This brief presents contrasting views on the effects of public infrastructure investment on private sector productivity. Aschauer states that the slower rate of productivity growth since the early 1970s--coupled with an aging population, the declining proportion of workers to the total...

Recent survey results and anecdotal evidence appear to indicate that workers sometimes sacrifice job opportunities by remaining in their current position in order to retain health benefits. If "job-lock" is real, the nation pays an economic price in terms of a misallocation of workersamong...