employment of people with disabilities

Anand, Priyanka; Sevak, Purvi - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 6 (2017) 12, pp. 1-20

We explore the role of workplace accommodations in reducing employment barriers and improving the employment of people … with disabilities. We do so using data from the 2015 Survey of Disability and Employment on people with disabilities who … with disabilities reported employment barriers that could be addressed by workplace accommodations, such as lack of …

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