I’d go beyond Kuhn to argue Manning’s excellent book should be titled “Random matching with ex-ante wage posting in motion”
17 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in labour economics, labour supply Tags: job search, labour market search, monopsony, search and matching
Is there an upper limit for #Fightfor15 logic for further pay rises? What if they are wrong?
16 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, minimum wage, poverty and inequality, survivor principle
If wages go up under the minimum wage increase but employment does not fall, where does the extra output and revenue come from to cover the greater payroll bill?
Even small minimum wage increase have ambiguous employment effects under monopsonistic competition
16 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, minimum wage, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, survivor principle Tags: offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
Friedman Fundamentals: What We Learned About 70% Tax Rates 50 Years Ago
16 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, economics of education, entrepreneurship, fiscal policy, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics Tags: taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, taxation and labour supply
The Nobel Lecture: Equilibrium in the Labour Market with Search Frictions
14 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in business cycles, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, unemployment, unions, welfare reform Tags: job search, labour market search, search and matching
Policy Briefs: Edward Lazear On How To Reduce Income Inequality
12 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economics of education, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, occupational regulation, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: child poverty, family poverty
When a Spaniard moved to backward Minnesota
10 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle, unions Tags: employment law, employment protection laws, employment regulation
Why do Chinese British women earn more than white British men? White privilege?
10 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: racial discrimination
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