LABOR DEMAND: CHILE 1986-2001

The Scandinavian Sarcoma Group Register 1986-2001.

Local Labor Demand and Child Labor

This paper uses micro data from the Brazilian PNAD between 1981 and 2002 to ascertain the role of local labor demand play in shaping work and schooling decisions of children aged 10-15. Using male adult employment by state and year as a proxy for labor demand, we find evidence that contrary to the widespread view that child labor is procyclical among young children (ages 1012) employment (schoo...

In Search of Labor Demand∗

We propose and estimate a novel specification of labor demand which encompasses search frictions and the role of entrepreneurs in new firm creation. Using city-industry variation over four decades, we estimate the wage elasticity of employment demand to be close to -1 at the industry-city level and -0.3 at the city level. We argue that the difference between these estimates reflects the congest...

Labor Demand : Lecture 8 Empirical

Please see Table 4.1: Percentage Distribution of Immigrants and Natives by Educational Attainment, United States and California. In Smith, James P., and Barry Edmonston, eds. The New Americans: Economic, Demographic, and Fiscal Effects of Immigration. Panell on the Demographic and Economic Impacts of Immigration, National Research Council, 1997. Available online at: http://www.nap.edu/catalog/5...

National Hockey League reported concussions, 1986-87 to 2001-02.

OBJECTIVES To examine the longitudinal media reported rate of concussions in the National Hockey League (NHL) over the period 1986-87 to 2001-02. METHODS All injury reports published in the weekly sports newspaper The Hockey News for the 16 seasons 1986-87 through 2001-02 were reviewed for reported concussions. The Hockey News reports are based on weekly injury reports released by the NHL, wh...