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Price effects of minimum wages : evidence from the construction sector in East and West Germany
Werner, Thomas; Sell, Friedrich L.; Reinisch, David C. - 2013
In this paper, the authors present a new approach to estimate the impact of a minimum wage on the labor market of the … level in order to differentiate between a competitive and a monopsonistic structured labor market. The composition of the … sector-specific labor market serves again as a basis to evaluate whether the consequences of the minimum wage can be taken as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010195673
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The effects of high-skilled immigration policy on firms : evidence from visa lotteries
Doran, Kirk B.; Gelber, Alexander M.; Isen, Adam - 2022
We compare winning and losing firms in lotteries for H-1B visas, matching administrative data on these lotteries to administrative tax data on U.S. firms and to approved U.S. patents. Winning one additional H-1B visa crowds out about 1.5 other workers at the firm. Additional H-1Bs have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013169915
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The Effects of High-Skilled Immigration Policy on Firms : Evidence from Visa Lotteries
Doran, Kirk; Gelber, Alexander M.; Isen, Adam - 2022
We compare winning and losing firms in lotteries for H-1B visas, matching administrative data on these lotteries to administrative tax data on U.S. firms and to approved U.S. patents. Winning one additional H-1B visa crowds out about 1.5 other workers at the firm. Additional H-1Bs have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014030829
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The Effects of Youth Employment : Evidence from New York City Summer Youth Employment Program Lotteries
Gelber, Alexander - 2015
Programs to encourage labor market activity among youth, including public employment programs and wage subsidies like …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013030966
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Labor market effects of paid sick leave : the case of Seattle
Wething, Hilary; Slopen, Meredith - 2024
We investigate the impact of Seattle's Paid Sick and Safety Time (PSST) policy on workers' quarterly hours worked and separation hazard. Using Unemployment Insurance records from before and after the implementation of PSST, we examine individual-level employment behavior at the extensive and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014470052
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The Japanese lost decade and beyond: A chain reaction theory approach
Agnese, Pablo - 2011
two alternative multi-equation structural models descriptive of the Japanese labor market, that are then used to conduct … damaging effects of the ever-increasing public debt as a major source of labor market inefficiencies. In addition, we find the … fall in labor union power to have a significant easing effect on the unemployment rate, but also to be a major driver in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274696
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The Japanese lost decade and beyond : a chain reaction theory approach
Agnese, Pablo - 2011
two alternative multi-equation structural models descriptive of the Japanese labor market, that are then used to conduct … damaging effects of the ever-increasing public debt as a major source of labor market inefficiencies. In addition, we find the … fall in labor union power to have a significant easing effect on the unemployment rate, but also to be a major driver in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009127008
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Identifying asymmetric effects of labor market reforms
Gehrke, Britta; Weber, Enzo - 2017
This paper investigates whether the effects of structural labor market reforms depend on the business cycle. Based on … structural reforms that increase the flexibility of the labor market in recession and expansion. Our results for Germany and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011699536
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The relationship between healthcare expenditure and disposable personal income in the US states : a fractional integration and cointegration analysis
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Cuñado Eizaguirre, Juncal; … - 2015
expenditure suggests that health care is a luxury good in these states. By contrast, the short-run elasticity obtained from the … regressions in first differences is in the range (0,1) for most US states, which suggests that health care is a necessity good … instead. The implications of these results for health policy are also discussed. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011280006
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The relationship between healthcare expenditure and disposable personal income in the US states : a fractional integration and cointegration analysis
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Cuñado Eizaguirre, Juncal; … - 2015
expenditure suggests that health care is a luxury good in these states. By contrast, the short-run elasticity obtained from the … regressions in first differences is in the range (0,1) for most US states, which suggests that health care is a necessity good … instead. The implications of these results for health policy are also discussed. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283833