It has been well documented that employment outcomes often differ considerably across areas. This paper examines the … external effects on labor force participation and employment for U.S. metropolitan area residents. The empirical results … employment for both women and men. We also find that less educated workers generally receive the largest external benefits. …

gender, race, and ethnicity: the probability of employment in the oil and gas industry and the log wages of workers employed … outside the oil and gas industry. We find that men and women both gain employment in the oil and gas industry during booms …

COVID-19 substantially decreased employment, but the effects vary among demographic and socioeconomic groups. We … document the employment losses in April 2020 across various groups using the U.S. Current Population Survey. The unemployment … rate understates employment losses. We focus on the percentage of the civilian population that is employed and at work …

difficulties maintaining worker health and productivity during the COVID-19 pandemic. We examine employment status changes of … pandemic significantly reduced the probability of continued active employment for previous workers in both food manufacturing … market is a strong and significant factor. The employment changes are not just due to unemployment during facility closures …

We examine effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on employment losses across metropolitan area status and population size …. Non-metropolitan and metropolitan areas of all sizes experienced significant employment losses, but the impacts are much … larger in large metropolitan areas. Employment losses manifest as increased unemployment, labor force withdrawal, and …

and find that worse employment conditions were the driving force. The lower opportunity costs of schooling because of the …

This article examines employment rates for persons in their teens and early 20s during April and May 2021 compared to … April and May 2019. Employment rates for teens are significantly higher in Spring 2021 than in Spring 2019. However …, individuals ages 20-24 experienced significantly lower employment rates in Spring 2021 than in Spring 2019. Differing employment …

This study estimates effects of minimum wages on individual restaurant employment using the 2005-2019 Current … decrease restaurant employment for teens and increase restaurant employment for these adults, suggesting that minimum wages … for minimum wages on teen restaurant employment in non-metropolitan areas is not statistically significant. …

employment and earnings. To account for endogenous migration decisions, we instrument for oil and gas production in workers …' state of residence via the predicted percent of oil and gas employment in their state of birth. We find statistically …