PUBLICATIONS Search for: All CategoriesArticles & Op-EdsBlog: By the NumbersBooksFiguresMember StatementsNewsPapersPolicy BriefsAll TopicsClimate Energy and InfrastructureIncome Inequality and Labor MarketSocial Policy and EducationTax and BudgetTechnology and InnovationTrade Immigration and Globalization Recent Publications : Income Inequality and Labor Market December 10 2020 |PapersSecuring Our Economic Future: Introduction The United States is currently gripped by deep uncertainty and economic anxiety. At the time of this writing, the United States is six months into the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 190,000 Americans have died from COVID (CDC 2020); more... Amy Ganz, Melissa S. Kearney December 10 2020 |PapersIs the Decline of the Middle Class Greatly Exaggerated? Professor Bruce Sacerdote of Dartmouth College asserts that claims about a vanishing middle class are not well-founded. The real challenges, he argues, are the rapidly changing nature of work and the skills demanded in the labor market; the unequal... Bruce Sacerdote December 10 2020 |PapersWalking the Tightrope: Variable Income and Limited Liquidity Among the US Middle Class In this chapter, author Dan Silverman of Arizona State University describes a body of evidence showing that large fluctuations in household income are commonplace both across and within years. However, these households’ reactions to shocks reveal substantial resilience despite... Dan Silverman December 10 2020 |BooksSecuring Our Economic Future The Economic Strategy Group's third annual policy volume focuses on the economics of the middle class, geographic disparities in economic opportunity, and U.S. policy options to address climate change. Aspen Economic Strategy Group December 04 2020 |NewsWashington Post Op-Ed: How to save millions of Americans from losing their homes The covid-19 pandemic has pushed tens of millions of Americans to the brink of eviction, revealing a gaping hole in our social safety net. The CARES Act, a federal eviction moratorium, and state and local renter protections have thus... Amy Ganz, Ingrid Gould Ellen, Katherine M. O'Regan December 03 2020 |PapersA Renter Safety Net: A Call for Federal Emergency Rental Assistance Ingrid Gould Ellen (NYU Furman Center), Amy Ganz (Economic Strategy Group), and Katherine O’Regan (NYU Furman Center) document the costly externalities that such housing instability poses and propose the creation of a Federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program to provide... Amy Ganz, Ingrid Gould Ellen, Katherine M. O'Regan November 19 2020 |Member StatementsAESG Member Statement in Support of Immediate Pandemic Relief Amidst a resurgence in COVID-19 caseloads and continuing economic devastation from the pandemic, we urge Congress to enact legislation that focuses on the core measures necessary to provide additional fiscal relief as quickly as possible and no later than... Aspen Economic Strategy Group August 05 2020 |PapersBringing Jobs to People: Improving Local Economic Development Policies Timothy Bartik of the W.E. UpJohn Institute argues that large and persistent differences in employment rates across U.S. places highlight the need for local economic development policies to better promote cost-effective job creation in distressed areas. Timothy J. Bartik July 08 2020 |PapersThe Faltering Escalator of Urban Opportunity Since 1980, college-educated workers have been steadily moving into affluent cities while non-college workers have been moving out. At the core of understanding why non-college workers (defined by author David Autor as workers without a bachelor's degree) are no... David Autor November 25 2019 |NewsBusiness Insider: The Math Is Clear: Universal Basic Income Is A Terrible Idea It's not a new idea, but few could have predicted that talk about universal basic income (UBI) would be receiving as much attention as it is today — especially among candidates for president of the United States. Magne Mogstad, Melissa S. Kearney « Previous 1 2 3 4 5 Next »