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The Role of Childcare Challenges in the US Jobs Market Recovery during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Furman, Jason; Kearney, Melissa S.; Powell, Wilson - 2021
This working paper examines how much of the overall decline in employment between the beginning of 2020 and 2021 can be explained by excess job loss among parents of young children, and mothers specifically. Using data from the Current Population Survey (CPS), the authors confirm that, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013221429
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Older workers and working time
Bell, David N. F.; Rutherford, Alasdair C. - 2013
the onset of the Great Recession, underemployment among older workers has been growing more rapidly than unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009786943
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Does access to free pre-kindergarten increase maternal labor supply?
Ilin, Elias; Shampine, Samantha; Terry, Ellyn - 2022
In this paper, we evaluate the effects of free pre-kindergarten (pre-K) programs on the labor force participation (LFP) of mothers. We use variation in pre-K rules across all US states, including income eligibility requirements in some states. To estimate the causal effects of access to pre-K on...
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Does Access to Free Pre-Kindergarten Increase Maternal Labor Supply?
Ilin, Elias; Shampine, Samantha; Terry, Ellyn - 2021
In this paper we evaluate the effects of free pre-kindergarten (Pre-K) programs on thelabor force participation of mothers. We use variation in Pre-K rules across all U.S.states, including income eligibility requirements in some states. To estimate the causaleffects of access to pre-K on labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013321568
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A cohort-based analysis of labor force participation for advanced economies
Grigoli, Francesco; Koczan, Zsoka; Topalova, Petia - 2018
Advanced economies are in the midst of a major demographic transition, with the number of elderly rising precipitously relative to the working-age population. Yet, despite the acceleration in demographic shifts in the past decade, advanced economies experienced markedly different trajectories in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012129741
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Great Depression and the rise of female employment : a new hypothesis
Bellou, Andriana; Cardia, Emanuela - 2018
The cohorts of women born at the turn of the 20th century increased markedly their participation in the labor market when older. These are the first cohorts who worked after their childbearing years. In this paper, we document a link between their work behavior and the Great Depression. We show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011955819
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A note on risk aversion and labour market outcomes : further evidence from German survey data
Pfeifer, Christian (contributor) - 2008
Using the large-scale German Socio-Economic Panel, this note reports direct empirical evidence for significant correlations between risk aversion and labour market outcomes (full-time employment, temporary agency work, fixed-term contracts, employer change, quits, training, wages, and job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003719634
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Structural Transformation and Labor Market Performance in Ghana
Nxumalo, Mpumelelo; Raju, Dhushyanth - 2021
Structural transformation can spur economic growth and development if it increases overall productivity growth. A labor market environment that enables workers and enterprises to transition smoothly across sectors and into more productive economic pursuits can enhance the effect of structural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013252422
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Hysteresis via endogenous rigidity in wages and participation
Doniger, Cynthia L; López-Salido, José David - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012003836
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Structural or cyclic? : labor markets in recessions : how should policy respond to higher unemployment?
Lazear, Edward P. - 2014
Persistent unemployment after recessions and the policies required to bring it down are the subject of an ongoing … unemployment, requiring the implementation of structural policy reforms. The alternative view is that the slow recovery of the … economy is due to cyclic reasons coming from lack of demand which prevents unemployment from falling quickly. Knowing whether …
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