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The Disability Employment Puzzle : A Field Experiment on Employer Hiring Behavior
Ameri, Mason - 2015
People with disabilities have low employment and wage levels, and some studies suggest employer discrimination is a … findings is consistent with the idea that disability discrimination continues to impede employment prospects of people with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013015109
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Understanding Trends in Alternative Work Arrangements in the United States
Katz, Lawrence F. - 2019
measures of self-employment and 1099 workers from administrative tax data. We also present evidence from Amazon Mechanical Turk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012895487
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Immigration, Jobs and Employment Protection : Evidence from Europe
D’Amuri, Francesco - 2011
whether the inflow of immigrants in the period 1996-2007 decreased employment rates and/or if it altered the occupational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013123669
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Incentive Effects of Social Security on Labor Force Participation : Evidence in Germany and Across Europe
Börsch-Supan, Axel H. - 2021
All across Europe, old age labor force participation has declined dramatically during the last decades. This secular trend coincides with population aging. The European social security systems therefore face a double threat: retirees receive pensions for a longer time while there are less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013219975
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Trends in Male Labor Force Participation and Retirement : Some Evidence on the Role of Pensions and Social Security in the 1970'S and 1980'S
Anderson, Patricia M.; Gustman, Alan L.; Steinmeier, … - 2021
This paper estimates the effects on steady state retirement by men of changes in pension" plans and social security in the 1970's and 1980's. Work incentives associated with pension" coverage and plan characteristics are calculated primarily from the 1969-79 Retirement History" Study and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013221842
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HIV Status and Labor Market Participation in South Africa
Levinsohn, James A. - 2011
econometric methods based on the propensity score to estimate the causal effect of HIV status on employment outcomes in South …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013127983
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Social Security and Retirement Around the World : Historical Trends in Mortality and Health, Employment, and Disability Insurance Participation and Reforms - Introduction and Summa...
Milligan, Kevin S. - 2011
the labor force participation of younger persons in twelve countries. We found no evidence that increasing the employment … of older persons will reduce the employment opportunities of youth and no evidence that increasing the employment of … employment circumstances of older workers. We find that these "exogenous" reforms can have a very large effect on the labor force …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013130978
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The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money after 75 Years : The Importance of Being in the Right Place at the Right Time
Luzzetti, Matthew N. - 2011
This paper studies why the General Theory had so much impact on the economics profession through the 1960s, why that impact began to wane in the 1970s, and why many economic policymakers cling to many of the tenets of the General Theory. We discuss three key elements along these lines, including...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131957
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The Decline in Black Teenage Labor Force Participation in the South, 1900-1970 : The Role of Schooling
Margo, Robert A. - 2010
Between 1950 and 1970 the labor force participation rate of southern black males aged 16-19 declined by 27 percentage points. This decline has been attributed to two demand-side shocks: the mechanization of cotton agriculture in the 1950s and extensions in the coverage of the federal minimum...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139248
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Racial Inequality in the 21st Century : The Declining Significance of Discrimination
Fryer, Roland G. - 2010
There are large and important differences between blacks and whites in nearly every facet of life - earnings, unemployment, incarceration, health, and so on. This chapter contains three themes. First, relative to the 20th century, the significance of discrimination as an explanation for racial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139516