Research and Commentary

Wisconsin’s Labor Protests: A Bellwether for Union Rights or Union Busting?

February 24, 2011, Gary Burtless

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Is the Arab Authoritarian Bargain Collapsing?

February 9, 2011, Raj M. Desai, Anders Olofsgård and Tarik Yousef

Mixed Signals on the Health of the Job Market

February 4, 2011, Gary Burtless

Fixing the Payroll Tax and Improving State Unemployment

January 27, 2011, Gary Burtless

Discouraging Gains in the Job Market

January 7, 2011, Gary Burtless

Notes on Behavioral Economics and Labor Market Policy

December 2010, Linda Babcock, William J. Congdon, Lawrence F. Katz and Sendhil Mullainathan

The Prognosis for the U.S. Job Market

December 23, 2010, Gary Burtless

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The Consequences of Metropolitan Manufacturing Decline: Testing Conventional Wisdom

December 16, 2010, Alec Friedhoff, Howard Wial and Harold Wolman

The Earnings and Social Security Contributions of Documented and Undocumented Mexican Immigrants

December 7, 2010, Gary Burtless and Audrey Singer

U.S. Job Market Remains in the Doldrums

December 3, 2010, Gary Burtless

Unemployment Benefits Cutoff - Heartless Or Tough Love?

December 3, 2010, Karen Dynan

Creating 21st Century Jobs: Increasing Employment and Wages for American Workers in a Changing World

December 2010

The Essential Role of Federal Labor Market Statistics

October 29, 2010, Andrew Reamer

Putting America to Work: The Essential Role of Federal Labor Market Statistics

September 27, 2010, Andrew Reamer

Latest Brookings Panel on Economic Activity

September 21, 2010, Justin Wolfers

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New Inequality Stunts Global Recovery

September 13, 2010, Kemal Derviş

Unemployment, Income Distribution and Macroeconomic Management Coming Together in Oslo

September 13, 2010, Kemal Derviş

The Long Road Back to Full Employment: How the Great Recession Compares to Previous U.S. Recessions

August 6, 2010, Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney

Public Oversight Roundtable on Washington's FY 2010 Summer Youth Program

August 2, 2010, Martha Ross

How Metropolitan Areas Can Help the United States Become an Export Nation

July 30, 2010, Emilia Istrate, Bruce Katz and Jonathan Rothwell

Labor Strikes and the Future of Chinese Social Policy

July 27, 2010, Cheng Li

Export Nation: U.S. Metropolitan Areas and National Export Growth

July 27, 2010, Bruce Katz

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How Metropolitan Areas in the Great Lakes Region Can Build on Exports

July 26, 2010, Jennifer Bradley, Emilia Istrate and Jonathan Rothwell

Labor Unrest in China

July 26, 2010, Cheng Li

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How Intermountain West Metros Can Lead National Export Growth

July 26, 2010, Emilia Istrate, Mark Muro and Jonathan Rothwell