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America’s slow-motion wage crisis: Four decades of slow and unequal growth
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The new gilded age: Income inequality in the U.S. by state, metropolitan area, and county
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The likely economic effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA): Higher incomes for the top, no discernible effect on wage growth for typical American workers
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The State of American Wages 2017: Wages have finally recovered from the blow of the Great Recession but are still growing too slowly and unequally
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What to Watch on Jobs Day: An assessment of the 2018 labor market, 11 years since the start of the Great Recession
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Bonuses are up $0.02 since the GOP tax cuts passed
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What labor market changes have generated inequality and wage suppression?: Employer power is significant but largely constant, whereas workers’ power has been eroded by policy actions
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What to Watch on Jobs Day: Will we see signs of stronger wage growth?
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Six reasons not to put too much weight on the new study of Seattle’s minimum wage
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Top 1.0 percent reaches highest wages ever—up 157 percent since 1979
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Data continues to show little evidence that tax cuts are trickling down to typical workers, and now House Republicans want a do-over
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Further evidence that the tax cuts have not led to widespread bonuses, wage or compensation growth
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10 years after the start of the Great Recession, black and Asian households have yet to recover lost income
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What to Watch on Jobs Day: Keeping a cautiously optimistic eye on wages
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The teacher pay penalty has hit a new high: Trends in the teacher wage and compensation gaps through 2017
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Separate is still unequal: How patterns of occupational segregation impact pay for black women
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The “wage puzzle” is real—but low inflation and low productivity are also puzzles that need to be solved
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Last week’s GDP data shows there’s still no reason to think the TCJA’s corporate rate cuts are trickling down to workers
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Does America’s monopoly problem mean that high-pressure labor markets can’t boost wages?
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A long spell of very low unemployment would raise wages—even in the face of employers’ monopsony power
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Why is wage growth so slow? It’s not because low-wage jobs are being added disproportionately
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Why is real wage growth anemic? It’s not because of a skills shortage
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The new gilded age: Income inequality in the U.S. by state, metropolitan area, and county
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Average wage growth continues to flatline in 2018, while low-wage workers and those with relatively lower levels of educational attainment see stronger gains
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Workers of color are far more likely to be paid poverty-level wages than white workers
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Class of 2018: High school edition
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The likely economic effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA): Higher incomes for the top, no discernible effect on wage growth for typical American workers
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What to Watch on Jobs Day: Signs of stronger wage growth that will eventually improve Americans’ livings standards
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Uber and the labor market: Uber drivers’ compensation, wages, and the scale of Uber and the gig economy