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Using Internal Current Population Survey Data to Reevaluate Trends in Labor Earnings Gaps by Gender, Race and Education Level
Burkhauser, Richard V.; Larrimore, Jeff - 2009
Most empirical studies of trends in labor earnings gaps by gender, race or education level are based on data from the …
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Using internal CPS data to reevaluate trends in labor-earnings gaps
Burkhauser, Richard V.; Larrimore, Jeff - In: Monthly labor review 132 (2009) 8, pp. 3-18
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The importance of education on the labor market mobility of prime age males in the United States and Germany in the 1980s
Burkhauser, Richard V. - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 66 (1997) 1, pp. 17-24
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Trends in Intragenerational Income Mobility in the Western States of Germany and the United States (1984-2006)
Bayaz, Gulgun; Burkhauser, Richard V.; Couch, Kenneth A. - In: Schmollers Jahrbuch : Journal of Applied Social Science … 131 (2011) 2, pp. 359-368
Using the Shorrocks R, we compare trends in intragenerational income mobility for the western states of Germany and the United States (1984-2006) and test the sensitivity of our results to the starting point and number of years considered. We find that our mobility estimates do not converge to a...
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Why minimum wage increases are a poor way to help the working poor
Burkhauser, Richard V. - 2014
Minimum wage increases are not a very effective mechanism for reducing poverty. They are not related to decreases in poverty rates. They can cost some low-income workers their jobs. And most minimum wage earners who gain from a higher minimum wage do not live in poor (or near-poor) families. A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010435624
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Policies to Help the Working Class in the Aftermath of COVID-19: Lessons from the Great Recession
Burkhauser, Richard V.; Corinth, Kevin; Holtz-Eakin, Douglas - 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated government mandated shutdowns caused a historic shock to the U.S. economy and a disproportionate job loss concentrated among the working class. While an unprecedented social safety net policy response successfully offset earnings loses among lower-wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012498067
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Why minimum wage increases are a poor way to help the working poor
Burkhauser, Richard V. - 2014
Minimum wage increases are not a very effective mechanism for reducing poverty. They are not related to decreases in poverty rates. They can cost some low-income workers their jobs. And most minimum wage earners who gain from a higher minimum wage do not live in poor (or near-poor) families. A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010366925
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Are the Effects of Minimum Wage Increases Always Small? New Evidence from a Case Study of New York State
Sabia, Joseph J. - 2012
The authors estimate the effect of the 2004–6 New York State (NYS) minimum wage increase from $5.15 to $6.75 per hour on the employment rates of 16- to 29-year-olds who do not have a high school diploma. Using data drawn from the 2004 and 2006 Current Population Survey, they employ...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013105250
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Policies to Help the Working Class in the Aftermath of COVID-19 : Lessons from the Great Recession
Burkhauser, Richard V.; Corinth, Kevin; Holtz-Eakin, Doug - 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated government mandated shutdowns caused a historic shock to the U.S. economy and a disproportionate job loss concentrated among the working class. While an unprecedented social safety net policy response successfully offset earnings loses among lower-wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013243089
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Policies to help the working class in the aftermath of COVID-19: lessons from the Great Recession
Burkhauser, Richard V.; Corinth, Kevin; Holtz-Eakin, Douglas - 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated government mandated shutdowns caused a historic shock to the U.S. economy and a disproportionate job loss concentrated among the working class. While an unprecedented social safety net policy response successfully offset earnings loses among lower-wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012485440