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The Effects of Paid Family Leave in California on Labor Market Outcomes

Ruhm, Christopher; Baum, Charles L. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

Using data from the 1997 cohort of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY-97), we examine the effects of California's first in the nation government-mandated paid family leave program (CA-PFL) on mothers' and fathers' use of leave during the period surrounding child birth, and on the...

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The Role of Retiree Health Insurance in the Early Retirement of Public Sector Employees

Slavov, Sita Nataraj; Shoven, John B. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

Most private sector workers with employer-provided health insurance have a strong incentive to continue working until Medicare eligibility in order to maintain group health coverage. However, most government employees have access to retiree health coverage, which allows them access to group...

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Ugly Criminals

Mocan, Naci H.; Tekin, Erdal - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006

Using data from three waves of Add Health we find that being very attractive reduces a young adult's (ages 18-26) propensity for criminal activity and being unattractive increases it for a number of crimes, ranging from burglary to selling drugs. A variety of tests demonstrate that this result...

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Gender and Assimilation Among Mexican Americans

Blau, Francine; Kahn, Lawrence - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005

Using 1994-2003 CPS data, we study gender and assimilation of Mexican Americans. Source country patterns, particularly the more traditional gender division of labor in the family in Mexico, strongly influence the outcomes and behavior of Mexican immigrants. On arrival in the United States,...

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Stepping Off the Wage Escalator: The Effects of Wage Growth on Equilibrium Employment

Shapiro, Matthew D.; Elsby, Michael W. L. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009

This paper emphasizes the role of wage growth in shaping work incentives. It provides an analytical framework for labor … supply in the presence of a return to labor market experience and aggregate productivity growth. A key finding of the theory … is that there is an interaction between these two forms of wage growth that explains why aggregate productivity growth …

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The Human Capital Stock: A Generalized Approach

Jones, Benjamin F. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011

This paper presents a new framework for human capital measurement. The generalized framework can (i) substantially amplify the role of human capital in accounting for cross-country income differences and (ii) reconcile the existing conflict between regression and accounting evidence in assessing...

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Wedges, Wages, and Productivity under the Affordable Care Act

Mulligan, Casey; Gallen, Trevor S. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

Our paper documents the large labor market wedges created by taxes, subsidies, and regulations included in the Affordable Care Act. The law changes terms of trade in both goods and factor markets for firms offering health insurance coverage. We use a multi-sector (intra-national) trade model to...

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Policies to Create and Destroy Human Capital in Europe

Heckman, James J.; Jacobs, Bas - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010

Trends in skill bias and greater turbulence in modern labor markets put wages and employment prospects of unskilled workers under pressure. Weak incentives to utilize and maintain skills over the life-cycle become manifest with the ageing of the population. Policies to promote human capital...

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Constrained Job Matching: Does Teacher Job Search Harm Disadvantaged Urban Schools?

Hanushek, Eric; Rivkin, Steven G. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010

Search theory suggests that early career job changes on balance lead to better matches that benefit both workers and firms, but this may not hold in teacher labor markets characterized by salary rigidities, barriers to entry, and substantial differences in working conditions that are difficult...

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Home Production, Market Production and the Gender Wage Gap: Incentives and Expectations

Albanesi, Stefania; Olivetti, Claudia - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006

The purpose of this paper is to study the joint determination of gender differentials in labor market outcomes and in the household division of labor. Specifically, we explore the hypothesis that incentive problems in the labor market amplify differences in earnings due to gender differentials...

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