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Holzer, Harry J. - 2015

wages and employment rates have been declining for years and who might benefit substantially from expanded eligibility for …

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Short-time work compensations and employment : temporary government schemes can have a positive economic effect

Cahuc, Pierre - 2014

employment levels during recessions. However, they can create inefficiency in the labor market, and might limit labor market …

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Obesity and labor market outcomes : the hidden private cost of obesity : lower earnings and lower probability of employment

Averett, Susan - 2014

Rising obesity is not only a pressing global public health problem. There is also substantial evidence that obese people, particularly women, are less likely to be employed and, when employed, are likely to earn lower wages. There is some evidence that the lower earnings are a result of...

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The importance of measuring dispersion in firm-level outcomes : ignoring the large variation in firm-level outcomes can create misunderstandings about the consequences of many poli...

Syverson, Chad - 2014

Recent research has revealed enormous variation in performance and growth among firms, which both drives and is driven by large reallocations of inputs and outputs across firms (churning) within industries and markets. These differences in firm-level outcomes and the associated turnover of firms...

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Obesity and labor market outcomes : the hidden private cost of obesity : lower earnings and lower probability of employment

Averett, Susan - 2019

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Impact of privatization on employment and earnings : workers and policymakers may fear that privatization leads to job losses and wage cuts, but what's the empirical evidence?

Earle, John S.; Shpak, Solomiya - 2019

employment, wages, and productivity. Evidence generally shows these forces to be offsetting, usually resulting in small … employment and earnings effects and sometimes in large, positive effects on productivity and scale. Foreign ownership usually has …

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Does broadband infrastructure boost employment? : broadband infrastructure has differing effects on workers of different skills

Falck, Oliver - 2017

employment effects of broadband infrastructure roll-out and questions about who exactly are the winners and losers in the labor …

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Do post-prison job opportunities reduce recidivism? : increasing the availability of high-quality job opportunities can reduce recidivism among released prisoners

Schnepel, Kevin T. - 2017

The majority of individuals released from prison face limited employment opportunities and do not successfully … randomized evaluations of employment-focused programs find increases in employment but little impact on recidivism. Recent …

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The labor market in Israel, 2000-2016 : unlike most OECD countries, Israel experienced a major increase in both employment and participation rates over the last 15 years

Larom, Tali; Lifshitz, Osnat - 2018

Following a decline in employment and participation rates during the 1980s and 1990s, Israel managed to reverse these … response to cuts in welfare payments and increases in the mandatory retirement age. Net household income for all population …

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The labor market in Sweden since the 1990s : the Swedish economy continues to have high employment and rapidly rising real wages

Gottfries, Nils - 2018

respect. The 2008 financial crisis had small effects on the Swedish labor market. Employment in industry declined sharply and … then remained stagnant, but employment in the service sectors has continued to grow steadily. …

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