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Wages, Employment, Training and Job Attachment in Low Wage Labor Marketsfor Women

Gustman, Alan L. - 1986

This paper analyzes economic behavior and the effects of training and income support policies in the low wage labor market for women. The opportunity set takes account of nonlinearities and discontinuities associated with career interruption, part-time work, and government programs. There are...

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On the Covariance Structure of Earnings and Hours Changes

Abowd, John M. - 1986

This paper presents an empirical analysis of changes in individual earnings and hours over time. Using longitudinal data from three panel surveys,we catalogue the main features of the covariance structure of changes in earnings and hours. We then present an interpretation of these features in...

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Using the Longitudinal Structure of Earnings to Estimate the Effect of Training Programs

Ashenfelter, Orley - 1984

In this paper we set out some methods that utilize the longitudinal structure of earnings of trainees and a comparison group to estimate the effectiveness of training for the 1976 cohort of CETA trainees. By fitting a components-of-variance model of earnings to the control group, and posing a...

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Partial Retirement and Wage Profiles of Older Workers

Gustman, Alan L. - 1982

status.Our empirical analysis suggests the following conclusions.1)Wages for work while not retired and for work while … to distinguish between wages paid to the partially retired and to the not retired causes a sizable exaggeration of the …

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Rent-sharing, Holdup, and Wages : Evidence from Matched Panel Data

Card, David - 2010

strong evidence of rent-sharing, with a "Lester range" of variation in wages between profitable and unprofitable firms of …

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The Limits to Wage Growth : Measuring the Growth Rate of Wages For Recent Welfare Leavers

Card, David - 2001

. They also earn relatively low wages in their first few months of work: typically within $1 of the minimum wage. Despite …

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Deregulation and Labor Earnings in the Airline Industry

Card, David - 1996

This paper uses a variety of data sources to study the effect of deregulation on the structure of wages in the airline …

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Bargaining Power, Strike Duration, and Wage Outcomes : An Analysis of Strikes in the 1880s

Card, David - 1992

wage gain or hours cut, or a union "defeat", characterized by the resumption of work at the previous terms of employment …

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Does School Quality Matter? Returns to Education and the Characteristics of Public Schools in the United States

Card, David - 1990

This paper estimates the effects of school quality - - measured by the pupil-teacher ratio, the average term length, and the relative pay of teachers -- on the rate of return to education for men born between 1920 and 1949. Using earnings data from the 1980 Census, we find that men who were...

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The Effects of Immigration on the Labor Market Outcomes of Natives

Altonji, Joseph G. - 1989

the fraction of immigrants in a city and the employment and wage outcomes of natives. The size of the effects depend on … some displacement out of low-wage immigrant-intensive industries. We find little effect of immigration on the employment … outcomes of the four race/sex groups that we consider. Our estimates of the effect of immigration on the wages of less …

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