Cutting Benefits by 50% to Combat Youth Unemployment—Do Young People Get Back to Work Sooner?

The Journal of Human Resources is a leading journal in empirical microeconomics, with a focus on policy-relevant research.

Policies aimed at tackling youth unemployment are a key priority for policymakers because unemployment when young is known to have

No Evidence of Labor Market Disruptions Due to Sick Pay Mandates

The United States is one of very few OECD countries where employers provide sick pay only voluntarily. This has led

In a unique historical episode, between April and September of 1980, 120,000 low-skilled Cubans arrived in Miami. The sudden nature

The pay of CEOs and other top executives has been the focus of academic and policy debates given its sharp

When a popular drug is pulled from the market, what happens to those who suffer from chronic pain? Researchers find

Inside Higher Ed story “Importing Apprenticeships” cites a JHR paper that investigates the payoffs and tradeoffs of more job focused