March 8, 2022
Looking at women's invisible work, we also see the relatively small amount done by men in most countries and the pay that was foregone.
February 16, 2022
As Covid restrictions and precautions subside and we return to work, we can ask how normal the four day workweek will become.
February 9, 2022
Using OECD data, when we compare U.S. jobs markets to other countries, the U.S. fares pretty well with quantity but not as much for quality.
January 18, 2022
When we look at dog walking economics, we can see many of the market characteristics that Adam Smith cited long ago.
November 26, 2021
Trying to understand the gender pay gap, researchers correlated college majors, occupational choices, and wages.
November 24, 2021
A basic part of Broadway economics is the "cost disease" that plays "catch" from higher wage industries that benefit from more productivity.
November 5, 2021
In Europe and the U.S., pandemic labor shortages have nudged vineyards towards grape picking robots and pruners.
October 25, 2021
Also called the Great Resignation, for a slew of reasons, labor turnover increased as the pandemic started to subside.
October 20, 2021
Whether looking at Germany's minimum wage hike or David Card's classic 1992 study, still raising the minimum wage can be controversial.
August 13, 2021
July 11, 2021
Asking about the 4-day workweek, we can look at the answers from a recent study in Iceland and also at Sweden, Germany, and Italy.
May 28, 2021
Where and why we move takes us to our migration patterns, to our transportation infrastructure, and to truck driver shortages.