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Automation, Bargaining Power, and Labor Market Fluctuations

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics
We argue that the threat of automation weakens workers’ bargaining power in wage negotiations, dampening wage adjustments and amplifying unemployment fluctuations.
S. Leduc, Zheng Liu
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Job Displacement and Earnings Losses: The Role of Joblessness

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics
A large literature finds that workers displaced in mass layoffs experience persistent earnings losses. We find that the earnings penalty from job displacement is mediated by the length of the jobless spell after displacement.
Bruce Fallick, John C. Haltiwanger, Erika McEntarfer, Matthew Staiger   +3 more
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Routine-Biased Technological Change and Endogenous Skill Investments

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
We investigate how individuals alter their educational investments in response to routine-biased technology. We find that individuals growing up in robot-impacted areas are more likely to complete a bachelor’s degree and experience a relative increase in
D. Branco, Bladimir Carrillo, Wilman Iglesias   +2 more
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The Long-Term Effects of Career Guidance in High School and Student Financial Aid: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
This paper studies the effects of a randomized control trial in which Canadian high school students were randomly invited to participate in a career guidance program during high school and/or made eligible for extra financial aid conditional on college ...
L. Renée
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Background Matters, but Not Whether Parents Are Immigrants: Outcomes of Children Born in Denmark

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
In Europe, the children of migrants often have worse economic outcomes than those with local-born parents. This paper shows that children born in Denmark with immigrant parents (first-generation locals) have lower earnings, higher unemployment, less ...
Mathias Fjællegaard Jensen, Alan Manning   +1 more
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Micro versus Macro Labor Supply Elasticities: The Role of Dynamic Returns to Effort

The American Economic Review
We investigate long-run earnings responses to taxes in the presence of dynamic returns to effort. First, we develop a theoretical model of earnings determination with dynamic returns to effort.
H. Kleven, C. Kreiner, K. Larsen, J. Søgaard   +3 more
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The Broad Decline in Health and Human Capital of Americans Born after 1947

Social Science Research Network
I present evidence of a cross-cohort decline in the health and human capital of Americans, beginning with those born after 1947 and continuing until those born in the mid-1960s.
Nicholas Reynolds
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The Long-Run Effects of Peer Gender on Occupational Sorting and the Wage Gap

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
We study the impact of the early gender environment on inequality in the labor market. To this end, we link primary school data to occupations and earnings.
Demid Getik, Armando N. Meier
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Labor Market Power and Development

American Economic Review: Insights
Imperfect competition in labor markets can lead to efficiency losses and lower aggregate output. This paper examines how variations in labor market competitiveness may account for differences in GDP per capita among countries.
Tristany Armangué-Jubert, Nezih Guner, A. Ruggieri   +2 more
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Eliminating Fares to Expand Opportunities: Experimental Evidence on the Impacts of Free Public Transportation on Economic and Social Disparities

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
We conduct a randomized controlled trial to study the employment effects of providing free public transportation to individuals with low incomes. A temporary subsidy that reduces the price of transit to zero has no significant effects on individuals ...
R. Brough, Matthew Freedman, David C. Phillips   +2 more
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