News
CNN Money | Companies ramp up fight against $10.10 wage
A new commercial went up on cable news channels last week from the Employment Policies Institute, a group backed by the restaurant industry and business groups, featuring a fortune teller who predicts job losses from a minimum wage increase.
USA Today | Unemployment a crisis for youth
Youth unemployment is one such problem. Young people face higher hurdles to and in the job market. They have fewer skills, less work experience and smaller networks.
Econ Comments & Analysis
WSJ | Then There's the Real Minimum Wage: Zero
Amid all the national discussion about raising the minimum wage, it's easy to forget that there are thousands, if not millions, of Americans who work for less than the minimum wage—some even for negative wages (imagine that). Principal among these less-than-the-minimum are self-employed workers, tradesmen and women and small business owners, especially those starting new businesses.
NBER | Job Displacement and the Duration of Joblessness: The Role of Spatial Mismatch
This paper presents a new approach to the measurement of the effects of spatial mismatch that takes advantage of matched employer-employee administrative data integrated with a person-specific job accessibility measure, as well as demographic and neighborhood characteristics.
