Search Results - "Labour economics"

Concentration in US labor markets: Evidence from online vacancy data by Azar, José, Marinescu, Ioana, Steinbaum, Marshall, Taska, Bledi

“…•This paper estimates employer concentration in labor markets for the entire US.•It uses a database of online job vacancies from Burning Glass…”
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The rise of robots and the fall of routine jobs by de Vries, Gaaitzen J., Gentile, Elisabetta, Miroudot, Sébastien, Wacker, Konstantin M.

“…•We combine country-industry data on robot adoption and occupations.•We exploit differences in the industry's share of tasks replaceable by robots.•Robot…”
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The perils of peer effects by Angrist, Joshua D.

“…Individual outcomes are highly correlated with group average outcomes, a fact often interpreted as a causal peer effect. Without covariates, however,…”
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Consequences of forced migration: A survey of recent findings by Becker, Sascha O., Ferrara, Andreas

“…•Forced migration may have effects different from voluntary migration.•The literature covers both modern and historic episodes of forced migration.•Our survey…”
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Hard evidence on soft skills by Heckman, James J., Kautz, Tim

“…This paper summarizes recent evidence on what achievement tests measure; how achievement tests relate to other measures of “cognitive ability” like IQ and…”
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COVID-19 doesn’t need lockdowns to destroy jobs: The effect of local outbreaks in Korea by Aum, Sangmin, Lee, Sang Yoon  (Tim), Shin, Yongseok

“…•South Korea’s first Covid wave was concentrated entirely in one region.•Korea did not implement any lockdowns or business closures either•Still, employment…”
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People versus machines: The impact of minimum wages on automatable jobs by Lordan, Grace, Neumark, David

“…•We explore the extent to which minimum wages induce substitution away from workers whose jobs are more easily automated. Minimum wage increases have the…”
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Productivity effects of air pollution: Evidence from professional soccer by Lichter, Andreas, Pestel, Nico, Sommer, Eric

“…•We estimate the causal effect of ambient air pollution on individual productivity.•We use panel data from the German professional soccer league for a 12-year…”
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Gender gaps and the structure of local labor markets by Petrongolo, Barbara, Ronchi, Maddalena

“…•There has been substantial convergence in labor market fortunes of men and women in most high-income countries since WW2, driven by both gender-specific and…”
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Industrial robots, Workers’ safety, and health by Gihleb, Rania, Giuntella, Osea, Stella, Luca, Wang, Tianyi

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Work that can be done from home: evidence on variation within and across occupations and industries by Adams-Prassl, Abi, Boneva, Teodora, Golin, Marta, Rauh, Christopher

“…•Using large, geographically representative surveys from the US and UK, we document variation in the percentage of tasks workers can do from home.•The…”
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Gender and the labor market: What have we learned from field and lab experiments? by Azmat, Ghazala, Petrongolo, Barbara

“…We discuss the contribution of the experimental literature to the understanding of both traditional and previously unexplored dimensions of gender differences…”
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The demand for AI skills in the labor market by Alekseeva, Liudmila, Azar, José, Giné, Mireia, Samila, Sampsa, Taska, Bledi

“…•Data on skills required in vacancies are used to estimate the demand for AI labour.•Demand for AI labour rose dramatically over 2010–2019 in the U.S…”
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The labor supply of undocumented immigrants by Borjas, George J.

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Does subsidized care for toddlers increase maternal labor supply? Evidence from a large-scale expansion of early childcare by Müller, Kai-Uwe, Wrohlich, Katharina

“…•We analyze the causal effect of the expansion of childcare for children aged under the age of three on mothers’ employment in a generalized…”
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What makes work meaningful and why economists should care about it by Nikolova, Milena, Cnossen, Femke

“…•We study the determinants of meaningful work.•Intrinsic, rather than extrinsic, work aspects matter more.•Meaningful work predicts labour market…”
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The short-run employment effects of the German minimum wage reform by Caliendo, Marco, Fedorets, Alexandra, Preuss, Malte, Schröder, Carsten, Wittbrodt, Linda

“…•In January 2015 a statutory national minimum wage was introduced in Germany, accompanied by diverging expectations regarding its impact on employment.•We make…”
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Home sweet home: Working from home and employee performance during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK by Deole, Sumit S., Deter, Max, Huang, Yue

“…•This paper sheds a positive light on the WFH performance of the employed in the UK.•Increases in WFH frequency are associated with higher hourly…”
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Personality, IQ, and lifetime earnings by Gensowski, Miriam

“…•This paper estimates the effects of personality traits and IQ on lifetime earnings, both as a sum and individually by age.•The payoffs to personality traits…”
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Mental health and productivity at work: Does what you do matter? by Bubonya, Melisa, Cobb-Clark, Deborah A., Wooden, Mark

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