Awarded Projects

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Low-Wage Work in France

Awarded Scholars:
Philippe Askenazy, Ecole Normale Supérieure Thomas Piketty, Ecole Normale Supérieure Ève Caroli, University Paris X Jérôme Gautié, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

Project Date: Jun 2004

Award Amount: $589,763

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Awarded Scholars:
Jacob Eskilden, Aarhus School of Business Klaus Grunert, Aarhus School of Business Hans Jorn Juhl, Aarhus School of Business Niels Westergaard-Nielsen, Aarhus School of Business, Denmark Sara McGaughey, Copenhagen Business School Niels Moller, Technical University of Denmark Ole Sorensen, Technical University of Denmark

Project Date: Jun 2004

Award Amount: $550,659

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Race, Families, and Success in Small Business: A Comparison of African-American, Asian, and White-Owned Businesses

Awarded Scholars:
Robert Fairlie, University of California, Santa Cruz Alicia Robb, Foundation for Sustainable Development

Project Date: Nov 2004

Award Amount: $18,000

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Skilled Migration

Awarded Scholars:
Jagdish Bhagwati, Columbia University

Project Date: Nov 2004

Award Amount: $20,000

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Impacts of the Illinois Minimum Wage: Employment, Hours, and Labor Substitution in the Fast Food Industry

Awarded Scholars:
Elizabeth Powers, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Joseph Persky, University of Illinois, Chicago Ron Baiman, University of Illinois, Chicago

Project Date: Nov 2004

Award Amount: $89,967

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Continuity and Change in Low-Wage Work in Retail Trade in the United States

Awarded Scholars:
Françoise Carré, University of Massachusetts, Boston Chris Tilly, University of Massachusetts, Boston

Project Date: Nov 2004

Award Amount: $150,542

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The Global Call Center Research Project, Part II: An International Comparison of Low-Wage Service Workers

Awarded Scholars:
Rosemary Batt, Cornell University

Project Date: Nov 2004

Award Amount: $71,916

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The Effect of Criminal Background Checks on Hiring of Ex-Offenders

Awarded Scholars:
Shawn D. Bushway, University of Maryland, College Park Michael A. Stoll, University of California, Los Angeles

Project Date: Mar 2005

Award Amount: $30,394

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Off the Radar Screen: Case Studies of Unregulated Jobs in Chicago and New York City

Awarded Scholars:
Annette Bernhardt, National Employment Law Project James DiFilippis, Baruch College, City University of New York

Project Date: Jun 2005

Award Amount: $100,000

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The Consequences of Temporary Agency Employment for Low-Skilled Workers

Awarded Scholars:
David Autor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Susan Houseman, W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Project Date: Nov 2005

Award Amount: $161,290

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