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Health Insurance and Labor Markets: Concepts, Open Questions, and Data Needs (Occasional Paper)
Author(s): Bowen Garrett, Michael ChernewPosted to Web: July 03, 2008

This paper reviews the recent economic research on the relationship between health insurance and labor markets in the United States, with an emphasis on research that has emerged since existing major reviews and the aim of identifying the types of data that are needed for this research to progress. We focus on the conceptual and empirical challenges that researchers face in studying these relationships, the data that have allowed this research to proceed, policy-relevant questions that need further study, and the types of data that would help in obtaining better answers to these questions. Inquiry, vol. 45, number 1, Spring 2008, pp. 30-57

Publication Date: March 01, 2008Availability: HTML

Measuring Trends in Income Variability (Research Report)
Author(s): Austin Nichols, Seth ZimmermanPosted to Web: June 03, 2008

Using PSID data from 1968 to 2005, we find that the volatility of family income has increased over time (a trend that is robust to a large variety of modeling choices) but the trend in individual income volatility is less clear. Measurement error cannot fully account for these facts, but the increasing covariance of individual incomes within the family (driven by increases in the correlation of head and spouse earnings, due largely to the increased proportion of families with two earners) can.

Publication Date: May 01, 2008Availability: HTML | PDF

Unemployment and Unemployment Protection in Transition (Occasional Paper)
Author(s): Vera Brusentsev, Wayne VromanPosted to Web: May 27, 2008

This paper examines developments in aggregate income and the labor market of the 28 countries from Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union (CEE-FSU) in the period from 1990 to 2006. Income, employment, unemployment and labor market support services are examined in tabulations and time series regressions. Comparisons are made with developments in major countries from other regions of the world.

Publication Date: April 01, 2008Availability: HTML | PDF

Understanding the Demand Side of the Low-Wage Labor Market (Research Report)
Author(s): Gregory Acs, Pamela J. LoprestPosted to Web: May 27, 2008

This report presents findings from a new, nationally representative survey of private-sector employers, focusing on the labor market for less-skilled workers. We gathered information on employer characteristics, job requirements, wages and benefits, hiring practices, and potential for advancement. The survey focuses on employers' most recently filled jobs that require no more education than a high school degree or GED; we refer to these jobs as noncollege jobs. This group of jobs includes both entry-level jobs—those requiring minimal skills and experience-as well as "next-level" jobs-noncollege jobs demanding higher skill and experience and potentially offering higher wages and benefits.

Publication Date: April 10, 2008Availability: HTML | PDF

Aid Reintegration of Ex-Prisoners (Commentary)
Author(s): Nancy G. La VignePosted to Web: April 28, 2008

Commissioners in Travis County, Texas, says Nancy La Vigne, made "a heroic move" earlier this month, opening the doors to thousands of former prisoners who have hit a brick wall when looking for a job. In this Austin American-Statesman commentary, she explains why their action was good public policy.

Publication Date: April 26, 2008Availability: HTML | PDF

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