Sources of Wage Inequality?
TopicsWages/CompensationLabor Press The conventional explanation for growing wage inequality is often referred to as the skills-biased towards technical change theory. This holds that with...
View ArticleMitchell’s Musings 6-30-14: The Hole in the Middle
Daniel J.B. Mitchell TopicsUnemployment - Jobs Deficit/GrowthMaybe what we need is a Grand Project like the 1960s man-on-the-Moon undertaking.MitchellMusings 6-30-14.pdf
View ArticleMitchell’s Musings 7-7-14: All Incomes Are Not Created Equal
Daniel J.B. Mitchell TopicsWages/CompensationPoll results on income inequality produce some surprising results. Those groups that want to harness discontent over income inequality or other issues may...
View ArticleCan a New Brand of Union Help America's Workers?
TopicsWages/CompensationClick here to read Tom Kochan's Fortune column, "Can a New Brand of Union Help America's Workers?"Hardly a day goes by when American unions are not attacked from some quarter:...
View ArticleMitchell’s Musing 7-14-14: The California State Budget: Will a Rainy Day Fund...
Daniel J.B. Mitchell TopicsPublic-Sector Employment IssuesA standard "solution" for state and local fiscal problems is to build up a "rainy day" fund. California will have such a fund on the ballot....
View ArticleMitchell’s Musings 7-21-14: Coordination Failure or Success?
Daniel J.B. Mitchell TopicsUnemployment - Jobs Deficit/GrowthThe rise and fall of workforce participation has certain bubble-like characteristics. MitchellMusings 7-21-14.pdf
View ArticleBrief, Amicus Curiae, of Ellen Dannin, Attorney, in Support of the Decision...
TopicsLabor and Employment LawThe Northwestern University litigation shows that this is a simple case in which the employer hastried – at great length – to make complex by, for example, arguing that...
View ArticleIn Market Basket Protests, 3 Lessons For Corporate America
TopicsLabor Management RelationsClick here to read Tom Kochan's "In Market Basket Protests, 3 Lessons For Corporate America."One of the most remarkable examples of a collective workforce effort to...
View ArticleWhy a Win for Anti-Choice Protesters Might Also Strengthen Workers’ Rights to...
TopicsLabor Management RelationsClick here to read Marvit's "Why a Win for Anti-Choice Protesters Might Also Strengthen Workers’ Rights to Strike."This
View ArticleWhy a Win for Anti-Choice Protesters Might Also Strengthen Workers’ Rights to...
TopicsLabor Management RelationsClick here to read Marvit's "Why a Win for Anti-Choice Protesters Might Also Strengthen Workers’ Rights to Strike."This year at the Supreme Court, organized labor lost a...
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