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employment and unemployment of schooling, labor market experience, marital status and the agricultural sector, in addition to …This report analyzes the employment and unemployment experiences of adult foreign-born men, both among themselves and … dependent variables are analyzed, weeks worked (employment) in 1989, unemployment status in the reference week in 1990, and a …
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In this paper we report the results of the only field test of which we are aware that uses randomized trials to measure whether stricter enforcement and verification of work search behavior alone decreases unemployment claims and benefits paid in the U.S. unemployment insurance (UI) program....
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labor market participation rates. The racial gap of participation rates among women can be almost exclusively explained by …
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We examine the relationship between the employment and compensation of managers and CEOs and the presence of a … unionized workforce. We develop a simple efficiency wage model, with a tradeoff between higher wages for workers and more … firm. Unions, by redistributing rents towards the workers, lead to lower employment and lower pay for managers. Using a …
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This paper utilizes the self-employed to analyze the observed increase in the educational earnings premium in the 1980's. The paper compares the predictions of the signaling and human capital models in response to an exogenous demand shock such as a skill-biased technological change. Since the...
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The correlation in economic status among siblings is a useful "omnibus measure" of the overall impact of family and community factors on adult economic status. In this study we compare brother correlations in long-run (permanent) earnings between the United States, on one hand, and the Nordic...
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In this paper, I study temporary migrations, and its consequences for immigrants' behaviour. I distinguish between temporary migrations where the return time is exogenous, and temporary migrations where the migrant chooses when to return. I then illustrate the consequences both types of...
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This paper uses data from the 1980 and 1990 U.S. Censuses to analyze the labor market experience of high …-skilled occupations than natives, but the gap between the two groups decreased in the 1980's. Given the high self-employment rates of this … group of workers, about 20 percent, it is important to study this aspect of the labor market experience. High …
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We use longitudinal individual wage and employment data in France and the United States to investigate the effect of … changes in the real minimum wage rate on an individual's employment status. We focus on workers employed at wages close enough … minimum wage. We find that movements in the American real minimum wage are associated with no employment effects, whereas …
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industry of workers and does so in a competitive labor market where there exist no inherent gender differences. We test our …
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