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Temporary help service firms' use of employer tax credits : implications for disadvantaged workers' labor market outcomes
Hamersma, Sarah (contributor);  … - 2007
/WtW subsidies using administrative and survey data. Results indicate that WOTC/WtW-certified THS workers have higher earnings than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003633902
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Downward wage rigidity and optimal steady-state inflation
Fagan, Gabriel; Messina, Julián - 2009
-sectional distribution of individual wage changes observed in the data. We look at five countries (the US, Germany, Portugal, Belgium and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003832636
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The economic diversity of immigration across the United States
Friedberg, Rachel M.; Jaeger, David A. - 2009
While it is well known that some areas of the United States receive more immigrants than others, less is understood about the extent to which the character of immigration varies as well. There is much broader geographic variation in the skill and demographic composition of immigrants than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003910738
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Down from the mountain : skill upgrading and wages in Appalachia
Bollinger, Christopher R.; Ziliak, James P.; Troske, … - 2009
Despite evidence that skilled labor is increasingly concentrated in cities, whether regional wage inequality is predominantly due to differences in skill levels or returns is unknown. We compare Appalachia, with its wide mix of urban and rural areas, to other parts of the U.S., and find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003858875
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Teacher experience and the class size effect : experimental evidence
Müller, Steffen - 2011
the early grades using data from the Tennessee STAR experiment with random assignment of teachers and students to classes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009006849
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Temporary help work : compensating differentials and multiple job-holding
Hamersma, Sarah; Heinrich, Carolyn J.; Mueser, Peter R. - 2012
Temporary Help Services (THS) employment has been growing in size, particularly among disadvantaged workers, and in importance in balancing cyclical fluctuations in labor demand. Does THS employment provide some benefits to disadvantaged workers, or divert them from better jobs? We investigate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009575169
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Minimum wage increases under straightened circumstances
Addison, John T.; Blackburn, McKinley L.; Cotti, Chad - 2011
recent increases in the U.S. minimum wage, using three different data sets and the two main estimation strategies for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009516946
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Minimum wage increases in a soft US economy
Addison, John T.; Blackburn, McKinley L.; Cotti, Chad - 2011
augments the sparse literature covering the very latest increases in the U.S. minimum wage, using three different data sets and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009686210
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Diagnosing discrimination : stock returns and CEO gender
Wolfers, Justin (contributor) - 2006
data on productivity, on the preferences of those who interact with managers, and on perceptions of productivity. Financial … participants about the ability of the men and women in senior management. As such, financial data hold the promise of potentially …. Examining data on S&P 1500 firms over the period 1992-2004 I find no systematic differences in returns to holding stock in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003274244
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The Economic Diversity of Immigration Across the United States
Friedberg, Rachel M. - 2009
While it is well known that some areas of the United States receive more immigrants than others, less is understood about the extent to which the character of immigration varies as well. There is much broader geographic variation in the skill and demographic composition of immigrants than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013154488