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results suggest that a wage-rate subsidy paid for two years after reemployment would shorten the unemployment spells of … of the impacts of a wage subsidy by incorporating empirical results from the reemployment bonus experiments that were … of other groups of workers; that is, other groups of workers could experience small increases in unemployment duration …
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Over the last 15 to 20 years, colleges and universities have paid increasing attention to attracting and retaining faculty women. The rate of progress of women in academe has nevertheless been painfully slow. For example, statistics on economists collected and published by the American Economic...
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This paper argues that it is feasible to develop good indicators of the performance of a particular welfare-to-work program, office, or contractor. Performance indicators can motivate local offices, contractors, and staff to be more effective in achieving the program's goals. Performance...
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the expansion. Among less educated prime-age males, unemployment rates rose and labor force participation rates declined … differences in the growth in unemployment. I also examine differences in the employment experiences across groups of workers …
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This paper extends earlier research on optimal unemployment insurance (UI) by developing an equilibrium search model … insurance contracts in the presence of moral hazard. …
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Will welfare reform increase unemployment and reduce wages? The answer depends in part on how much welfare reform … unemployment. However, this additional labor supply is large compared to likely growth in labor demand for less-educated women over … the 1993-2005 period. As a result, welfare reform is likely to have significant effects on the wages and unemployment …
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administrative longitudinal databases. Non-employment includes the discouraged unemployed not entitled to draw unemployment benefits …
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Der Begriff der Ausbildungsadäquanz zielt auf den Grad der Übereinstimmung zwischen den im Bildungssystem erworbenen Qualifikationen und dem Anforderungsprofil der am Arbeitsmarkt ausgeübten Tätigkeit. Im Falle einer ausbildungsinadäquaten Beschäftigung oder auch Fehlqualifikation bleibt...
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In this paper, we shed light on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the labor market, and how they have evolved over most of the year 2020. Relying primarily on microdata from the CPS and state-level data on virus caseloads, mortality, and policy restrictions, we consider a range of...
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We use a novel dataset and research design to empirically detect the effect of social interactions among neighbors on labor market outcomes. Specifically, using Census data that characterize residential and employment locations down to the city block, we examine whether individuals residing in...
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