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January 29, 2025
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 418
Robots and Labor in Nursing Homes
… augmenting a declining working-age population and alleviating the shortage of workers. Our research studies the effects of robots on labor and service quality in Japanese nursing homes. Worker shortages have been especially salient in elderly care. In many countries …
By Yong Suk Lee, Toshiaki Iizuka, and Karen Eggleston
May 15, 2024
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 383
Robots, Tools, and Jobs: Evidence from Brazilian Labor Markets
… of evidence suggesting that automation may lead to job losses. Nevertheless, technological progress has not only decreased the cost of labor‐replacing machines, such as robots, but also has caused a rapid decrease in the cost of labor‐complementing machines …
By Gustavo de Souza and Haishi Li
March 27, 2024
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 376
Labor Market Impacts of Reducing Felony Convictions
… the impact of reductions when individuals are fully informed about their record change and thus can attempt to adjust their labor market situation. We assessed the impacts of these interventions on labor market outcomes by linking data on Proposition 47 …
By Amanda Y. Agan, Andrew Garin, Dmitri K. Koustas, Alexandre Mas, & Crystal Yang
November 8, 2023
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 357
Now You Can Take It with You: Effects of Occupational Credential Recognition on Labor Market Outcomes
… entry and mobility against individuals who are credentialed by other states. Our work examines the effect of universal recognition on labor market activity and geographic mobility. In theory, universal recognition is expected to increase labor supply through additional labor market …
By Kihwan Bae and Edward J. Timmons
May 17, 2023
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 332
Local Labor Market Effects of the 2002 Bush Steel Tariffs
… the degree of specialization in steel-consuming industries are important channels that affect the impact of steel tariffs on local labor markets. NOTEThis research brief is based on James Lake and Ding Liu, “Local Labor Market Effects of the 2002 …
By James Lake and Ding Liu
September 23, 1993
Policy Analysis

No. 197
Laboratory Failure: States Are no Model for Health Care Reform
By Michael D. Tanner
October 19, 2022
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 307
Immigrant Labor and the Institutionalization of the U.S.-Born Elderly
… age in place rather than live in an institutional setting. Care for the elderly requires a combination of less-educated labor, more-educated labor, and physical infrastructure. Institutions serve to share the costs of infrastructure, and the care that takes …
By Kristin F. Butcher, Kelsey Moran, and Tara Watson
June 1, 2022
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 296
Evidence of the Unintended Labor Scheduling Implications of the Minimum Wage
The effect of the minimum wage has been an important topic of debate for decades. For many years, low‐wage laborers, especially in the food service and retail sectors in the United States, have been advocating an increase in the …
By Qiuping Yu, Shawn Mankad, and Masha Shunko
August 18, 2021
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 262
Labor in the Boardroom
In the German industrial relations system, board representation coexists with two other institutions of worker representation.
By Simon Jäger and Benjamin Schoefer
November 18, 2020
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 241
Lift the Ban? Initial Employment Restrictions and Refugee Labor Market Outcomes
By Francesco Fasani, Tommaso Frattini, and Luigi Minale
November 4, 2020
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 239
Occupational Licensing and Labor Market Fluidity
By Morris M. Kleiner and Ming Xu
July 29, 2020
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 225
What Are the Labor and Product Market Effects of Automation? New Evidence from France
By Philippe Aghion, Céline Antonin, Simon Bunel, & Xavier Jaravel
November 27, 2019
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 191
Gig Labor: Trading Safety Nets for Steering Wheels
By Vyacheslav Fos, Naser Hamdi, Ankit Kalda, & Jordan Nickerson
April 3, 2019
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 157
Alleviating Global Poverty: Labor Mobility, Direct Assistance, and Economic Growth
By Lant Pritchett
November 28, 2018
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 140
The Labor Market for Teachers under Different Pay Schemes
By Barbara Biasi