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The heterogeneous labor market impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic
Matias, Guido; Forsythe, Eliza C. - 2020
We study the distributional consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic's impacts on employment. Using CPS data on stocks and flows, we show that the pandemic has exacerbated pre-existing inequalities. Although employment losses have been widespread, they have been substantially larger in lower-paying...
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The impact of nurse turnover on quality of care and mortality in nursing homes : eevidence from the Great Recession
Akosa Antwi, Yaa; Bowblis, John R. - 2016
instrumental variable estimation that uses the unemployment rate as an instrument for nursing turnover. We find that ignoring …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011412301
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Search and multiple jobholding
Lalé, Etienne - 2019
A search-theoretic model of the labor market with idiosyncratic fluctuations in hours worked, search both off- and on-the-job, and multiple jobholding is developed. Taking on a second job entails a commitment to hold onto the primary employer, enabling the worker to use the primary job as her...
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Long social distancing
Barrero, Jose Maria; Bloom, Nicholas; Davis, Steven J. - 2022
More than ten percent of Americans with recent work experience say they will continue social distancing after the COVID-19 pandemic ends, and another 45 percent will do so in limited ways. We uncover this Long Social Distancing phenomenon in our monthly Survey of Working Arrangements and...
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Nonstandard forms and measures of employment and unemployment in transition : a comparative study of Estonia, Romania, and Russia
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Gimpelʹson, Vladimir E.; … - 2006
This paper looks behind the standard, publicly available employment and unemployment statistics that studies of … estimates show that measured employment and unemployment rates are quite sensitive to definition, particularly in the treatment … much lower in Romania and slightly lower in Estonia, and alternative unemployment rates that are sharply higher in Romania …
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The COVID-19 pandemic's evolving impacts on the labor market: who's been hurt and what we should do
Hershbein, Brad; Holzer, Harry J. - 2021
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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Aggregate demand, idle time, and unemployment
Michaillat, Pascal; Saez, Emmanuel - 2014
This paper develops a model of unemployment fluctuations. The model keeps the architecture of the Barro and Grossman … flexible to completely rigid. With some price rigidity, aggregate demand influences unemployment through a simple mechanism … thus increases labor demand, which in turn reduces unemployment. We use the comparative-statistics predictions of the model …
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Do SNAP work requirements work?
Harris, Timothy F. - 2019
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act waived Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) work requirements nationally in 2010 and broadened the eligibility for receiving waivers in subsequent years for Able-Bodied Adults without Dependents (ABAWD). From 2011 to 2016, many states...
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Does the healthcare educational market respond to short-run local demand?
Dillender, Marcus; Friedson, Andrew; Thanh Cong Gian; … - 2019
healthcare services. We look across educational fields, types of degrees, and types of institutions; we pay particular attention …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012061492
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Temporary help employment in recession and recovery
Houseman, Susan N.; Heinrich, Carolyn J. - 2015
The temporary help industry, although small, plays a significant role in the macro economy, reflecting employers' growing reliance on temporary help agencies to provide flexibility in meeting staffing needs. Drawing on detailed temporary-help order data between 2007 and 2011 from a large,...
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