Elizabeth Weber Handwerker
Biographic Data
| ID | 353386 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth Weber Handwerker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth Weber |
| FAMILY NAME | Handwerker |
| SIGNATURE | HANDWERKER E W |
| AFFILIATIONS | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Washington DC USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8700-4132 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Contagion of Labor
Some facts about concentrated labor markets in the United States
We estimate employer concentration by occupation in the United States from 2003 to 2018. Findings include the following: (1) concentration is a characteristic of small labor markets; (2) patterns of concentrated employment differ from patterns of employment in very large employers, with overlap largely in the public sector; (3) the public sector and hospital industry play prominent roles in concentrated employment; (4) more concentrated labor mar…
Outsourcing, Occupationally Homogeneous Employers, and Wage Inequality in the United States
This paper develops measures of the occupational homogeneity of employers as indicators of outsourcing. Findings are threefold. First, wages are strongly related to occupational homogeneity, particularly for workers in low-wage occupations. Second, by some measures, workers—particularly those in higher-wage occupations—saw their employing establishments become more occupationally homogeneous during 2004–19. Third, changes in the occupational homo…
Delaying Retirement to Pay for College
Does sending children to college affect the contemporaneous labor supply of older workers? Drawing on biennial waves of the Health and Retirement Survey from 1992-2006, the author tracks the labor supply of parents before and after they send their children to college and shows that parents delay retirement while they are financing their children's college education. Controlling for the total number of children who ever attend college and the tota…
Delaying Retirement to Pay for College
Does sending children to college affect the contemporaneous labor supply of older workers? Drawing on biennial waves of the Health and Retirement Survey from 1992-2006, the author tracks the labor supply of parents before and after they send their children to college and shows that parents delay retirement while they are financing their children's college education. Controlling for the total number of children who ever attend college and the tota…
The Contagion of Labor
Delaying Retirement to Pay for College
Does sending children to college affect the contemporaneous labor supply of older workers? Drawing on biennial waves of the Health and Retirement Survey from 1992-2006, the author tracks the labor supply of parents before and after they send their children to college and shows that parents delay retirement while they are financing their children's college education. Controlling for the total number of children who ever attend college and the tota…
Outsourcing, Occupationally Homogeneous Employers, and Wage Inequality in the United States
This paper develops measures of the occupational homogeneity of employers as indicators of outsourcing. Findings are threefold. First, wages are strongly related to occupational homogeneity, particularly for workers in low-wage occupations. Second, by some measures, workers—particularly those in higher-wage occupations—saw their employing establishments become more occupationally homogeneous during 2004–19. Third, changes in the occupational homo…
Some facts about concentrated labor markets in the United States
We estimate employer concentration by occupation in the United States from 2003 to 2018. Findings include the following: (1) concentration is a characteristic of small labor markets; (2) patterns of concentrated employment differ from patterns of employment in very large employers, with overlap largely in the public sector; (3) the public sector and hospital industry play prominent roles in concentrated employment; (4) more concentrated labor mar…
The Contagion of Labor
Business (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Labour economics (4 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (3 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (2 works) · Affect (linguistics) (1 work) · College education (1 work) · Digital Economy and Work Transformation (1 work) · Economic growth (1 work)