1. The Productivity Dividend for Dummies: Raising Pay While Working Less
(Matching tags: europe, environment, productivity, climate change, work)

I am greatly pleased to see such interest in CEPR’s recent report on work hours and climate change.  All evidence points to the idea that gradually reducing annual labor hours per worker will reduce ...

2. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, November 17 – 30, 2012
(Matching tags: debt, jobs, retirement, labor market, paid family leave, environment, wages, deficit)

Here's a roundup of labor market research reports released over the past two weeks: Center for American Progress Workers Deserve Equal Access to Paid Leave and Workplace Flexibility Sarah Jane Glynn ...

3. Environmental, Labor Concerns Overlooked in Rush to Build Caracol Park
(Matching tags: reconstruction, garment industry, iadb, new york times, garment factories, economy, jobs, unions, environment, minimum wage, accountability)

... takes a detailed look at the new Caracol industrial park being built in northeastern Haiti, finding that in their rush to show reconstruction progress the plan’s backers have overlooked labor and environmental ...

4. Fracking Nonsense: The Job Myth of Gas Drilling
(Matching tags: economy, jobs, labor market, environment)

... uncountable new jobs, without running up government deficits, and even save us from global warming in the process.  So how come local residents and environmentalists oppose fracking? The short answer ...