Background
Abraham, Katharine Gail was born on August 28, 1954 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Daughter of William Hamilton and Roberta Taylor (Grannis) Abraham.
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American employers rely heavily on layoffs to reduce the size of their work force during downturns. While layoffs are unavoidable in any competitive economy, they are far more common in the United States than in other industrialized countries. But can US workers be offered more secure employment without burdening the companies that employ them?. Katharine Abraham and Susan Houseman address this question by comparing labor adjustment practices in the US where existing policies arguably encourage layoffs, with those in Germany, a country with much stronger job protection for workers. Based on statistical analysis of the two countries' manufacturing sectors, they conclude that German policies generally have been successful in providing workers with more stable employment without inhibiting labour adjustment. In their assessment of the German experience, Abraham and Houseman emphasize the interaction of various labour market policies. Stronger job security in Germany has been accompanied by an unemployment insurance system that facilitates short-term work as a substitute for layoffs. In the US the unemployment insurance system has encouraged layoffs while discouraging the use of work-sharing schemes. The authors recommend reforms of the US unemployment insurance system that include stronger experience rating and an expansion of short-term compensation programs. They also point to the critical link between job security and the system of worker training in Germany, and advocate policies that would encourage more training by US companies.
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Abraham, Katharine Gail was born on August 28, 1954 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Daughter of William Hamilton and Roberta Taylor (Grannis) Abraham.
Student, Carleton College, 1974. Bachelor of Science in Economics, Iowa State University, 1976. Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, Harvard University, 1982.
Assistant professor industrial relations Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1980-1985, associate professor, 1985—1987. Research associate Brookings Institute, Washington, 1985-1987. Associate professor economics University Maryland, College Park, 1987-1991, professor, 1991-1997, professor, Joint Program in Survey Methdology, faculty associate Maryland Population Research Center, since 2002.
Commissioner Bureau Labor Statistics United States Department Labor, Washington, 1993—2001. Research analyst, National Bureau Economic Research, 1980-1982, faculty research fellow, 1982-1985, research associate, 1987-1995, since 2002. Guest scholar Brookings Institute, 1988-1991.
Visiting professor, visiting research scholar, Woodrow Wilson School, 2002. Member Advisory Committee on Labour & Income Statistics, Statistics Canada, 2003-2007. Member Social Security Advisory Board Technical Panel on Assumptions & Methods, 2003.
Member Panel Study of Income Dynamics, 2006-2009, chair board overseers, since 2009.
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Member American Economic Association (vice president, board member Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession, 2005-2008, chair, Committee on Economics Statistics, 2006-2009, vice president, executive committee member, 2008, chair Committee on Government Relations, since 2009) Industrial Relations Research Association (member executive board, 1995-1998) National Research Council (member Committee on National Statistics, 2004, chair Panel Studying the Design of Nonmarket Accounts, Committee on National Statistics, National Research Council, 2002-2004). Fellow American Statistical Association, since 2003, Society Labor Economists, since 2007.
Married Graham Neil Horkley, May 25, 1985. Children: Ian Robert Horkley, Benjamin William Horkley.