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primary jobs, then moonlighting itself implies that labor supply constraints exist and so supports the previous literature …. Another explanation for moonlighting behavior is that labor supplied to different jobs may not be perfect substitutes or, put … and the imposition of labor supply constraints. Adjusting hours worked on a second job may be the practical and perhaps …
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profitability. Public policy makers are interested in the issue because if productive workers lose their jobs, the public may end up …, if basic skills-deficient workers get training and keep their jobs, they will continue to pay taxes that support …
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profitability. Public policy makers are interested in the issue because if productive workers lose their jobs, the public may end up …, if basic skills-deficient workers get training and keep their jobs, they will continue to pay taxes that support …
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offset adverse labor market impacts of economic downturns is of particular concern in developing countries where poverty … incidence is high and labor is typically the only asset for the majority of the population (Lustig 2000). The main objectives of …
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This paper examines the labor market outcomes of individuals with various types of postsecondary educational … the labor market rewards credentials. Wage and earnings models yield different structural parameter estimates when based …
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durability of jobs appears to be better for those who were retrained, the long term earnings impacts may be significant. Net … unemployment, but it did not appear to be a cost effective means of getting people reemployed in non-subsidized jobs. PSE is …
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Urban labor markets are characterized by the spatial proximity of households and businesses, which offers firms and … workers. This paper describes the current conditions of urban labor markets and outlines a national urban policy agenda that … addresses these concerns by taking into account cities' spatial dimension. The paper argues that a national urban labor policy …
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We estimate the returns to seniority (the wage-tenure profile) for university faculty, and the degree to which these returns respond to entry-level salaries (or opportunity wages) a relationship unexplored in work to date. Using data on faculty at a Big Ten university (ours), we estimate...
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markets, the governments of Hungary and Poland provide labor force members with unemployment compensation and a variety of … active labor programs (ALPs). Follow-up surveys of participants in retraining, public works, wage subsidies, self …
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increases labor supply. This paper considers the labor supply effects of the welfare reforms that have occurred since 1993, when … provides new estimates, of how many additional labor force participants have entered the labor force due to welfare reform. I … estimate that welfare reform from 1993-96 increased the U.S. labor force by between 100,000 and 300,000 persons. Between 1996 …
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