. These findings are robust to a series of sensitivity analyses. The results suggest that blue-collar workers "wear out …

We model unemployment allowing workers to differ by comparative advantage in market work. Workers with comparative … advantage are identified by who works more hours when employed. This enables us to test the model by grouping workers based on … their long-term wages and hours from panel data. The model captures the greater cyclicality of employment for workers with …

A major conceptual error in the standard BLS and Lebergott unemployment estimates for 1933-1943 is reported. Emergency … workers (employees of federal contracyclical programs such as WPA) were counted as unemployed on a normal …-jobs-to-be-created instead of job-seekers unemployment definition. For 1934-1941, the corrected unemployment levels are reduced by two to three …

workers. For example, when worker effort is crucial for production, but only imperfectly observed. We show that, depending on … their workers' political behavior. We thus demonstrate that employment does not simply generate income, it also gives power … coerce the votes of their workers in the absence of a secret ballot. The model we develop generates predictions about …

-elected elites to the wider population, most of whom will be workers. The Hecksher-Ohlin-Stolper-Samuelson logic says that … democratization should lead to more liberal trade policies in countries where workers stand to gain from free trade; and to more … protectionist policies in countries where workers will benefit from the imposition of tariffs and quotas. We test and confirm these …

This paper examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on employment and respiratory health for remote workers (i ….e. those who can work from home) and non-remote workers in the United States. Using a large, nationally-representative, high …-remote workers. This gap is larger than the differential job losses for women, African Americans, Hispanics, or workers without …