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By Tillie McInnis and Nick Buffie
When the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its newest jobs report a little over three weeks ago, economic forecasters and…
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Nick Buffie, CEPR
Earlier this morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the August jobs report. The new numbers were mostly positive, with employers reporting net job growth of 151,000 for the month.
By Tillie McInnis
The share of employees with union representation has been steadily declining for the past three decades. Because unions are one of the most important institutions within the political sphere…
By Alan Barber & Virginia Rutter
Welfare reform hits 20 this month. The Center for Economic and Policy Research has done much work examining how full employment in the 1990s shaped employment, income, and poverty. In…