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We test for evidence of spatial, residence-based labor market networks. Turnover is lower for workers more connected to their neighbors generally and more connected to neighbors of the same race or ethnic group. Both results are consistent with networks producing better job matches, while the...
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laws reduce employment among the least-skilled workers they are intended to help. But they also increase wages for many of …
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living wage laws and living wage campaigns. We find that living wage laws raise wages of low-wage workers but reduce …
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reduce employment among the least-skilled workers they are intended to help. But they also increase wages for many of them …
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omitted-ability bias from wage equation estimates of industry effects the exacerbation of measurement error from … misclassification of industry, and selectivity with respect to industry changes. However, this approach may introduce other problems …
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laws reduce employment among the least-skilled workers they are intended to help. But they also increase wages for many of …
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Hostile takeovers may have significant implications for long-term employment contracts if they facilitate the opportunistic expropriation of extramarginal wage payments. We test the expropriation hypothesis by studying the relationship between proxies for extramarginal wage payments and...
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used or can be used to increase economic self-sufficiency by increasing earnings, including mandating higher wages … place in the United States, including minimum and living wages, the Earned Income Tax Credit, wage subsidies, and school …-to-work programs. Finally, it considers alternative policies that have recently been proposed. -- Minimum wages ; living wages ; earned …
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