We study Chile’s labor market responses to trade shocks during 1996-2006, exploiting spatial and time variations in … significant rise in labor informality in more exposed local markets, especially among young and unskilled workers. These groups … primary products experienced a relative increase in employment, particularly among young individuals, and reallocation from …

About 5 % of US workers hold multiple jobs, which can exacerbate or mitigate employment changes over the business cycle …

About 5 percent of U.S. workers hold multiple jobs, which can exacerbate or mitigate employment changes over the …

This paper estimates that long-run changes in a county's prime-age employment rate are significantly affected by labor … more to CZ demand shocks than county demand shocks. A lower preexisting county employment rate increases the effects of CZ … demand shocks. Simulations suggest that low prior employment rate CZs, versus higher-rate CZs, will have much larger …

We study Chile's labor market responses to trade shocks during 1996-2006, exploiting spatial and time variations in … significant rise in labor informality in more exposed local markets, especially among young and unskilled workers. These groups … primary products experienced a relative increase in employment, particularly among young individuals, and reallocation from …

A shock to the sector composition of the local labor market can affect long-run economic development of a location … municipalities as an exogenous shock to the local labor market. WWII casualties shifted labor out of agriculture into manufacturing …

. Local labor markets that experience greater employment losses during recessions face persistent relative decreases in …