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作者：HIRSCH, BT
摘要：This article examines wage determination among union and nonunion truck drivers using the 96 monthly Current Population Surveys for 1983-90. Union density in the previously regulated for-hire sector of the trucking industry fell from about 60% during the regulatory period of the 1970s to about 25% by 1990. Union log wage premiums fell from 0.40 in the 1970s to 0.30 or below in the 1980s. Longitudinal estimates from multiple panels for 1983-84 through 1989-90 suggest far smaller union premiums,...
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作者：BORJAS, GJ
作者单位：National Bureau of Economic Research
摘要：This article analyzes the intergenerational mobility of immigrants. Using the 1940-70 censuses, the study reveals an important link between the earnings of immigrants and the earnings of their American-born children. Although there is some regression toward the mean, the earnings of second-generation Americans are strongly affected by variables describing economic conditions in the source countries of their parents. Current immigration policy, therefore, not only determines how immigrants perf...
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作者：BLOOM, DE; SIOW, A
作者单位：University of Toronto
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作者：GREEN, DA; RIDDELL, WC
摘要：This article provides an overview of the Canadian Unemployment Insurance (UI) program, including its evolution, salient features, relative size, and knowledge about its labor market impacts. Understanding of these impacts is limited, and we conclude that an ''event-study'' approach is a promising way to further this knowledge. We examine the effects of the 1976 UI disentitlement of the elderly on their labor force behavior and find evidence of significant adverse selection effects. Interaction...
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作者：ONEILL, J; POLACHEK, S
作者单位：State University of New York (SUNY) System; SUNY Maritime College; Binghamton University, SUNY
摘要：Since 1976 the gender gap in wages on average declined by about 1 % per year. This article focuses on identifying the factors underlying this trend. Three data sets are analyzed-the Current Population Survey, the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, and the National Longitudinal Survey. We find that convergence in measurable work-related characteristics (schooling and work experience) explains one-third to one-half the narrowing. The remainder is attributable to a relative increase in women's retur...
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作者：WEISS, Y; WILLIS, RJ
作者单位：University of Chicago
摘要：We analyze divorce settlements made by a cohort of whites who graduated from high school in 1972. The effects of spouses' incomes on the divorce transfer are estimated and used to simulate the welfare effects of divorce on husbands, wives, and children under alternative assumptions about marriage contracts and the ability of a couple to continue coordinating resources in the aftermath of divorce. We find a positive (negative) relationship between divorce transfers and the growth of husband's (...
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作者：ANDERSON, PM; MEYER, BD
作者单位：Northwestern University; National Bureau of Economic Research
摘要：We survey unemployment insurance (UI) in the United States and provide new evidence on the UI payroll tax. Most UI receipt is due to firms that pay part of the UI costs of their layoffs, but weak experience rating leads most firms to pay considerably less than the full costs. Industries consistently receiving subsidies from the UI system are construction, manufacturing, and mining. Finally, a large fraction of layoffs resulting in payment of UI are made by firms that are not charged for the co...
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作者：KAHN, LM
摘要：Using union contract and industry wage survey data, this article examines the effect of discounting on cooperative bargaining behavior by unions and firms. Game theory predicts that higher discount rates raise the temptation to defect from cooperation. Measures of cooperative behavior included the presence of merit pay, incentive pay, wage-employment guarantees, or labor-management study committees. Discount rates were proxied by the relevant industry's failure rate. Failure rates generally ha...
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作者：GRONAU, R
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作者：THOMASON, T; BURTON, JF
作者单位：Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick
摘要：Using a sample of workers' compensation claims from New York, this article investigates the probability that the claimant and insurer will negotiate a settlement rather than adjudicate the claim; (2) the size of the settlement, if settlement occurs; (3) the size of the award if the claim is adjudicated; and (4) factors determining the extent of the insurers claim adjustment efforts. The findings show that insurer adjustment activities increase settlement probability and that a 24%-25% discount...
