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predictions from Grogger and Michalopoulos (1999) to estimate the effects of time limits on welfare use, employment, labor supply … use and about 7 percent of the rise in employment since 1993. They have had no significant effect on earnings or income …, however. The analysis also shows that the collective effects of other reforms have had important impacts on employment and …
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employment and labor force participation for women, who are typically less affected by recessions than men. We examine real time … data on employment, unemployment, labor force participation and gross job flows to document the gendered impact of the … the recovery of employment for the worst hit service occupations …
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impact on employment was larger for women, minorities, the less educated, and the young, even after accounting for the …
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The impact of the pandemic on the employment, labor supply, and caregiving of women is assessed. Compared with previous … recessions, that induced by COVID-19 impacted women’s employment and labor force participation more relative to men. But the big …” occupations and establishments experienced large reductions in employment. Black women were more negatively impacted beyond other …
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After decades of convergence, the gender gap in employment outcomes has recently plateaued in many rich countries … employment effects of motherhood in U.K. and U.S. data. We then provide evidence that women do not anticipate these effects. Upon … becoming parents, women (and especially more educated women) adopt more negative views toward female employment (e.g., they are …
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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...
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Black women were more likely than white women to participate in the labor force from 1870 until at least 1980 and to hold jobs in agriculture or manufacturing. Differences in observables cannot account for most of this racial gap in labor force participation for the 100 years after Emancipation....
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other countries. However, these policies also appear to encourage part-time work and employment in lower level positions: US …
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This paper explores a novel mechanism of gender identity formation. Specifically, we explore how the work behavior of a teenager's own mother, as well as that of her friends' mothers, affect her work decisions in adulthood. The first mechanism is commonly included in economic models. The second,...
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Powerful currents have reshaped the structure of families over the last century. There has been (i) a dramatic drop in fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a significant decline in marriage and a rise in divorce; (iv)...
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