1. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, March 16 – 22, 2013
(Matching tags: immigration, education, budget, globalization, work, job market)

... Oakford Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Ryan Budget Would Undermine Safety Net’s Work Supports  Sharon Parrott Economic Policy Institute Using Standard Models to Benchmark the Costs ...

2. Gender, Debt, and Dropping Out
(Matching tags: labor market, education, college, women, employment, work, men, college degree, high school degree)

The latest issue of the peer-reviewed academic journal, Gender and Society, has an excellent paper by Rachel Dwyer, Randy Hodson, and Laura McCloud on “Gender, Debt, and Dropping Out of College” (which ...

3. 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 ...