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matching and a variety of methods using propensity score matching. In each case, we consider estimates based on levels of post … propensity score matching is generally most effective, but the detailed implementation of the method is not of critical …
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-term employment arrangements. -- employment protection ; temporary work agencies ; search and matching models ; unemployment … model of equilibrium unemployment. We find that higher firing costsmay even reduce temporary work agency employment if …
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In this paper we survey the recent empirical literature on the effects of offshoring on wage, employment and displacement. We start with an overview of the measurement of offshoring, organizing our discussion around the three key elements of offshoring: that it involves intermediate inputs for...
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decreased the employment rate by 0.82%p and increased the unemployment rate by 0.29%p. These estimated effects are 90 …
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advantage of individual-level longitudinal data to observe the impacts of minimum wage changes on unemployment and labor force … determines unemployment and labor force participation. Specifically, the empirical strategy controls any fixed individual … increase in unemployment immediately following a minimum wage increase. In addition, it does not appear that employers are …
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presence of job protection will lead to lower unemployment levels than predicted by the standard labour market model with … heterogeneous labour and full information. -- Minimum wages ; unemployment ; hidden information ; labour market regulation …
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We study the effects of minimum wages and the EITC in the post-welfare reform era. For the minimum wage, the evidence points to disemployment effects that are concentrated among young minority men. For young women, there is little evidence that minimum wages reduce employment, with the exception...
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document the employment losses in April 2020 across various groups using the U.S. Current Population Survey. The unemployment …
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The U.S. economy has experienced a significant drop in the fraction of the population employed in middle wage, "routine task-intensive" occupations. Applying machine learning techniques, we identify characteristics of those who used to be employed in such occupations and show they are now less...
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This paper explores the effects of a major reform of unemployment benefits in Germany on the labor market outcomes of … unemployment benefits for older workers. This work analyzes the reform in a wider framework of institutional interactions, which … decrease in the number of days in unemployment benefits and increase in the number of days in employment. However, they also …
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