How do labor markets adjust to trade liberalization? Leading models of intraindustry trade (Krugman (1981), Melitz (2003)) assume homogeneous workers and full employment, and thus predict that all workers win from trade liberalization, a conclusion at odds with the public debate. Our paper develo...
In this paper I present evidence on the extent to which labor market tightness, and measured by job vacancy rates and other indicators of hiring difficulty, affect the willingness of establishments to hire welfare recipients. From these estimates, I infer the effects of the business cycle on the...
"It's really in-person services that are the strength of the U.S. labor market right now," Nick Bunker, head of economic research at the Indeed Hiring Lab, told ABC News. "The areas of the economy that got hit really hard by the initial shock of the pandemic." "We're seeing a r...
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We examine the relationship between nonstandard employment (on-call work and day labor, temporary-help agency employment, employment with contract companies, independent contracting, other self-employment, and part-time employment in "conventional" jobs) and exposure to "bad" job characteristics, using...
While many jobs were created during the Industrial Revolution, many people would come to find themselves pushed out of their jobs due to the advancement of technology. Farmers are an example of this. As agricultural production and mechanization improved, larger farms began to dominate the industry,...
Reallocation of labor in honeybee colonies during heat stress: the relative roles of task switching and the activation of reserve labor Social insect colonies reallocate labor in response to changing environmental circumstances. This study addresses the reallocation of labor by middle-age h... BR John...
Healthcare jobs top the list of the highest-paid jobs, andthe sector’s future is bright. According to theU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), employment in healthcare occupations is projected to grow 13% from 2021 to 2031. This should add about two million new jobs. This growth is...
One of the most common ways to classify workers and jobs is by collar colors, with blue and white being the best known. Traditionally,blue collarjobs have involved manual labor, often in manufacturing or construction, and hourly or piecework pay.White collarjobs, on the other ha...