News
FOX Business | U.S. Labor Costs Point To Still-Benign Inflation
U.S. labor costs rose marginally in the third quarter, pointing to tame wage inflation that should allow the Federal Reserve to maintain its bond-buying program to stimulate the economy.
CNN Money | Tech firms now hiring more women than men
A curious thing has happened in the tech world. In an industry that has long been considered a boys club, suddenly firms are hiring more women than men.
Econ Comments & Analysis
WSJ | Latin Migrants Shift Sights From U.S. to Neighbors
It sounds like the typical American dream for an immigrant: Each month, Marco Antonio Serna sends $500 to his parents, wife and 17-year-old daughter back in Colombia. Except Mr. Serna, 43 years old, didn't migrate to the U.S. for work; he went to Chile, where he is employed at a small casino outside Santiago.
NY Post | Census ‘faked’ 2012 election jobs report
Just two years before the presidential election, the Census Bureau had caught an employee fabricating data that went into the unemployment report, which is one of the most closely watched measures of the economy.
NBER | Enforcement and Immigrant Location Choice
This paper investigates the effect of local immigration enforcement regimes on the migration decisions of the foreign born.
Blogs
Library of Economics | Bartender, Cashier, Cook, Janitor, Security Guard, Waiter
The human capital and signaling stories can both explain the existence of malemployment. But malemployment research still provides some of the most compelling evidence in favor of the signaling model.
