Working-age Americans work longer hours than adults in other industrialized countries. At the same time, the United States. has one of the least equal income distributions of any rich country. This paper provides a cross-national analysis of the impact of the exceptional U.S. income distribution...

North America offers lessons about policies that help sustain low unemployment. This article examines the effects of supply-side policies, which boost the skills of the workforce and improve microeconomic incentives facing workers and employers. Two supply-side policies were expanded after the...