a model of the wage histories of dislocated workers. Similar to labor force re-entrants, those dislocated workers who … workers in Ohio who had been dislocated and received services under Title III of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). This … data set has the limitation that the observations are for workers who chose to receive services, but it also has the …

The 1990-1991 recession has intensified concerns about the consequences of workers' job losses. To estimate the … magnitude and temporal pattern of displaced workers' earnings losses, we exploit an unusual administrative data set that … includes both employees' quarterly earnings histories and information about their firms. We find that when high-tenure workers …

and effectiveness of trade adjustment assistance. Most economists agree that protecting workers from the negative … when some benefit, but no one is hurt. Even if trade liberalization is only a minor source of job loss, when many workers … $11 billion, while removing those quotas would have cost workers, at most, $1.5 billion. A key problem is that gains per …

An array of innovative policies has been suggested to address more effectively the needs of dislocated workers. In this … conducted in the mid- to late-1980s. The model includes several groups of workers other than dislocated workers and therefore … provides estimates of the degree to which these other workers might be crowded out of jobs by the wage subsidy program. The …

). UI provides temporary partial wage replacement to active job seekers who are involuntarily out of work. For older workers … brief background sketch of the labor market situation of older workers to examine issues of prime concern to older workers … likely employment patterns of older workers. Particular attention should be given to UI features affecting the choice of self …

We examine why employers use temporary agency and contract company workers and the implications of these practices for … the wages, benefits, and working conditions of workers in low-skilled labor markets. Through intensive case studies in … circumstances under which these workers are likely to be adversely affected, minimally affected, or even benefitted by such …