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Comin, Diego; Groshen, Erica L.; Rabin, Bess - 2006

rise in volatility of firm performance documented in research by Comin and Mulani and others. After examining models that … explain the relationship between firm and wage volatility, we investigate this linkage in three complementary panel data sets … churning as an explanation for the link to firm performance in high-frequency (over spans of five years) wage volatility …

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Temporary help service firms' use of employer tax credits : implications for disadvantaged workers' labor market outcomes

Hamersma, Sarah (contributor); … - 2007

Temporary help services (THS) firms are increasing their hiring of disadvantaged individuals and claiming more subsidies for doing so. Do these subsidies—the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) and Welfare-to-Work Tax Credit (WtW)—create incentives that improve employment outcomes for THS...

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Stepping stone or dead end? : the effect of the EITC on earnings growth

Dahl, Molly; DeLeire, Thomas C.; Schwabish, Jonathan A. - 2009

While many studies have found that the EITC increases the employment rates of single mothers, no study to date has examined whether the jobs taken by single mothers as a result of the EITC incentives are "dead-end" jobs or jobs that have the potential for earnings growth. Using a panel of...

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Place of work and place of residence : informal hiring networks and labor market outcomes

Bayer, Patrick J.; Ross, Stephen L.; Topa, Giorgio - 2005

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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Perverse incentives at the banks? : evidence from a natural experiment

Agarwal, Sumit; Wang, Faye H. - 2009 - Draft: August 20, 2009

Incentive provision is a central question in modern economic theory. During the run up to the financial crisis, many banks attempted to encourage loan underwriting by giving out incentive packages to loan officers. Using a unique data set on small business loan officer compensation from a major...

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Dynamic female labor supply

Eḳshṭain, Tsevi; Lifshitz, Osnat - 2009

The increase in female employment and participation rates is one of the most dramatic economic changes to have taken place during the last century. However, while the employment rate of married women more than doubled during the last fifty years, that of unmarried women remained almost constant....

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Do better schools lead to more growth? : cognitive skills, economic outcomes, and causation

Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009

We investigate whether a causal interpretation of the robust association between cognitive skills and economic growth is appropriate and whether cross-country evidence supports a case for the economic benefits of effective school policy. We develop a new common metric that allows tracking...

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Hedonic wage equilibrium : theory, evidence and policy

Kniesner, Thomas J.; Leeth, John D. - 2010

We examine theoretically and empirically the properties of the equilibrium wage function and its implications for policy. Our emphasis is on how the researcher approaches economic and policy questions when there is labor market heterogeneity leading to a set of wages. We focus on the application...

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Border enforcement and selection of Mexican immigrants in the United States

Lozano, Fernando; Lopez, Mary J. - 2010

Since 1986 the United States has made considerable efforts to curb illegal immigration. This has resulted in an increase in migration costs for undocumented immigrants. More stringent border enforcement either deters potential illegal immigrants from coming to the U.S., or moves the point of...

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Ugly criminals

Mocan, Naci (contributor); Tekin, Erdal (contributor) - 2006

Using data from three waves of Add Health we find that being very attractive reduces a young adult's (ages 18-26) propensity for criminal activity and being unattractive increases it for a number of crimes, ranging from burglary to selling drugs. A variety of tests demonstrate that this result...

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