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Who Benefits from a Jobless Boom?
US economic output is booming despite very weak job growth. By definition, this means existing workers are producing more. Many workers, ...
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Labor Market Conditions and Impulse
Labor markets can deteriorate very rapidly, resulting in an economic recession. As such, economists monitor conditions closely. Currently...
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New Mexico’s Oil Boom Continues
New Mexico made news with the state’s impressive plan to offer universal child care. I wrote about this a couple years ago. At the time, ...
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Union Membership in 2023
According to calculations from Current Population Survey microdata released today, the union membership rate in 2023 was 10.0 percent, do...
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Productivity-Pay Gap: Composition Issues
Some tools for thinking about the economy worked less well during the pandemic. One such instance involves the productivity-pay gap. A fa...
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Investing In America
The phrase “investing in America” may be associated with children, infrastructure, or alternatives to pollution. I tend to think about th...
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Where is Housing Being Built?
Housing affordability is a major issue in the US, and has spread into smaller metro areas. While demand for housing has sent prices well ...
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Population Growth Rebounded in 2023
Population growth returned to pre-pandemic trends in 2023, according to Census estimates released Monday. The US added 1.6 million people...
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Real Wage Measures
There’s been renewed discussion about real wages and the associated measurement issues. The main issue concerning these data in 2020 and ...
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New Mexico’s Oil Boom
While the US invests in climate-related initiatives and alternatives to fossil fuels, domestic oil production is also at an all time high...
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Sources of Household Spending
The vibes debate popped back up last week. I wrote about this in September and in more depth earlier this month. Part of the recent discu...
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Trends in Hours Worked in the US
US average hours worked were stagnant before COVID-19 but fell in the last two years for ostensibly positive reasons. The US would need l...