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The European debt crisis and the US economy
Sheehan, Patrick - In: International Journal of Economics and Accounting 4 (2013) 3, pp. 235-248
correlated with Europe, the USA is one of the vulnerable economies that could be affected by the overbearing financial problems …
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US manufacturing and vertical/horizontal intra-industry trade: examining the smooth adjustment hypothesis
White, Roger; Chen, Cheng - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 4 (2012) 1/2, pp. 1-20
hypothesis (SAH). To our knowledge, this is the first examination of the SAH for the USA. The results of our empirical analysis … horizontal marginal intra-industry trade, we find that the latter has a stronger effect on employment of production workers than … does the former. The findings suggest that for total industry-level employment and for industry-level production worker …
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A critical assessment of the financialisation process and its impact on the US labour force during the great recession
Charles, Aurelie; Fontana, Giuseppe - In: International Journal of Public Policy 7 (2011) 1/2/3, pp. 97-111
, which in turn, has had substantial stratification effects on employment and income opportunities of different occupations …
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The United States' FTAs with Chile and Singapore
Shelburne, Robert C. - In: Global Business and Economics Review 6 (2004) 2, pp. 210-229
likely economic and employment impacts are explored. These agreements not only liberalise trade, but also open service …
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The United States' FTAs with Chile and Singapore
Shelburne, Robert C. - In: Global Business and Economics Review 6 (2004) 2, pp. 210-229
likely economic and employment impacts are explored. These agreements not only liberalise trade, but also open service …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233183
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State Union Membership, 2013
Schmitt, John; Jones, Janelle - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2014
On January 24, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its estimates for union membership in the United States in 2013. This issue brief focuses on the union membership numbers by gender, education, race, and private vs public sector.
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Women Workers and Unions
Schmitt, John; Woo, Nicole - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2013
This issue brief looks at the most recent national data available to examine the impact that being in or represented by a union has on the wages and benefits of women in the paid workforce. Even after controlling for factors such as age, race, industry, educational attainment and state of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010741286
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Union Advantage for Black Workers
Jones, Janelle; Schmitt, John - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2014
In this report, we review the most recent data available to examine the impact of unionization on the wages and benefits paid to black workers. These data show that even after controlling for factors such as age and education level, unionization has a significant positive impact on black...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010741287
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State Union Membership, 2012
Schmitt, John; Jones, Janelle; Sanes, Milla - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2013
On January 23, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its estimates for union membership in the United States in 2012. This issue brief focuses on the union membership numbers by state. In addition to presenting the BLS estimates for overall union membership in each state, we also provide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010604615
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An Anatomy of Public Sector Unions
Hirsch, Barry - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
workforce. This paper provides a descriptive overview of union membership growth and economy-wide employment shares in the U …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959546