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Demand Shifts, Population Adjustments, and Labor Market Outcomes During the 1980s

Bound, John; Holzer, Harry J. - 2022

employment and earnings of various demographic groups during the 1980s. Results show that, although earnings and employment … impacts on the earnings and employment of these demographic groups. We also find that popu- lation shifts across areas … importantly to relatively greater deterioration of employment and earnings of these groups in declining areas during the 1980s …

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The Declining Labor Market Prospects of Less-Educated Men

Binder, Ariel - 2019

Over the last half century, U.S. wage growth stagnated, wage inequality rose, and the labor-force participation rate of prime-age men steadily declined. In this article, we examine these labor market trends, focusing on outcomes for males without a college education. Though wages and...

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The Dynamic Effects of Health on the Labor Force Transitions of Older Workers

Bound, John; Stinebrickner, Todd R.; Schoenbaum, Michael; … - 2021

This paper addresses the interplay between health and labor market behavior in the later part of the working life. We use the longitudinal Health and Retirement Survey to analyze the dynamic relationship between health and alternative labor force transitions, including labor force exit, job...

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Accounting for Recent Declines in Employment Rates Among the Working-Aged Disabled

Bound, John; Waidmann, Timothy - 2021

During the 1990s, while overall employment rates for working-aged men and women either remained roughly constant (men …) or rose (women), employment rates for the disabled fell. During the same period the fraction of the working … relative employment position of the disabled …

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