the poverty levels of black and Hispanic women would be different if they were paid the same wages as white women with the … Hispanic women in the US. The first part examines 1990 and 2002, two years with very similar national unemployment levels, and … same characteristics. The results show that for the working poor black women the difference in poverty rates would be small …

market consequences. We use the Synthetic Control Group Method (SCGM) and the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW …) to estimate the causal effect of mandated sick leave on employment and wages. Our findings do not provide much evidence … that employment or wages were significantly affected by the mandates which typically allow employees to earn one hour of …

exert downward pressure on the wages of women compared to the ones of men. … workers are affected the most, how employment and wages adjust to increased services trade, and the impact of policy settings … quantitatively small. Looking at the distributional impact, there is mixed evidence for a skill bias in wages related to increased …

This article examines the overall effect of global value chains (GVCs) on labour market outcomes, namely wages and …-least-squares method. The results indicate that GVC position is negatively correlated both with wages and with employment, while the effect …

find that a 10% increase in labor market concentration decreases hires by 12.4% and the wages of new hires by nearly 0 … employers in the retail industry would be most damaging, with about 24 million euros in annual lost wages for new hires, and an …