Examines the time patterns of adjustments in labor supply to changes in unemployment. Effect of unemployment on labor-force participation; Factors that influence labor supply; Relationship between unemployment and labor force participation; Impact of tight labor markets. (Abstract copyright EBSCO.)

The authors begin with a thorough assessment of the many nonexperimental employment and training program evaluation techniques based on non-random comparison groups. These techniques typically use econometric methods to estimate the effects of employment and training programs by using comparison...

Examines economic discrimination in labor markets using a stochastic model. Analysis of several types of economic discrimination within the context of competitive market assumptions; Empirical plausibility and implications of the alternative models of economic discrimination; Role of statistical...

A basic relationship of the standard general equilibrium trade model relating product-price changes to factor-price changes is used - together with other economic relationships based on this model - to investigate empirically the importance of changes in trade, technology, and factor endowments...