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Employment rates of Hispanic males in the United States are considerably lower than employment rates of whites. In the … data used in this paper, the Hispanic male employment rate is 61 percent, compared with 83 percent for white men.1 The … question of the employment disadvantage of Hispanic men likely has many parallels to the question of the employment …
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We specify and implement a test for the importance of network effects in determining the establishments at which people work, using recently-constructed matched employer-employee data at the establishment level. We explicitly measure the importance of network effects for groups broken out by...
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We test for evidence of spatial, residence-based labor market networks. Turnover is lower for workers more connected to their neighbors generally and more connected to neighbors of the same race or ethnic group. Both results are consistent with networks producing better job matches, while the...
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We test the effects of labor market networks defined by residential neighborhoods on re-employment following mass … employers by other network members. These network measures are linked to more rapid re-employment following mass layoffs, and to … re-employment at neighbors’ employers. We also find evidence that network connections – especially those that provide …
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We review the burgeoning literature on the employment effects of minimum wages—in the United States and other countries … (although not always statistically significant) indication of negative employment effects of minimum wages. In addition, among … convincing evidence of positive employment effects of minimum wages, especially from studies that focus on broader groups (rather …
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We estimate the effects of Wal-Mart stores on county-level retail employment and earnings, accounting for endogeneity … employment results indicate that a Wal-Mart store opening reduces county-level retail employment by about 150 workers, implying … retail employment. The payroll results indicate that Wal-Mart store openings lead to declines in county-level retail earnings …
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