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New Methods for Estimating Labor Supply Functions : A Survey

Heckman, James J. - 1982

This paper surveys new methods for estimatifg labor supply functions. A unified framework of analysis is presented. All recent models of labor supply are special cases of a general index function model developed for the analysis o dummy endogenous variables

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How Much of Barrier to Entry is Occupational Licensing?

Blair, Peter Q. - 2018

We exploit state variation in licensing laws to study the effect of licensing on occupational choice using a boundary discontinuity design. We find that licensing reduces equilibrium labor supply by an average of 17%-27%. The negative labor supply effects of licensing appear to be strongest for...

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An Empirical Investigation of Labor Income Processes

Guvenen, Fatih - 2007

In this paper we reassess the evidence on labor income risk. There are two leading views on the nature of the income process in the current literature. The first view, which we call the "Restricted Income Profiles" (RIP) process, holds that individuals are subject to large and very persistent...

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Analyzing the Labor Market Outcomes of Occupational Licensing

Gittleman, Maury - 2015

Recent assessments of occupational licensing have shown varying effects of the institution on labor market outcomes. This study revisits the relationship between occupational licensing and labor market outcomes by analyzing a new topical module to the Survey of Income and Program Participation...

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Estimation of a Roy/Search/Compensating Differential Model of the Labor Market

Taber, Christopher - 2016

In this paper we develop a model capturing key features of the Roy model, a search model, compensating differentials, and human capital accumulation on-the-job. We establish which features of the model can be non-parametrically identified and which can not. We estimate the model and use it to...

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Offshoring and Labor Markets

Hummels, David - 2016

identification strategies used, critically assess strengths and weaknesses, discuss connections with theory, and draw out potential …

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Centralization, Fiscal Federalism and Private School Attendance

Nechyba, Thomas J. - 2001

attendance. In particular, the common perception that centralization of public school finance will necessarily lead to greater … centralization involves an extreme equalization of the kind observed in California. Furthermore, if centralization occurs through … schools in centralizing states imply that general public school quality does not drop as a result of such centralization …

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Federalism's Values and the Value of Federalism

Inman, Robert P. - 2008

scholars and is there any evidence that would suggest all this attention is warranted? Proponents see federalism as a means to …, while policy decentralization is the key to federalism's strong rights and economic performance and can be achieved within a … provides federalism's valued outcomes. Third, federalism needs democracy; there is no evidence that adding policy …

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Was Pandemic Fiscal Relief Effective Fiscal Stimulus? Evidence from Aid to State and Local Governments

Clemens, Jeffrey; Hoxie, Philip G.; Veuger, Stan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

We use an instrumental-variables estimator reliant on variation in congressional representation to analyze the effects of federal aid to state and local governments across all four major pieces of COVID-19 response legislation. Through September 2021, we estimate that the federal government...

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Do Unemployment Insurance Recipients Actively Seek Work? Randomized Trials in Four U.S. States

Ashenfelter, Orley - 1999

In the last two decades, U.S. policies have moved from the use of incentives to the use of sanctions to promote work effort in social programs. Surprisingly, except for anecdotes, there is very little systematic evidence of the extent to which sanctions applied to the abusive use of social...

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