1. Farmer’s Folly: Bringing the Nikkei Godzilla to America
(Matching tags: economy, recession, unemployment, employment, consumption, stock market crash, asset prices, S&P 500, investment)

... that the wealth effect will stimulate consumption and investment and lower unemployment. But does the S&P 500 drive unemployment?  And how much of an intervention would have been required to ...

2. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, February 23 – March 8, 2013
(Matching tags: poverty, jobs, labor market, inequality, unemployment, paid sick days, women, employment)

The following is a collection of the latest labor market policy research reports: Center for Economic and Policy Research The Human Capital Dimensions of Sustainable Investment: What Investment Analysts ...

3. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, February 9 – 22, 2013
(Matching tags: immigration, labor market, inequality, unemployment, paid sick days, taxes, minimum wage, discrimination, small businesses, income taxes, in-home care)

... Chief Economist, on Unintended Consequences: Is Government Effectively Addressing the Unemployment Crisis? Chad Stone Economic Policy Institute Declining Value of the Federal Minimum Wage Is a Major ...

4. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, February 2 – 8, 2013
(Matching tags: health care, economy, jobs, labor market, unemployment, trade deficit, economic growth, climate change, affirmative action, manufacturing)

...  Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Introduction to Unemployment Insurance Chad Stone and William Chen Testimony of Jared Bernstein, Senior Fellow, Before the House Education and Workforce Committee ...

5. CEPR News January 2013
(Matching tags: imf, venezuela, inequality, unemployment, Haiti, Social Security, unions, medicare, minimum wage, Greece, eurozone)

The following highlights CEPR's latest research, publications, events and much more in January. CEPR on Haiti Haiti Relief and Reconstruction Watch blogger and CEPR International Research Associate ...

6. Fiscal Cliff Deal was a Raw Deal for Low-Income, Working-Class People
(Matching tags: economy, unemployment, taxes, Fiscal Cliff, EITC, low-income workers, Child Tax Credit)

... the federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation program through 2013. Since the deal doesn’t include any spending cuts (and just defers decisions about them for a few weeks), there’s no reason to celebrate ...

7. Back to Full Employment
(Matching tags: economy, recession, jobs, labor market, unemployment, recovery)

... Job creation is barely keeping up with population growth.  The marginal decline in the unemployment rate (from about 10 percent at its worst to just under 8 percent at the end of 2012) has been driven ...

8. Unemployment Falls, But Slow Job Growth Mixed With Deficit Reduction Could Make for an Even Slower Recovery
(Matching tags: jobs, unemployment, spending, Fiscal Cliff, retail, job growth, deficits)

The unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent in November, its lowest level since December of 2008. However, the immediate cause was a drop of 350,000 in the size of the labor market as reported employment ...

9. CEPR News November 2012
(Matching tags: poverty, jobs, inequality, unemployment, Haiti, unions, latin america, private equity, employment, marriage, Elections 2012, Fiscal Cliff, Hostess)

The following highlights CEPR's latest research, publications, events and much more. CEPR on the So-called “Fiscal Cliff” CEPR weighed in on the “Fiscal Cliff” debate, reminding everyone that – as ...

10. What We Can Still Learn from Germany and Denmark
(Matching tags: economy, unemployment, workers, work sharing, Germany, Great Recession)

Unemployment remains stubbornly high, and even since the end of the Great Recession, millions of Americans continue to suffer from long-term unemployment. In the hopes of fostering a greater understanding ...