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Raising job quality and worker skills in the US : creating more effective education and workforce development systems in states
Holzer, Harry J. - 2012
To improve the employment rates and earnings of Americans workers, we need to create more coherent and effective …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009546528
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Border enforcement and selection of Mexican immigrants in the United States
Lozano, Fernando; Lopez, Mary J. - 2010
Since 1986 the United States has made considerable efforts to curb illegal immigration. This has resulted in an increase in migration costs for undocumented immigrants. More stringent border enforcement either deters potential illegal immigrants from coming to the U.S., or moves the point of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003959209
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Immigration and the U.S. Labor Market : A Look Ahead
Holzer, Harry J. - 2020
The U.S. labor market will be buffeted by major changes in the next few decades, such as an aging population, automation that displaces workers and requires skill adjustments, and increases in independent or informal work and "fissured" workplaces. These forces will likely raise worker...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012843709
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Border Enforcement and Selection of Mexican Immigrants in the United States
Lozano, Fernando A. - 2010
Since 1986 the United States has made considerable efforts to curb illegal immigration. This has resulted in an increase in migration costs for undocumented immigrants. More stringent border enforcement either deters potential illegal immigrants from coming to the U.S., or moves the point of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013144382
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Immigration and the U.S. labor market : a look ahead
Holzer, Harry J. - 2020
The U.S. labor market will be buffeted by major changes in the next few decades, such as an aging population, automation that displaces workers and requires skill adjustments, and increases in independent or informal work and "fissured" workplaces. These forces will likely raise worker...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012153549
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The North American Free Trade Agreement : Impact on U.S. Local Economies and Employment Opportunities
McFayden, Elgie - 2008
NAFTA has resulted in the permanent elimination of more than 766,000 employment opportunities for non-degree U.S. workers … endeavor is to determine the impact of NAFTA on local economies, employment opportunities in specific industries and on wages … in the U.S. The premise behind this study is that reducing trade barriers increases competition among manufacturers in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014219755
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Return of the Solow paradox? : IT, productivity, and employment in US manufacturing
Acemoglu, Daron; Autor, David H.; Dorn, David; Hanson, … - 2014
, when detectable, result from the even faster declines in employment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010236437
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Employment dynamics and business relocation : new evidence from the national establishment time series
Neumark, David (contributor); Zhang, Junfu (contributor);  … - 2005
We analyze and assess new evidence on employment dynamics from a new data source the National Establishment Time Series … (NETS). The NETS offers advantages over existing data sources for studying employment dynamics, including tracking business … full decomposition of employment change into its six constituent processes, including job creation and destruction stemming …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003248655
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Return of the Solow Paradox? It, Productivity, and Employment in U.S. Manufacturing
Acemoglu, Daron - 2014
, when detectable, result from the even faster declines in employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013060122
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Re-employment probabilities over the business cycle
Imbens, Guido (contributor); Lynch, Lisa M. (contributor) - 2006
average re-employment probabilities. Living in an area with high local unemployment reduces re-employment chances as does … being in a long spell of non-employment. However, the damage associated with being in a long spell seems to be reduced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003333111