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Coworker Networks, Residential Neighbors, and Earnings Growth
No full textI study the relevance of former coworkers and neighbors to explain job mobility and earnings growth patterns for workers in the United States. Using matched employer-employee data from the Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics, I construct individual-level proxies of new job opportunities available to workers using the number of new hires in firms where previous coworkers and close neighbors work. I propose an empirical framework to isolate the effect of individual-level networks from other determinants of job mobility. By merging these records to multiple rounds of the American Community Survey, I also examine heterogeneity across occupations and college majors. The findings from this project will contribute to the literature studying differences in outside employment options across workers and provide new insights about the influence of networks in the job search process and its long-run impacts
The Distributional Effects of Million Dollar Plants
No full textAnother way to measure effectiveness of discretionary subsidies is to study whether they increase equity. Place-based policies are one way to transfer resources to distressed regions and have the potential to create substantial welfare gains (Gaubert, Kline, and Yagan 2020). However, there is no empirical evidence on the distributional consequences of discretionary subsidies. How much do these policies improve the well-being of underemployed and low-income workers? In this project we will link a new dataset on discretionary subsidies, collected by Slattery (2020), to worker-level data from the Census Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD). We then will employ the “Million Dollar Plants” strategy to answer the following research questions:
1. What kinds of workers are hired at the new plant? What is their prior employment status, occupation, location, and income? What is their age, race, and education level?
2. Are workers better off in the winning county? Are previously unemployed workers more likely to be employed in the winning county than in the runner-up? Are low-wage workers more likely to experience wage increases in the winning county than in the runner-up? How does the distribution of employment and income change in the winning county?
3. Are there spillovers to workers in other local establishments? Does increase in labor demand due to new entrant increase wages in the local area? For which occupations? For which industries? For which education levels?
4. How do these results depend on the type of subsidy deal? Do subsidy deals in certain industries have different or larger effects? Do higher cost-per-job or larger investment deals have different effects
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The Effects of General Versus Vocational Education on Women’s Labor Market, Fertility and Marital Outcomes
No full textThis project studies whether increased access to general versus vocational education in high school affects women’s labor market outcomes, fertility and marital choices. I focus on a 1977 French educational reform, which delayed the age at which students are sorted into general and vocational education, and allowed all students to pursue a common general education curriculum for two additional years. Using a regression discontinuity design and data from the 2011 population census, I evaluate how this reform affected women’s employment and earnings, incidence and timing of childbearing, marital status and spousal quality. This project aims to provide the first causal evidence on the impact of general versus vocational education on women’s long-term decisions regarding marriage and fertility. It will thus provide education policymakers with a more complete understanding of the link between the type of high school studies and long-term labor and family decisions
Quantifying the Value of Gig Platform and Self- Employment Across Locations
No full textGig work provides alternative earning opportunities, and complements the offline labor market particularly during periods of unemployment and declining wages. However, much remains to be known about patterns of transition between platform work and regular employment. We focus on a large global online platform which accounted for a large share of self-employment activity in the US since 2020. The project uses a structural model to estimate the value created by the platform across geographic locations, and examine factors contributing to the elasticity of substitution between formal and platform work
How Does Permission to Work Policy Facilitate Afghan Evacuees’ Employment Outcomes in the United States?
No full textIn August 2021, nearly 3.5 million Afghan people were forced to flee their country within a matter of a few days upon the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. The United States has accepted many Afghan evacuees, and the US Department of Justice has issued employment authorizations. The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of the permission to work policy on evacuees’ employment outcomes. This qualitative study explores the lived experiences of recent Afghan evacuees as they secure employment upon receiving work authorization in the United States