Transitional costs and the decline in coal: Worker-level evidence

J Colmer, E Krause, E Lyubich, J Voorheis - 2024 - ideas.repec.org
The outside options available to workers critically determine the transitional costs of labor
demand shocks. Using comprehensive administrative data, we examine the worker-level …

Mergers, foreign competition, and jobs: Evidence from the US appliance industry

F Montag - George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy & …, 2023 - papers.ssrn.com
Policy choices often entail trade-offs between workers and consumers. I assess how foreign
competition changes the consumer welfare and domestic employment effects of a merger. I …

Wage insurance and labor market trajectories

BG Hyman, BK Kovak, A Leive, T Naff - AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2021 - aeaweb.org
Wage insurance provides income support to displaced workers who find reemployment at a
lower wage. We study the effects of the wage insurance provisions of the US Trade …

Do Human Capital Adjustments Protect Youths from Structural Change?

T Smith - 2024 - papers.ssrn.com
Structural changes to labor demand can have lasting consequences on the employment and
earnings of workers in affected industries and geographies. However, individuals coming of …

Ageing and worker displacement

A Aitken, S Singh, S Otrisalova - Handbook on Labour Markets in …, 2024 - elgaronline.com
Job displacement refers to the involuntary loss of employment faced by workers, typically as
a result of external economic forces such as technological advancements, globalisation …

[PDF][PDF] costs and the decline in coal: Worker-level evidence

J Colmer, E Krause, E Lyubich, J Voorheis - 2024 - cep.lse.ac.uk
The outside options available to workers critically determine the transitional costs of labor
demand shocks. Using comprehensive administrative data, we examine the worker-level …

[PDF][PDF] Whom to insure-rms or workers?

S Sledz - 2024 - users.ssc.wisc.edu
This paper proposes an alternative way to provide insurance to workers in the labor market
through Firm Transfers (FT), a payment given to businesses to prevent layoffs. I develop a …