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Three Essays In Labor Economics, Benjamin Jack Van Kammen
Three Essays In Labor Economics, Benjamin Jack Van Kammen
Theses and Dissertations
There are three chapters in this dissertation, each of which consists of a journal-length article. They are on the following subjects.
The first chapter uses ordinances in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. to measure the effects of mandated paid sick leave on employment and wages. Using the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, an employment increase is observed in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. relative to places without an ordinance. This evidence suggests that sick leave mandates correct a market failure of under-provision of benefits.
The second chapter uses a novel measure of distance based on the O*Net Content Model …