Browsing PERC Publications by Subject "Labor"

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    • Coronavirus Economics: The Impact of Shutting Down Meatpacking Plants 
      Jansen, Dennis W.; Liu, Liqun; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2020-10-01)
      Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Covid-19 infections at meatpacking plants led to shutdowns across the United States. Beef became scarcer and with higher consumer prices, while ranchers received lower prices for their beef. ...
    • Effects of the Minimum Wage on the Nonprofit Sector 
      Meer, Jonathan; Tajali, Hedieh (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2022-12-20)
      The nonprofit sector’s ability to absorb increases in labor costs differs from the private sector in a number of ways. We analyze how nonprofits are affected by changes in the minimum wage utilizing data from the Bureau ...
    • Testing Risk Dominance and Payoff Dominance in Repeated Global Stag Hunt Games 
      Van Huyck, John; Viriyavipart, Ajalavat (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2015-01-01)
      This article was published as part of the PERCspectives on Research Newsletter, Winter 2015 Edition.
    • What Happened to Rosie? 
      Carr|, Jillian Beaugez|Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2015-02-01)
      Identifying the relationship between wartime work and women’s lifetime outcomes is difficult due to scant work histories from the 1940s. This study identifies “Rosie the Riveters� using data from the 1973 Current ...
    • What Happened to Rosie? 
      Rettenmaier, Andrew J.; Carr, Jillian B. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2015-01-01)