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Schmitt, John; Warner, Kris - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2011

Some economic observers argue “structural unemployment” has increased in the wake of the Great Recession, but in this … paper we find little support for either of two arguments that suggest that structural unemployment has been on the rise. The … first argument focuses on the large increase in unemployment among construction workers. The second argument is that falling …

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The End of Loser Liberalism: Making Markets Progressive

Baker, Dean - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

Progressives need a fundamentally new approach to politics. They have been losing not just because conservatives have so much more money and power, but also because they have accepted the conservatives’ framing of political debates. They have accepted a framing where conservatives want market...

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The Wage and Employment Impact of Minimum-Wage Laws in Three Cities

Schmitt, John; Rosnick, David - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2011

This report analyzes the wage and employment effects of the first three city-specific minimum wages in the United States –San Francisco (2004), Santa Fe (2004), and Washington, DC (1993). We use data from a virtual census of employment in each of the three cities, surrounding suburbs, and...

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Labor Market Policy in the Great Recession: Some Lessons from Denmark and Germany

Schmitt, John - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2011

This paper reviews the recent labor-market performance of 21 rich countries, with a focus on Denmark and Germany. Denmark, which was widely seen as one of the world's most successful labor markets before the downturn, has struggled in recent years. Germany, however, has outperformed the rest of...

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It's So Hard to Get Good Help

Baker, Dean - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2012

There is a growing chorus of policy analysts and pundits telling the country that we could have millions more jobs in manufacturing, if only we had qualified workers. This claim has the interesting feature that it places responsibility for the lack of jobs on workers, not on the people who get...

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Pay for Play? Tax Credits for Paid Time Off

Baker, Dean - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2009

interest in additional stimulus in order to boost the economy and lower the unemployment rate. This paper briefly outlines a …

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Job Sharing: Tax Credits to Prevent Layoffs and Stimulate Employment

Baker, Dean - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2009

The unemployment rate is expected to average 10.2 percent for 2010, 9.1 percent for 2011, and 7.3 percent for 2012 …

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Work Sharing: The Quick Route Back to Full Employment

Baker, Dean - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2011

system of unemployment compensation, with shorttime compensation as an alternative to unemployment compensation. This means …) already have short-time compensation as an option under their unemployment insurance system. In these states a governmental …

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Is the U.S. Unemployment Rate Today Already as High as It Was in 1982?

Schmitt, John; Baker, Dean - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2009

In 1982, the United States experienced the highest annual unemployment rate since the Great Depression – 9.7 percent …. In principle, that rate is directly comparable to the 8.1 percent seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for February 2009 …, and suggests that current unemployment is still not as bad as it was in 1982. The official unemployment rate, however …

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The State and Local Drag on the Stimulus

Baker, Dean; Deutsch, Rivka - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2009

This report shows that the $787 billion included in the 2009 ARRA will not have as much of an immediate effect on the economy as initially anticipated. After subtracting the annual AMT patch and acounting for state level spending and tax cuts, the full effect of federal stimulus will equal a...

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