PUBLICATIONS Search for: All CategoriesArticles & Op-EdsBlog: By the NumbersBooksFiguresIn BriefMember StatementsNewsPapersAll TopicsClimate Energy and InfrastructureIncome Inequality and Labor MarketSocial Policy and EducationTax and BudgetTechnology and InnovationTrade Immigration and Globalization Recent Publications 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 February 04 2019 |PapersA Policy Agenda to Develop Human Capital for the Modern Economy This proposal recognizes the simultaneous need for more college educated workers and also for a higher level of labor market skill among non-college educated individuals. The authors propose to invest in the upskilling of the American workplace by better... Amy Ganz, Austan Goolsbee, Glenn Hubbard, Melissa S. Kearney February 04 2019 |PapersThe Link Between Wages and Productivity Is Strong In this chapter, author Michael R. Strain first discusses the wage-setting process and the conceptual issues that are of critical importance to any empirical investigation of the link between compensation and productivity. He then highlights some recent evidence suggesting... Michael R. Strain February 04 2019 |PapersIntroduction: The Need to Expand Economic Opportunity The pursuit of economic opportunity for all Americans is as important to the health of the country’s economy as it is to the strength of its democracy. The promise that hard work and determination will yield economic success is... Amy Ganz, Melissa S. Kearney « Previous 1 … 17 18 19 20 Next »