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Low Wages are Less Common Today and No More Persistent
Researchers find that a smaller fraction of workers today earn low wages than at any point since the early 1980s.
Many Americans believe that wages...
The Corporate Power Narrative: How Corporations Benefit from Economic Globalization
In an excerpt from their new book, Six Faces of Globalization: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why It Matters, Anthea Roberts and Nicolas Lamp...
The Profit Paradox: A New Approach to Competition and Market Power
Jan Eeckhout’s recent book The Profit Paradox is a serious attempt to explain rising market power and its implications to a wider audience. While...
Charting a Path Forward for College Athletes to Receive Pay
How should colleges pay their student-athletes? A likely model lies with another group of university students, who like near-pro athletes receive tuition waivers, health...
States Beat NCAA, Feds in Race Towards Student-Athlete Pay
For decades, NCAA amateurism regulations limited student-athlete benefits to scholarships and related stipends, even as revenues soared into the billion dollar range. Currently, the...
Do Employees Benefit From Worker Representation on Corporate Boards?
Mandated legislation of worker representation is unlikely to be the magic bullet some policy-makers have pictured. A new paper finds workers may benefit from...
Do Companies Invest In Corporate Social Responsibility At the Expense of Their Employees?
The past decade has seen companies increasing investments in initiatives of corporate social responsibility (CSR), such as donating a share of profits to charity....
Millennials and Gen Z Are Willing to Accept Lower Wages to Work in More Sustainable Firms
Firms in more environmentally friendly sectors are better able to attract and retain talent and at lower wages. Millennials and Gen Z, who are...
The Effects of Student Debt Forgiveness
While student loan forgiveness is undoubtedly expensive, research suggests that individuals whose debt is forgiven get better jobs, experience higher mobility, and are ultimately...
Covid Economics: Social Distancing and the Relevant Benefits of Cost-Benefit Analysis
ProMarket reviews the most recent and interesting academic papers on the ongoing pandemic:Â Michael Greenstone and Vishan Nigam of the University of Chicago estimate that...
