The growing divergence in U.S. employee relations is described through a review of national and state-level changes to employment protection laws. Major employment laws are reviewed, as are the significant exceptions to the laws, and exemptions to the exceptions. Major regulatory actions, as...

We examine the impact of employment protection legislation (EPL) on individual firms' growth opportunities, as measured by Tobin's q. On the one hand, by increasing job security, EPL spurs innovation effort. Yet that boost only occurs in firms with little comparative advantage at original...

The article presents tax policy of every president of the United States in 1975–2008. Starting from period which is previous to Ronald Reagan’s reforms, which is asummed as a starting period of carried analysis, through reaganomics, Bill Clinton’s reforms, up to the changes introduced by...

This paper asks how well Okun’s Law fits short-run unemployment movements in the United States since 1948 and in twenty advanced economies since 1980. We find that Okun’s Law isa strong and stable relationship in most countries, one that did not change substantiallyduring the Great...

Deunionizing the private sector -- Taking aim at the 88% : remaking the non-union economy -- The destruction of public schooling -- Silencing labor's voice : the campaign to remove unions from politics