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Item The effect of paid parental leave in the United States on young women's employment and earnings, and the family wage gap(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Agriculture, 2017) Inglis, Myron Robert Jeremy; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Wendy A. StockUsing March Current Population Survey data from 1994-2015, this paper examines the effect of paid parental leave in the United States on young women's employment and earnings, and the family wage gap. The family wage gap is the difference in earnings between parents and non-parents. Paid parental leave laws in California and New Jersey are exploited for a quasi-natural experiment using difference-in-difference-in-difference empirical models. Results show robust evidence that paid parental leave has negative impacts on young women's employment and earnings. Estimated impacts vary by education level, with employment effects concentrated among young women without a bachelor's degree, and earnings effects concentrated among young women with only some college experience. Additionally, results also show weakly suggestive evidence that paid parental leave decreases the family wage gap for both mothers and fathers.Item Employment effects of prevailing wage laws(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Agriculture, 2016) Conant, Portia Anne; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Christiana StoddardState prevailing wage laws require that construction workers hired by private contractors on public works projects be paid minimum wages equal to corresponding market wages within a given locality. This analysis uses individual-level data from the Current Population Survey and state-level data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and Bureau of Labor Statistics to estimate effects of prevailing wage laws on construction worker employment. The empirical strategy exploits the repeal of ten states' prevailing wage laws from 1979 - 1995, incorporating both contemporaneous and lagged effects. Findings include a five to nine percentage point probability increase in construction worker employment associated with repeal of prevailing wage laws. Extended analysis includes estimates of differential effects for groups of construction workers by skill-level and race. Findings suggest a strong positive employment effect for construction workers in general, with little evidence to suggest that sub-groups of construction workers are differentially affected by race or skill-level. Exceptions include a five percentage point decrease in probability of construction employment associated with Hispanic workers after three or more years, and an eleven percentage point increase in probably of employment associated with laborers within the first two years of repeal.Item Opportunities and outcomes in the U.S. labor market, 1967-1981(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Agriculture, 1984) Romeo, Charles JohnItem The changing values of amenities : how, when, and why amenities change in value : an economic analysis(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Agriculture, 2003) Patton, JeRome RichardItem The effectiveness of trade adjustment assistance : a case study(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Agriculture, 1976) Miller, Diane Pauline CarlsonItem Market reaction to executive compensation disclosure : evidence from the Security and Exchange Commission's 1992 disclosure initiatives(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Agriculture, 2008) Sullivan, Jared James Crofts; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: James R. Brown.The SEC's disclosure initiatives passed in 1992 required increased levels of executive compensation disclosure accompanied by new formats for disclosure. I examine the market response to this new regulation at the firm level. I also test for external information spillovers. I find no evidence that the market systematically values the additional information provided by the new proxy format. I also find no evidence of new information spillovers being created by the new disclosure mandates; lending no support for proscriptive regulations.