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Essays in Labor Economics
Anaholy, Shatil
Anaholy, Shatil
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In this dissertation, I explore various aspects of labor market conditions in light of recent events using recent causal inference techniques. In the first chapter, I investigate the causal effects of the recent adoption of Right-to-work laws on various labor market indicators. Utilizing a staggered difference-in-differences framework, I uncover a significant decline in union coverage and membership, primarily driven by the private sector, following adopting right-to-work laws. Additionally, I observe a persistent downward trend in employment and wages, suggesting a weakening of union bargaining power. Further, the study reveals a decrease in the share of Republican legislators in states that implement right-to-work laws.
In the second chapter, I examine whether remote workability of occupations influenced retirement decisions among older workers. Using a cross-sectional dataset and a linear regression model with difference-in-differences estimation, I find that remote workability did not significantly affect retirement decisions in the short run. However, in the long run, remote work negatively impacts retirement, with a 0.6% lower likelihood of retirement for older workers with remote workable jobs. This effect remains consistent across generations.
The third chapter of this dissertation investigates the impact of workplace flexibility introduced by telework on female labor supply during the pandemic. I find that women generally work fewer hours than men. However, women in teleworkable jobs tend to work more hours than those in non-teleworking jobs. Interestingly, while women’s average working hours have not changed significantly since pre-pandemic levels, men’s average working hours have gone down than the pre-pandemic average. Additionally, I observe that being in a teleworkable job reduces men’s average working hours by 0.44 hour.
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2024-01-01
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University of Kansas
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Economics, applied microeconomics, collective burgaining, gender, labor economics, remote work, unions