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December 2018
Leaving a job during the Great Recession: evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979
A study comparing workers who left a job during or around the Great Recession with those who did not.
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Economic policy and national wealth
This book compares the effects of two distinct economic policy approaches on national wealth.
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Is publication in the T5 synonymous with career success for academic economists?
Discussing the importance of publication in the top five journals for academic economists.
Doing away with tax havens—good or bad?
An economist examines the negative economic impacts of eliminating corporate tax havens.
It doesn’t pay (as much) to enter the labor market during a recession
A look at how entering the labor market during a recession affects wages.
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Occupational injuries and illnesses among registered nurses
Measuring labor market activity today: are the words work and job too limiting for surveys?
How did employment fare a decade after its 2008 peak?
Job openings reach a new high in 2017, hires and quits also increase
Electronically mediated work: new questions in the Contingent Worker Supplement
Why are employer-sponsored health insurance premiums higher in the public sector than in the private sector?
Flashback
Nonprofit jobs are more gratifying according to an MLR article from April 1983.
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