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Wage And Employment Adjustment In Local Labor Markets, Randall W. Eberts, Joe Allan Stone Jan 1992

Wage And Employment Adjustment In Local Labor Markets, Randall W. Eberts, Joe Allan Stone

Upjohn Press

Eberts and Stone have created dynamic models of labor supply and demand behavior for metropolitan labor markets. They use these models to simulate wage, employment, and personal income responses to local economic change, including changes brought about by governmental policy.


Wage Flexibility And Unemployment Dynamics In Regional Labor Markets, Thomas Hyclak, Geraint Johnes Jan 1992

Wage Flexibility And Unemployment Dynamics In Regional Labor Markets, Thomas Hyclak, Geraint Johnes

Upjohn Press

Hyclak and Johnes explore the extent to which wage rigidity differs across regional labor markets in the U.S. and how it affects the unemployment response to shifts in regional aggregate demand. They also look at the determinants of differences in wage rigidity across regional labor markets.


Excellence At Work: Policy Option Papers For The National Governors' Association, Evelyn Ganzglass, Editor Jan 1992

Excellence At Work: Policy Option Papers For The National Governors' Association, Evelyn Ganzglass, Editor

Upjohn Press

State-level initiatives are proposed that address key issues affecting the competitiveness of the U.S. economy.


Job Accessibility And The Employment And School Enrollment Of Teenagers, Keith R. Ihlanfeldt Jan 1992

Job Accessibility And The Employment And School Enrollment Of Teenagers, Keith R. Ihlanfeldt

Upjohn Press

Ihlanfeldt presents data that strongly support the "spatial mismatch hypothesis" for the high unemployment rate of disadvantaged teens. This theory, which the author thoroughly outlines in this work, asserts that the suburbanization of low-skill jobs and continued housing market segregation have reduced the job opportunities of inner-city dwelling minorities. This book extends Ihlanfeldt's earlier work on spatial mismatch by incorporating school enrollment decisions and other urban factors into his analysis. Thus, he also demonstrates empirically that job access is related to the high school dropout problem and concludes that poor access to jobs is useful in explaining the relatively low …