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Why Do Dancers Smoke? Time Preference, Occupational Choice, and Wage Growth
Munasinghe, Lalith; Sicherman, Nachum - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2000
higher marginal rate of substitution of current wages for future wages. Incidentally, a survey of several hundred …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005830772
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011252331
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Do Principals Fire the Worst Teachers?
Jacob, Brian A. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
This paper takes advantage of a unique policy change to examine how principals make decisions regarding teacher dismissal. In 2004, the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) signed a new collective bargaining agreement that gave principals the flexibility to dismiss...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008610966
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008625916
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009328103
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The Effect of an Increase in Autism Prevalence on the Demand for Auxiliary Healthcare Workers: Evidence from California
Dave, Dhaval M.; Fernandez, Jose M. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
how changes in the number of autism cases at each of the 21 regional development centers affected local wages and quantity … independently of other mental disorders, then the demand for auxiliary health providers should increase, leading to higher wages and … mental disorders. Using wages and provider counts from the American Community Survey, we find a 100% increase in the number …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010796721
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010723391
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The Labor Market Impact of Employer Health Benefit Mandates: Evidence from San Francisco's Health Care Security Ordinance
Dow, William H.; Colla, Carrie H.; Dube, Arindrajit - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
A key issue surrounding employer benefit mandates is the incidence on workers through wages and employment. In this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009151258
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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
child's second year of life and possibly also on wages. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951270
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Entrepreneurial Taxation with Endogenous Entry
Scheuer, Florian - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
subject to the same non-linear tax schedule makes use of general equilibrium (or "trickle down'') effects through wages to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010785586