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Temporary Agency Work, Susan Houseman
The Job Creation Tax Credit: Dismal Projections For Employment Call For A Quick, Efficient, And Effective Response, Timothy Bartik, John Bishop
The Job Creation Tax Credit: Dismal Projections For Employment Call For A Quick, Efficient, And Effective Response, Timothy Bartik, John Bishop
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
Not All Job Creation Tax Credits Are Created Equal, Timothy Bartik
Not All Job Creation Tax Credits Are Created Equal, Timothy Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
Comment On Edlin And Phelps: A Better Employer Wage Subsidy, Timothy Bartik
Comment On Edlin And Phelps: A Better Employer Wage Subsidy, Timothy Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
The Market Failure Approach To Regional Economic Development Policy, Timothy Bartik
The Market Failure Approach To Regional Economic Development Policy, Timothy Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
Complementing Recovery Policies With A Jobs Creation Tax Credit, Timothy Bartik, John Bishop
Complementing Recovery Policies With A Jobs Creation Tax Credit, Timothy Bartik, John Bishop
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
Offshoring, Unemployment, And Welfare With Risk Averse Workers, Priya Ranjan
Offshoring, Unemployment, And Welfare With Risk Averse Workers, Priya Ranjan
Priya Ranjan
This paper studies the welfare and policy implications of offshoring when risk averse workers face the risk of unemployment. If offshored inputs can be easily substituted for domestic workers, then offshoring reduces wages and increases unemployment. In this situation, in the absence of any government intervention offshoring not only reduces the welfare of workers but could reduce aggregate welfare as well if workers are highly risk averse and the markets for insurance against unemployment risk are missing. In addition to unemployment insurance, the role of employment protection policies- severance payments and administrative cost of firing -in protecting workers against the …
The Gm-Uaw Metropolitan Pontiac Retraining And Employment Program (Prep), H. Hunt
The Gm-Uaw Metropolitan Pontiac Retraining And Employment Program (Prep), H. Hunt
H. Allan Hunt
No abstract provided.
Advance Notice Provisions In Plant Closing Legislation: Do They Matter?, Ronald Ehrenberg, George Jakubson
Advance Notice Provisions In Plant Closing Legislation: Do They Matter?, Ronald Ehrenberg, George Jakubson
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
This paper evaluates the cases for and against plant closing legislation. In spite of the growth of legislative efforts in the area, there has been surprisingly little effort devoted to analyzing what the effects are of existing plant closing legislation, of provisions in privately negotiated collective bargaining agreements that provide for advance notice in case of plant shutdowns and/or layoffs, and of voluntary employer provision of advance notice. The paper summarizes the results of previous research, and our own empirical analyses that used the January 1984 Bureau of Labor Statistics Survey of Displaced Workers, on the effects of advance notice …
The Impact Of Retirement Policies On Employment And Unemployment, Ronald Ehrenberg
The Impact Of Retirement Policies On Employment And Unemployment, Ronald Ehrenberg
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
[Excerpt] This paper has focused on the impact of retirement policies on the level and distribution of employment and unemployment. All of the policies discussed, except for early retirement provisions in privately negotiated collective bargaining contracts were seen to have adverse effects on the level and distribution of employment. Hence, the paper illustrates the more general point that policies designed to promote one social goal may well detract from achieving other goals and suggests that more explicit attention should be given to the employment effects of social programs and legislation prior to their adoption.
Black Youth Nonemployment: Duration And Job Search: Comment, Ronald Ehrenberg
Black Youth Nonemployment: Duration And Job Search: Comment, Ronald Ehrenberg
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
[Excerpt] Holzer's paper has a number of attributes that I find very appealing. It focuses on an important topic and uses two different data bases to test the robustness of its findings. It uses alternative specifications of the variable of interest (reservation wages), examines the sensitivity of the results to alternative sets of control variables, uses a variety of statistical methods to confront a number of statistical issues, and honestly reports cases in which any of the above leads to differences in results. Finally, the paper does not claim more than the evidence warrants—a feature not present in enough academic …
Including Jobs In Benefit-Cost Analysis, Timothy Bartik
Including Jobs In Benefit-Cost Analysis, Timothy Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
Offshoring And Labor Market Outcomes In The Presence Of Collective Bargaining, Priya Ranjan
Offshoring And Labor Market Outcomes In The Presence Of Collective Bargaining, Priya Ranjan
Priya Ranjan
This paper studies the implications of offshoring for unemployment and wages in a search unemployment framework when the wage is determined by collective bargaining. It shows that there is a non-monotonic relationship between the cost of offshoring and unemployment but the relationship between the cost of offshoring and wage is monotonic. Starting from a high cost of offshoring, a decrease in the cost of offshoring reduces unemployment first and then increases it. The wage is monotonically increasing in the cost of offshoring. Comparing autarky equilibrium with offshoring equilibrium, it finds that for a large range of the cost of offshoring, …
Spillovers Across Labor Markets In Search Models: Effects Of "Animal Spirits" And Offshoring, Devashish Mitra, Priya Ranjan
Spillovers Across Labor Markets In Search Models: Effects Of "Animal Spirits" And Offshoring, Devashish Mitra, Priya Ranjan
Priya Ranjan
We study the effects of additional distortions or shocks, such as a fair-wage constraint and/or the possibility of offshoring unskilled jobs, in a two-factor general equilibrium model of unemployment with search frictions. While the direct point of impact of such shocks is on unskilled workers, we also find interesting indirect spillover effects on skilled workers. A binding fair-wage constraint increases the unskilled unemployment rate and can at the same time lead to a higher unemployment rate and a lower wage for skilled workers, as compared to an equilibrium where fairness considerations are absent or non-binding. Introducing offshoring of unskilled jobs …
Michigan's Economic Competitiveness And Public Policy, Timothy Bartik
Michigan's Economic Competitiveness And Public Policy, Timothy Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
The Market Failure Approach To Regional Economic Development Policy, Timothy Bartik
The Market Failure Approach To Regional Economic Development Policy, Timothy Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
Job Growth And The Quality Of Jobs In The U.S. Economy, Susan Houseman
Job Growth And The Quality Of Jobs In The U.S. Economy, Susan Houseman
Susan N. Houseman
No abstract provided.