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1988

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Wanted: Live-In Teachers, Chester Smolski Dec 1988

Wanted: Live-In Teachers, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit and Cleveland all have it--a residency requirement--and so does Providence. Having to live in the city for which you work has been deemed to be an important measure in helping to bring people back into the city, and that was the reason it was included in the 1980 Home Rule Charter."


How To Keep Teachers In R.I., Chester Smolski Aug 1988

How To Keep Teachers In R.I., Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"Should Providence city employees be forced to live in the city? The Home Rule Charter, adopted five years ago, requires them to do so. The executive secretary of the Providence Teachers' Union states that this requirement should not apply to teachers. But, is dropping the residency requirement the answer to the problem of finding adequate numbers of substitute and full-time teachers?"


The Incidence Of Workers' Compensation Claims In Michigan: Final Report, H. Allan Hunt Jul 1988

The Incidence Of Workers' Compensation Claims In Michigan: Final Report, H. Allan Hunt

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No abstract provided.


On The Decomposition Of Wage Differentials, Jeremiah Cotton May 1988

On The Decomposition Of Wage Differentials, Jeremiah Cotton

Economics Faculty Publication Series

The often used method for decomposing wage differentials into human capital and discrimination components is reformulated so that both the disadvantage, or "cost," discrimination imposes on a black or minority wage earner and the advantage, or "benefit," it bestows on a white or majority wage earner can be estimated.


Child-Care Costs And Family Labor Supply, Philip K. Robbins, David M. Blau Jan 1988

Child-Care Costs And Family Labor Supply, Philip K. Robbins, David M. Blau

Economics Articles and Papers

The child care industry has expanded rapidly in recent years as a result of growing labor force participation by mothers of young children. Much, but not all, of the child care is being provided through the market. In this paper, a model of family labor supply incorporating both market and nonmarket child care is specified and estimated. The empirical analysis is performed using data from the 1980 baseline household survey of the Employment Opportunity Pilot Projects. The results suggest that both the decision to become employed and the decision to purchase market child care are sensitive to child-care costs. The …


The Law And Economics Of Collective Bargaining: An Introduction And Application To The Problems Of Subcontracting, Partial Closure, And Relocation, Michael L. Wachter, George M. Cohen Jan 1988

The Law And Economics Of Collective Bargaining: An Introduction And Application To The Problems Of Subcontracting, Partial Closure, And Relocation, Michael L. Wachter, George M. Cohen

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No abstract provided.