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The Potential Effects Of Federal Health Insurance Reforms On Employment Arrangements And Compensation, Marcus Dillender, Carolyn Heinrich, Susan Houseman

Susan N. Houseman

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) presents an opportunity to significantly improve compensation for American workers. A potential concern, though, is that employers will circumvent the employer mandate by increasing their use of workers in staffing arrangements that are not covered by the mandate: workers averaging less than 30 hours per week, working on a temporary basis, or working in organizations with fewer than 50 full-time employees. In this paper, we shed light on the likely effects that the ACA will have on employment arrangements. We first examine how part-time employment in Massachusetts changed after its health insurance reform, which is …

The Growth Of Nonstandard Employment In Japan And The United States: A Comparison Of Causes And Consequences, Susan Houseman, Machiko Osawa

Susan N. Houseman

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The Effects Of Employer Mandates, Susan Houseman

Susan N. Houseman

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The Drive For Flexibility And The Growth Of "Flexible" Staffing Arrangements, Susan Houseman

Susan N. Houseman

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Raise The Floor: Wages And Policies That Work For All Of Us By Holly Sklar, Laryssa Mykyta, And Susan Wefald, Timothy Bartik

Timothy J. Bartik

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Edited Transcript Of Living Wage Conference Call, February 11, 2004, Timothy Bartik, David Neumark, Robert Pollin, David Reynolds, Aaron Yelowitz, Mark Brenner, Richard Sander, Richard Toikka

Timothy J. Bartik

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Displacement And Wage Effects Of Welfare Reform, Timothy Bartik

Timothy J. Bartik

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Family Wages: The Roles Of Wives And Mothers In U.S. Working-Class Survival Strategies, 1880-1930, Ileen Devault

Ileen A DeVault

The common image of a female wage earner in the U.S. in the decades around the turn of the 20th century is that of a young, single woman: the daughter of her family. However, the wives and mothers of these families also made important economic contributions to their families' economies. This paper argues that we need to rethink our evaluation of the economic roles played by ever-married women in working-class families. Using a range of government reports as well as IPUMS, I document three ways in which working-class wives and mothers strove to bring cash into their family units: through …

Unemployment Insurance, Duration Of Unemployment, And Subsequent Wage Gain, Ronald Ehrenberg, Ronald Oaxaca

Ronald G. Ehrenberg

[Excerpt] In order to evaluate what the "optimal" level of UI benefits is, one must therefore first estimate the magnitude of the relationships between UI benefits levels and unemployed workers' durations of unemployment and post-unemployment wages. There have been several previous studies of the impact of UI benefits on duration of spells of unemployment, however none have been completely satisfactory methodologically. To our knowledge, there have been no previous studies of the system's impact on subsequent wage rates. We attempt to fill these gaps, utilizing data from the National Longitudinal Survey (NLS) to estimate both relationships. The plan of our …

The Opt-In Revolution? Contraception And The Gender Gap In Wages, Brad Hershbein, Martha Bailey, Amalia Miller

Brad J. Hershbein

The Role Of Temporary Agency Employment In Tight Labor Markets, Susan Houseman, Arne Kalleberg

Susan N. Houseman

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Temporary Agency Employment In Tight Labor Markets, Susan Houseman, Arne Kalleberg, George Erickcek

Susan N. Houseman

No abstract provided.

Earnings Inequality In Germany, Susan Houseman, Katharine Abraham

Susan N. Houseman

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Metropolitan Job Growth On The Size Distribution Of Family Income, Timothy Bartik

Timothy J. Bartik

No abstract provided.