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Temporary help service firms' use of employer tax credits: Implications for disadvantaged workers' labor market outcomes
Hamersma, Sarah; Heinrich, Carolyn - 2007
Temporary help services (THS) firms are increasing their hiring of disadvantaged individuals and claiming more subsidies for doing so. Do these subsidies-the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) and Welfare-to-Work Tax Credit (WtW)-create incentives that improve employment outcomes for THS...
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Temporary help service firms' use of employer tax credits : implications for disadvantaged workers' labor market outcomes
Hamersma, Sarah (contributor);  … - 2007
Temporary help services (THS) firms are increasing their hiring of disadvantaged individuals and claiming more subsidies for doing so. Do these subsidies—the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) and Welfare-to-Work Tax Credit (WtW)—create incentives that improve employment outcomes for THS...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003633902
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Effects of the minimum wage on infant health
Wehby, George; Dave, Dhaval; Kaestner, Robert - 2016
The minimum wage has increased in multiple states over the past three decades. Research has focused on effects on labor supply, but very little is known about how the minimum wage affects health, including children's health. We address this knowledge gap and provide an investigation focused on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011502545
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Wage structure and unionization in the US construction sector
Bilginsoy, Cihan - 2009
This paper estimates the union effects on the wage gap and dispersion in two pooled samples of construction craftworkers (CPS 1983-88 and 2000-05) using decomposition analysis and kernel density estimation. It shows that despite the decline in the adjusted union wage gap declined over time, the...
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Wage structure and unionization in the US construction sector
Bilginsoy, Cihan Rusdu - 2009
in the middle of the wage density but did not have an effect on the lower wage workers. -- Wage structure ; unionization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003844135
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Urban Governance Structure and Wage Disparities across US Metropolitan Areas
Ferranna, Licia - 2016
This paper analyses the determinants of spatial wage disparities in the US context for the period 1980-2000. Agglomeration benefits are estimated based on city productivity premia which are computed after controlling for the skills distribution among metropolitan areas as well as industry fixed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012980093
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Effects of the minimum wage on US county labor markets
Otterby, Dawn; Crawley, Andrew; Gabe, Todd M. - In: Regional science policy and practice : RSPP 16 (2024) 5, pp. 1-10
This study investigates the impacts of the minimum wage on U.S. regional labor markets. Using ten years of county-level data, we examine the relationship between the minimum wage and several key components of the labor market. Following past research, the number of people in the labor force is...
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Are There Human Capital Externalities in U.S. States? Evidence From the Consumer Population Survey
Yamarik, Steven - 2018
This paper estimates human capital externalities across U.S. states, using the Current Population Survey (CPS) and state-level data. By directly controlling for individual job characteristics and state labor market conditions, we can identify the human capital externality in an augmented...
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In-work poverty in the United States
Kenworthy, Lane; Marx, Ive - 2017
In-work poverty became a prominent policy issue in the United States long before the term itself acquired any meaning … much in-work poverty is there in the United States? How does the US compare to other rich democracies? Has America's in …-work poverty rate changed over time? Who are the in-work poor? What are the main drivers of levels and changes in in-work poverty …
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Welfare reform: The US experience
Moffitt, Robert - 2008
positive average effects on employment, earnings, and income, and generally negative effects on poverty rates, although the …
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