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 November 21 2019 |BooksMaintaining the Strength of American Capitalism The essays contained in this volume seek to clarify the lines of debate on some of the greatest economic policy challenges of our time and present evidence- based analysis on how to address them. It examines the hypothesis that... Aspen Economic Strategy Group November 21 2019 |PapersIntroduction: Maintaining the Strength of American Capitalism A national debate about the strength and fairness of American capitalism is taking place against a backdrop of vast levels of income and wealth inequality, growing pessimism about the state of economic opportunity and mobility, increased market concentration in... Amy Ganz, Melissa S. Kearney November 21 2019 |PapersForeword: Maintaining the Strength of American Capitalism The American economic system has always been the foundation of our national strength. But this foundation is showing cracks—from high levels of income inequality, declining economic mobility, and persistent economic insecurity among low- and middle-income Americans. Erskine Bowles, Hank Paulson February 04 2019 |BooksExpanding Economic Opportunity for More Americans Over the course of the past year, the Aspen Economic Strategy Group collected policy ideas to address the barriers to broad-based economic opportunity and identified concrete proposals with bipartisan appeal. These proposals are presented here. Aspen Economic Strategy Group February 04 2019 |NewsExpanding Economic Opportunity for More Americans: Foreword The American economy is stronger today than it has been in many years. At the time of this writing, jobs are plentiful and the country's economic expansion is the second-longest on record. But our nation's economic performance has not... Erskine Bowles, Hank Paulson February 04 2019 |PapersPolicies to Reintegrate Former Inmates Into the Labor Force Incarceration rates in the United States have more than tripled in recent decades as rehabilitation has gradually taken a back seat to a policy agenda emphasizing punishment and incapacitation. This raises important questions about the effectiveness of state and... Gordon B. Dahl, Katrine Løken, Manudeep Bhuller February 04 2019 |PapersWhat Works in Career and Technical Education (CTE)? A Review of Evidence and Suggested Policy Directions Career and technical education (CTE) is widely viewed as an important alternative to traditional four-year colleges, a means of increasing the earnings of U.S.workers, and an effective response to the changing skill requirements of U.S. employers. While abundant evidence... Ann Huff Stevens February 04 2019 |PapersA Policymaker’s Guide to Labor Force Participation This chapter aims to provide policy makers with a useful framework for thinking about the question: “Why are so many people deciding that seeking work isn’t worth it?” After reviewing relevant facts and trends about labor force participation in... Bruce Reed, Keith Hennessy February 04 2019 |PapersThe Challenges of Leveraging Online Education for Economically Vulnerable Mid-Career Americans This chapter lays out some of the central questions policymakers should ask when considering plans to leverage online education for economically vulnerable mid-career Americans, as well as the state of the evidence surrounding those questions. In short, existing research... Joshua Goodman February 04 2019 |PapersThe Higher Wages Tax Credit In this chapter, author David Neumark proposes a Higher Wages Tax Credit (HWTC) to partially offset the costs imposed by minimum wage increases on firms that employ low-skilled labor. Following a minimum wage increase, the HWTC would provide a... David Neumark « Previous 1 … 17 18 19 20 Next »