One of our most-read pieces of 2015 looked at why male wages are stagnating: https://t.co/oxOm9FAe37 pic.twitter.com/hcWqz5OTvA
— Brookings Econ (@BrookingsEcon) December 29, 2015
Why aren’t female wages stagnating?
30 Dec 2015 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economic history, gender, labour economics Tags: gender wage gap, middle-class wage stagnation
Some demographics of middle-class wage stagnation
23 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in labour economics, labour supply, poverty and inequality Tags: ageing society, labour demographics, middle-class wage stagnation, wage stagnation
CHART: Here's one explanation for stagnant/declining real median household income: the Aging of America. http://t.co/ADSWKwiuzA—
Mark J. Perry (@Mark_J_Perry) June 08, 2015
Why no (top 1% driven) middle class wage stagnation in (non-unionised) technologically progressive industries?
11 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
.@CEAChair: Higher productivity needed for increases in income on.wsj.com/1E4jGDQ @MarkMuro1 Agreed. Proof here http://t.co/oZ76aeQdiq—
Jonathan T. Rothwell (@jtrothwell) March 11, 2015
Wages & productivity are growing together in high R&D-STEM industries brook.gs/1D5Pqxc @CEAChair @MarkMuro1 http://t.co/fe5MDomJqE—
Jonathan T. Rothwell (@jtrothwell) March 11, 2015
Further evidence of the success of the 1996 US welfare reforms and a lack of wage stagnation
03 May 2015 1 Comment
in economic growth, economic history, labour economics, labour supply, politics - USA, welfare reform Tags: middle-class wage stagnation, top 1%, US welfare reforms, wage stagnation
http://t.co/l7NzR1byNF—
EPI Chart Bot (@epichartbot) April 27, 2015
http://t.co/VZTp2A0H8n—
EPI Chart Bot (@epichartbot) April 05, 2015
The Real "Truth About the Economy:" Have Wages Stagnated?
24 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, technological progress Tags: CPI bias, middle-class wage stagnation
Why Are Unions So Focused on Fighting Trade Deals? – WSJ
23 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, international economics, poverty and inequality, unions Tags: free trade agreements, middle-class wage stagnation
Half of all U.S. workers represented by unions work for governments, and another 12% are in education or health care. Trade has very little direct impact on them. Another 20% of workers represented by unions are in construction, wholesaling, retailing or transportation doing jobs that are largely immune from import competition.
Less than 10% of all the workers that U.S. unions represent today are in manufacturing or agriculture, the industries most exposed to harm from globalization. Trade creates winners and losers; a small fraction of union workers are among the obvious losers.
The reasons advanced by the American union movement is trade deals enhance the bargaining power of employers over workers and is a major contributor to the wage stagnation over the last 20 years.
I hope the Unions got that analysis of trade and wages growth right because most union members benefit from the lower prices from import competition.
via Why Are Unions So Focused on Fighting Trade Deals? – Washington Wire – WSJ.
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