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Marketplace: What the monthly jobs report can — and can’t — tell us about the labor market
“’The employment report gives us information from two totally different points of view. We have information in the employment report from what we call establis…
The New Yorker: Does the president have control over inflation?
“Wendy Edelberg, the director of the Hamilton Project and a senior fellow in economics at the Brookings Institution, agreed. ‘It’s true, the American Rescue Pl…
Marketplace: March jobs report shows more signs of cooling labor market
“In a labor market with lots of job openings and not a lot of job seekers, employers have to raise pay. That’s great for individual workers, but not always gre…
Democrats aren’t saying much about reducing poverty and unemployment. Why?
“Studies by the Census Bureau and by poverty expert Robert Greenstein have found that inclusive and targeted programs have both been important in reducing hard…
The Washington Post: Same-gender female couples make $30,000 less a year than their male counterparts
"The research, undertaken by the Brookings Institution’s Hamilton Project, an economic-focused policy think tank, found an income gap of nearly $30,000 between…
Axios: Women in same-gender partnerships face a double pay gap
"A new analysis from The Hamilton Project, a policy think tank at The Brookings Institution, offers new info, delving into five years of Census data on same-ge…
The New York Times: Dream of buying a home gets harder for single mothers
"Just before the pandemic, in January 2020, 81 percent of single mothers were participating in the labor force, meaning they were working or looking for work, …
Removing policy obstacles to competitive labor markets
In a new blog, Ryan Nunn outlines reforms to occupational licensing and non-compete contracts that would boost labor market competition and benefit workers.
