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Working Paper No. 198Earnings Inequality and the Quality of Jobs
The increase in earnings inequality in the United States is now a widely accepted fact that much economics literature has attempted to explain. Philip Moss, of the University of Massachusetts Lowell, examines the increase in inequality, evaluates the frequently given explanations for it, and offers an improved methodology for determining its causes. -
Working Paper No. 197
Minimum Wage and Justice?
Opposition to the minimum wage, according to Resident Scholar Oren M. Levin-Waldman, ultimately rests on a popular political philosophy and a popular economic theory. The popular version of classical liberal philosophy stresses individualism over the common project and accordingly puts the employer’s right to pay low wages over the common goal of a high-wage economy. […] -
Working Paper No. 196
Skiki vono ko shtuvalo?
After the collapse of the Soviet bloc many of the transition economies experienced significant inflation, largely because their new monetary authorities and undeveloped tax infrastructure induced them to resort to generating revenue through seignorage. In Ukraine inflation rates reached as high as 133 percent per month. Traditional monetary theory holds that raising revenue through money […] -
Press ReleaseMerging Welfare and Existing Unemployment Programs Would Improve Success of Welfare to Work
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Working Paper No. 195
“Multiracials,†Racial Classification, and American Intermarriage—The Public’s Interest
How the census of 2000 is to count “multiracial” people is a hot topic in Washington. A federal task force presented a draft of its recommendations in July, and the Office of Management and Budget, after hearing reactions, will make a final ruling in late October. As immigration and intermarriage increase, this issue is becoming […] -
Public Policy Brief No. 31A New Path from Welfare to Work
The author of this brief asks why welfare, workforce development, and unemployment insurance are operated as separate entities. If the goal of the new welfare law is to end dependency and foster a work ethic, then it needs to be tied more closely to existing policy aimed at developing the workforce. Instead of viewing the […] -
Public Policy Brief Highlight No. 31A New Path from Welfare to Work
The author of this brief asks why welfare, workforce development, and unemployment insurance are operated as separate entities. If the goal of the new welfare law is to end dependency and foster a work ethic, then it needs to be tied more closely to existing policy aimed at developing the workforce. Instead of viewing the […] -
Working Paper No. 194
The Working Poor
Most Americans believe that if they work hard, they should not be poor. Although recent government welfare reform policy is aimed at encouraging people to work more, seven to nine million working Americans remain poor. Visiting Scholar Marlene Kim, of the School of Labor and Management Relations, Cook College, Rutgers University, asks, Why are there […] -
Working Paper No. 193
The Impact of Declining Union Membership on Voter Participation among Democrats
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Report May 1997
Alicia H. Munnell, member of the Council of Economic Advisers, discusses Social Security, the Consumer Price Index, and income inequality in The Levy Report Interview. Contents: Seventh Annual Conference on Financial Structure: Developments in the Financial System: National and International Perspectives * The Levy Report Interview: Alicia H. Munnell Discusses the Future of Social Security, […] -
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The Case for Retargeting Tax Subsidies to Broaden Health Care Coverage
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Public Policy Brief Highlight No. 30
Prescription for Health Care Policy
With health care delivery increasingly shaped by market and budgetary discipline, the provision of health care for all seems an ever-more-distant goal.The high cost of American health care is the inevitable by-product of its method of financing. Walter M. Cadette proposes shifting the tax subsidies to health care from the tax exclusion of employment-based health […]