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Job Loss in the Great Recession: Historial Perspective from the Displaced Workers Survey, 1984-2010
Farber, Henry S. - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 2011
which the labor market is now only slowly recovering. The unemployment rate remains stubbornly high and durations of … unemployment are unprecedentedly long. I use data from the Dis- placed Workers Survey (DWS) from 1984-2010 to investigate the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011150146
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Do Extended Unemployment Benets Lengthen Unemployment Spells? Evidence from Recent Cycles in the U.S. Labor Market
Farber, Henry S.; Valletta, Robert G. - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 2013
In response to the Great Recession and sustained labor market downturn, the availability of unemployment insurance (UI … unemployment duration, comparing the experience with the prior extension of benets (up to 72 weeks) during the much milder downturn … 2000-2005 and 2007-2012, we estimate the eects of UI extensions on unemployment transitions and duration. We rely on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011150173
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Job Loss in the Great Recession: Historial Perspective from the Displaced Workers Survey, 1984-2010
Farber, Henry S. - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 2011
which the labor market is now only slowly recovering. The unemployment rate remains stubbornly high and durations of … unemployment are unprecedentedly long. I use data from the Dis- placed Workers Survey (DWS) from 1984-2010 to investigate the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005558690
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The Plant Size-Place Effect: Agglomeration and Monopsony in Labour Markets
Manning, Alan - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 2008
This paper shows, using data from both the US and the UK, that average plant size is larger in denser markets. However, many popular theories of agglomeration spillovers, cost advantages and improved match quality predict that establishments should be smaller in cities. The paper proposes a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011150136
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Analyzing the Extent and Influence of Occupational Licensing on the Labor Market
Kleiner, Morris M.; Krueger, Alan B. - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 2009
This study examines the extent and influence of occupational licensing in the U.S. using a specially designed national labor force survey. Specifically, we provide new ways of measuring occupational licensing and consider what types of regulatory requirements and what level of government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011150157
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Rational Choice and Voter Turnout: Evidence from Union Representation Elections
Farber, Henry S. - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 2009
It is a common observation that many individuals vote despite the fact that, in elections with even a moderate number of voters, the probability their vote will be pivotal is quite small. The theoretical solution of positing that individuals receive utility from the act of voting itself explains...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010720869
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A Shred of Credible Evidence on the Long Run Elasticity of Labor Supply
Ashenfelter, Orley; Doran, Kirk; Schaller, Bruce - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 2009
The available estimates of the wage elasticity of male labor supply in the literature have varied between -0.2 and 0.2, implying that permanent wage increases have relatively small, poorly determined effects on labor supplied. The variation in existing estimates calls for a simple, natural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928337
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Analyzing the Extent and Influence of Occupational Licensing on the Labor Market
Kleiner, Morris M.; Krueger, Alan B. - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 2009
This study examines the extent and influence of occupational licensing in the U.S. using a specially designed national labor force survey. Specifically, we provide new ways of measuring occupational licensing and consider what types of regulatory requirements and what level of government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005004258
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A Shred of Credible Evidence on the Long Run Elasticity of Labor Supply
Ashenfelter, Orley; Doran, Kirk; Schaller, Bruce - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 2009
The available estimates of the wage elasticity of male labor supply in the literature have varied between -0.2 and 0.2, implying that permanent wage increases have relatively small, poorly determined effects on labor supplied. The variation in existing estimates calls for a simple, natural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008536813
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Rational Choice and Voter Turnout: Evidence from Union Representation Elections
Farber, Henry S. - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 2009
It is a common observation that many individuals vote despite the fact that, in elections with even a moderate number of voters, the probability their vote will be pivotal is quite small. The theoretical solution of positing that individuals receive utility from the act of voting itself explains...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008472057