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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

Coming of Age: Employment Outcomes for Youth Who Age Out of Foster Care Through Their Middle Twenties (Research Report)
Author(s): Jennifer Ehrle Macomber, Stephanie Cuccaro-Alamin, Dean Duncan, Daniel Kuehn, Marla McDaniel, Tracy Vericker, Mike Pergamit, Barbara Needell, Hye-Chung Kum, Joy Stewart, Chung-Kwon Lee, Richard P. BarthPosted to Web: April 18, 2008

This study examines employment outcomes for youth who age out of foster care through their middle twenties in three states: California, Minnesota, and North Carolina. The study linked child welfare, Unemployment Insurance (UI), and public assistance administrative data to assess outcomes. Results suggest that youth who age out of foster care continue to experience poor employment outcomes at age 24 and generally follow one of four employment trajectories as they transition to adulthood.

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

America's Forgotten Middle-Skill Jobs: Education and Training Requirements in the Next Decade and Beyond (Research Report)
Author(s): Harry Holzer, Robert I. LermanPosted to Web: March 18, 2008

This paper, written for the Workforce Alliance in Washington, D.C., analyzes data on recent employment and wage trends, as well as projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, to analyze the likely future demand for workers in "middle-skill" jobs –- i.e., those requiring more than secondary school but less than a bachelor's degree. Contrary to recent assertions that demand for middle-skill jobs will shrink dramatically (creating an "hourglass" or "dumbbell" labor market), we find that demand for such jobs will remain quite robust. The growth in supply of workers with these skills will also likely shrink as baby boomers retire and are replaced by immigrants. Thus, education and training programs that help less-educated workers gain these skills remain a worthwhile investment.

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Publication Date: November 01, 2007Availability: HTML | PDF

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