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Small Employers, Large Employers and the Skill Premium
Stijepic, Damir - 2016
I document the comovement of the skill premium with the differential employer size wage premium between high- and low-skill workers in U.S. manufacturing during the postwar era. For the baseline specification, i.e., establishments with at least 500 employees categorized as large employers and...
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Automation and the changing nature of work
Josten, Cecily; Lordan, Grace - 2022
This study identifies the job attributes, and in particular skills and abilities, which predict the likelihood a job is recently automatable drawing on the Josten and Lordan (2020) classification of automatability, EU labour force survey data and a machine learning regression approach. We find...
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City minimum wages and spatial equilibrium effects
Pérez Pérez, Jorge - 2022
This paper studies the effect of minimum wage changes on spatial equilibriums in local labor markets. Using data for the U.S. and minimum wage variation across state borders, I analyze how commuting, residence, and employment locations change in response to local minimum wage changes. I find...
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Distribution effects of local minimum wage hikes : a spatial job search approach
Zhang, Weilong - 2018
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Labor Market Policies and European Crises
Bertola, Giuseppe - 2013
This paper studies theoretically and empirically why and how labor policies may reduce productivity and employment in order to stabilize labor incomes and redistribute resources. It proposes a specific stylized model where the tradeoffs facing labor policies are influenced by structural factors,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328760
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The Dynamic Impact of Immigration on Natives' Labor Market Outcomes : Evidence from Israel
Cohen-Goldner, Sarit; Paserman, Marco Daniele - 2004
outcomes. Specifically, we attempt to distinguish between the short-run and long-run effects of immigrants on natives? wages … alternative hypotheses using data from Israel?s Labor Force and Income Surveys from 1989 to 1999. We find that wages of both men … segment. A 10 percent increase in the share of immigrants lowers natives? wages in the short run by 1 to 3 percent, but this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276184
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Labor market policies and European crises
Bertola, Giuseppe - 2013
This paper studies theoretically and empirically why and how labor policies may reduce productivity and employment in order to stabilize labor incomes and redistribute resources. It proposes a specific stylized model where the tradeoffs facing labor policies are influenced by structural factors,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010199422
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Labor Market Policies and European Crises
Bertola, Giuseppe - 2013
This paper studies theoretically and empirically why and how labor policies may reduce productivity and employment in order to stabilize labor incomes and redistribute resources. It proposes a specific stylized model where the tradeoffs facing labor policies are influenced by structural factors,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013073087
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What Works? A Meta Analysis of Recent Active Labor Market Program Evaluations
Card, David - 2015
We present a meta-analysis of impact estimates from over 200 recent econometric evaluations of active labor market programs from around the world. We classify estimates by program type and participant group, and distinguish between three different post-program time horizons. Using meta-analytic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013009837
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What Works? A Meta Analysis of Recent Active Labor Market Program Evaluations
Card, David - 2015
We present a meta-analysis of impact estimates from over 200 recent econometric evaluations of active labor market programs from around the world. We classify estimates by program type and participant group, and distinguish between three different post-program time horizons.Using meta-analytic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016256