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Policy levers to increase jobs and increase income from work after the Great Recession
Neumark, David - 2015
, high long-term unemployment, stagnant or declining wages for low-to-medium skill jobs owing to adverse labor demand shifts …, and a greater rebound in low-wage than mid- or higher-wage jobs, raised concerns that the normal business cycle dynamics …. These concerns have spurred serious consideration of policies to encourage job creation and higher income from work beyond …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011388328
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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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Effects of the Minimum Wage on Infant Health
Wehby, George; Dave, Dhaval M.; 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/10011524970
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The Financial Crisis, Labor Market Transitions andEarnings: A Gendered Panel Data Analysis for Serbia
Blunch, Niels-Hugo; Sulla, Victor - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
While results are starting to emerge, not much is known yet about the dynamics of the labormarkets of the former Eastern economies, especially in the context of the current FinancialCrisis. Arguably, this is mainly due to paucity of (panel) data. By examining labor markettransitions, earnings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009522192
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Earnings Mobility in Argentina, Mexico, and Venezuela:Testing the Divergence of Earnings and theSymmetry of Mobility Hypotheses
Fields, Gary S.; Duval-Hernandez, Robert; Freije, Samuel; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
This paper examines changes in individual earnings during positive and negative growthperiods in three Latin American economies: Argentina, Mexico, and Venezuela. We askwhether those individuals who start in the best economic position are those who experiencethe largest earnings gains or the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861360
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Effects of Welfare Reform on Women's Voting Participation
Dave, Dhaval M.; Corman, Hope; Reichman, Nancy E. - 2016
do not exercise. This study investigates the effects of welfare reform in the U.S. in the 1990s on voting of low income … operate through employment, education, and income. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011479298
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Effects of welfare reform on women's voting participation
Dave, Dhaval; Corman, Hope; Reichman, Nancy E. - 2016
do not exercise. This study investigates the effects of welfare reform in the U.S. in the 1990s on voting of low income … operate through employment, education, and income. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011453439
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The Service Revolution
Ghani, Ejaz; Kharas, Homi - In: World Bank - Economic Premise (2010) 14, pp. 1-5
The growth experience of India and other South Asian countries suggests that a “Service Revolution”—rapid income growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008837657
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Dynamics of income rank volatility : evidence from Germany and the US
Chauvel, Louis; Hartung, Anne; Palmisano, Flaviana - 2017
This paper presents a methodology for comparing income rank volatility profiles over time and across distributions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011747288
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Urbanization, inequality, and poverty in the People's Republic of China
Zhang, Yuan - 2016
migrating peasants, and, consequently, has a positive effect on narrowing the rural-urban income or consumption gap. Urban labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011522047