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Organizing in decline: Tracing the (diminishing) role of unions in today's labor market

Related links: https://www.richmondfed.org/-/media/richmondfedorg/publications/research/econ_focus/2011/q2/feature4_weblinks.cfm
Econ Focus , Volume 15 , Issue 2Q , Pages 28-31

Newsletter
Is there a skills mismatch in the labor market?

This article reviews the concept of skills mismatch in the labor market and examines its role in explaining ongoing low levels of hiring and high levels of unemployment during the current economic recovery.
Chicago Fed Letter , Issue Jul

Journal Article
Compression in the Wage Distribution During the Post-Covid-19 Labor Market

The COVID-19 pandemic caused changes for business across all industries, though the effects were unequal. As lockdown restrictions aimed at mitigating the spread of COVID-19 were relaxed, nominal wage growth rose sharply in leisure and hospitality and in trade and transportation, the two industries with the highest concentration of low-wage workers. In fact, wage growth was most pronounced for workers in the bottom 50 percent of the wage distribution who changed jobs into one of these industries.
Economic Commentary , Volume 2025 , Issue 06 , Pages 9

Working Paper
The relocation decisions of working couples

Most prime-age married couples in the U.S. today have two labor force participants. Migration decisions are more complicated for two-earner couples than for one-earner couples because any gain from moving that accrues to one spouse must be great enough to offset any loss to the other spouse. This paper estimates the extent to which internal migration is depressed by rising earnings equality among spouses. The results indicate that couples' migration propensities are substantially lower the more equal spouses' labor incomes.
Finance and Economics Discussion Series , Paper 2006-33

Speech
U.S. labor input in coming years

Chartered Financial Analysts Society of Philadelphia, Wilmington, Del., Nov. 14, 2006
Speech , Paper 107

Working Paper
A cohort-based model of labor force participation

The probability that an individual participates in the labor force declines precipitously beyond age 50. This feature of labor supply suggests that ongoing shifts in the age distribution of the population will put substantial downward pressure on the aggregate labor force participation rate. However, the aggregate rate is also influenced by trends within age groups. Neglecting to model both within-group influences and shifting population shares will doom any estimate of aggregate labor supply. We develop a model that identifies birth cohorts' propensities to participate, uses these ...
Finance and Economics Discussion Series , Paper 2007-09

Postpandemic Employment Recovery in Fourth District Metro Areas

US employment has recovered rapidly following a significant decline caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, employment recoveries have varied significantly across metro areas. This District Data Brief compares the employment recoveries for metro areas of various sizes in the Fourth District and across the United States.
Cleveland Fed District Data Brief

Working Paper
A quantitative theory of the gender gap in wages

Using panel data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), we document that gender differences in wages almost double during the first 20 years of labor market experience and that there are substantial gender differences in employment and hours of work during the life cycle. A large portion of gender differences in labor market attachment can be traced to the impact of children on the labor supply of women. We develop a quantitative life-cycle model of fertility, labor supply, and human capital accumulation decisions. We use this model to assess the role of fertility on gender ...
Working Paper , Paper 05-09

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Why Johnny can’t work

The Region , Volume 19 , Issue Jun , Pages 32-40

Working Paper
Do immigrants work in riskier jobs?

Recent media and government reports suggest that immigrants are more likely to hold jobs with worse working conditions than U.S.-born workers, perhaps because immigrants work in jobs that "natives don?t want." Despite this widespread view, earlier studies have not found immigrants to be in riskier jobs than natives. This study combines individual-level data from the 2003-2005 American Community Survey with Bureau of Labor Statistics data on work-related injuries and fatalities to take a fresh look at whether foreign-born workers are employed in more dangerous jobs. The results indicate that ...
Working Papers , Paper 0901

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