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- 21 Sep 2015
- News
A Sustainable Success Story
County property. “Big picture,” he notes, “this was 2009, and we were newcomers in a rural area where the unemployment rate was 15 percent. We wanted to protect the forest for future generations, but we also started wondering if there... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: A Fair Share
have the experience, or maybe one of their friends does, of “Hey, I rented my car to a stranger, and it worked out well.” As more people have those experiences and they talk about it with their friends, it’s going to help them trust in these systems. What can we do to... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
When a Rainy Day Comes: The Economics of Happiness
involving some 300,000 individuals in Europe and the United States over the last 25 years. Participants were asked to describe their state of mind by selecting one of three answers: “very happy,” “fairly happy,” and “not too happy.” The authors found that the... View Details
- 07 Oct 2015
- What Do You Think?
What is the Best Immigration Model for the US?
to return to their countries of origin....” Ben commented that “We have a need for skilled and unskilled labor here (in the U.S.) and we value inclusion and integration... (But) I think our government shouldn’t copy any other country’s... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Where the Jobs Are
With U.S. economic recovery limping along and unemployment hovering above 9 percent, the Washington debate over regulatory and tax policies needed to spur economic revival has shifted into high gear. Outside the Washington Beltway, among... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Research Brief: Developing High-Tech Talent
United States. Fuller collaborated with labor market analytics firm Burning Glass Technologies—led by CEO Matt Sigelman (MBA 1999)—to identify occupations best suited for the apprenticeship model. One criterion: The occupation must... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
How DC is Taxing the Country
(photo by Brooks Kraft/Getty) Sunny jobs reports and shrinking unemployment numbers might give the impression that the US economic recovery is complete. Scratch beneath that surface, though, and a much bleaker trend emerges, says a new... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W15551 Labor Regulations and European Private Equity Authors:Ant Bozkaya and William R. Kerr Abstract European nations substitute between employment protection regulations and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Riding the WAVE | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
graduation, returning to her hometown of Lagos, Nigeria, to make good on the organization’s mission to combat youth unemployment by identifying, training, and placing graduates of the program’s 3-week training program in entry-level jobs.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Case Study: The Doctor Deficit
illustration by Pablo Amargo illustration by Pablo Amargo There is a doctor shortage in the United States, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges, which predicts that the deficit could increase to more than 90,000 doctors by 2025. Meanwhile, the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
A Market-Based Prescription
without coverage in the United States — to establish a tax-supported way to fund their health care. That said, in my view, meaningful reform almost always begins in the private sector. I am encouraged that many employers are offering new choices in health View Details
- 06 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?
in part because the population is aging. A key question for policymakers centers on whether local labor markets can adjust or whether a population drop tied to robots will lead to persistent levels of View Details
- 08 Jan 2014
- What Do You Think?
Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?
while creating new jobs more or less commensurate with the skills of the displaced workers. But things have changed since the technology is now able to think as well as perform tasks It is not easy to convert today's manual laborers to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Books
prisons, and garbage collection among them — has been attempted, When All Else Fails argues that government has been and will inevitably continue to be the nation's ultimate risk manager and insurer of last resort. Drawing on history and... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Where Are the Innovators in Health Care?
providers, abetted by legislators and insurance companies, have made it virtually impossible for them to succeed. Unlike any other U.S. industry, consumers do not set prices, yet they provide all the money through taxes for government... View Details
- 31 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
State and Local Governments Peer Into the Pandemic Abyss
saw 2.6 percentage points higher unemployment among their government workers,” researchers Daniel Green and Erik Loualiche write in a recent working paper, State and Local Government Employment in the COVID-19 Crisis. “A... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 03 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Forget About Making College Affordable; Make it a Good Investment
supply of skilled workers. Since unemployment rates for college graduates are much lower than for non-graduates and average incomes materially higher, more young people would presumably move down the path to economic independence.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Health Care: Telemedicine Has Arrived
drug and the FDA says it is safe and effective and doctors prescribe it, insurance generally will pay for it. But everyone is getting fed up with that approach—the ‘Pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli did not help—and we’ve reached a critical mass... View Details
- 01 Jan 2020
- What Do You Think?
Why Not Open America's Doors to All the World’s Talent?
of H-1B temporary foreign workers are at ‘Level IV’ (above the median wage) officially defined by the Department of Labor as those who are ‘fully competent.’” On the other hand, Ted G. argued, “The View Details
- 02 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping
benefits." As with his health insurance study, Olds acknowledges personal motivations for looking into the effects of SNAP. "I've never seen my mother working harder than when we were on Food Stamps, so I was skeptical that... View Details