Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Previous Trends Continue: More Evidence that Supply Matters

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Copyright, The New York Times Company The supply of various types of workers has increased during the recession, continuing an earlier trend...
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Elderly Employment during the Recession: Supply or Demand?

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Copyright, The New York Times Company The supply of elderly workers increased during the recession, and employment rates of the elderly incr...
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Why Hasn't Employment of the Elderly Fallen?

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Copyright, The New York Times Company While employment rates have fallen sharply among the general population, they have not done so among t...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Where a Minimum-Wage Increase Would Bite

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Copyright, The New York Times Company Last week I explained how I estimated that the July 2009 federal minimum-wage increase reduced nation...
Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Kudlow Clip

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Friday, July 8, 2011

Teen Employment Increases Almost One Million

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Based on my view that labor supply always matters, last month I predicted that teen employment would increase the summer, much like summers...
Wednesday, July 6, 2011

How to Create Jobs and Cut the Deficit

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Copyright, The New York Times Company Another federal minimum-wage increase would not, as some proponents promise, create jobs, but would re...
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Back from Vacation

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I figured that I should spend my Euros while they still mean something. Not in Greece, though.

Summertime Blues for Teenagers

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Copyright, The New York Times Company Many teenagers cannot find work this summer , victims of a weak economy and a situation made worse by ...
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

The Misunderstood Mortgage Interest Deduction

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Copyright, The New York Times Company The home-mortgage interest deduction does not by itself significantly distort housing markets. Too muc...
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