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- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
Harlan County disappeared between 2008 and 2016. Today, Harlan households earn less than half the national median income, and the unemployment rate is nearly 60 percent higher than the national rate. And like many rural communities across...
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- 08 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 8
fallen, unemployment was high, and bank deposits and gold were being withdrawn from the country at a rapid pace, threatening the value of the German mark. The country's third largest bank, the Danatbank, was especially hard hit by the...
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Martha Lagace
- 02 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
working with the private sector, and 2) to address Nigeria’s massive youth unemployment problem by engaging young people in agribusiness. To achieve his first goal, Sanginga in 2013 established a business incubation platform (BIP), which...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 5, 2008
Growth within the EU has been sluggish, with high unemployment and low investment in R&D. The EU has launched a set of reforms to create a "single passport" system of mutual recognition within the EU for capital, services,...
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Martha Lagace
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
season and what it will take to win over anxious customers. Here's what they said. Jill J. Avery: Mind the details and focus on customer service Persistent unemployment plagues many families, and people are saving more and spending less...
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- 30 Jan 2018
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January 30, 2018
disposable income? How will governments deal with large increases in unemployment as autonomous cars replace professional human drivers? Before disruption occurs, corporate leaders must be prepared to usher their organization through a...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008
policies that maintain a low level of average inflation. Purchase the paper from SSRN ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13754 Minimally Altruistic Wages and Unemployment in a Matching Model Author:Julio J. Rotemberg Abstract This paper...
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Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009
Wages and Unemployment in a Matching Model with Monopsony Author: Julio J. Rotemberg Publication: Supplement. Journal of Monetary Economics 55 (October 2008): 97-110 Abstract A monopsony model with a symmetric equilibrium is developed...
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Martha Lagace
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
of resignations we were seeing before Covid—but we’re seeing a low unemployment rate. So people are churning as much as anything else. What do you hear from your affiliates and from your regions, and what have you seen at national?...
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- 01 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 1
unemployment in South Africa was still at 24%. While the country had grown at 4% to 5% annually during the 2000s, the financial crisis set it back by 1 million more unemployed. Moreover, it seemed as if the nation were stuck between...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
crumbling infrastructure, and high unemployment these days — is the $842 million National Gateway rail-transport improvement project. CSX is putting up half of the price tag, while six states and the District of Columbia are kicking in a...
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- 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008
Interestingly, the actual changes in several of the 'omitted variables' such as life expectancy, hours worked, inflation and unemployment also contribute to happiness over this time period since life expectancy has risen and the others...
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Martha Lagace
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
I came into the labor market in the late ’80s, it was quite difficult to find a job for me and my fellow students; it was not at all straightforward that you would get a job right out of university. But it’s a different world now, fortunately, I would say, because...
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- 01 Mar 2017
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A Summit Higher Than Everest
while the Explorers Club expedition formed, so had its geopolitics. At home, any hope that the American economy would rebound after Black Tuesday had disappeared as wages declined and unemployment grew, plunging the nation into what would...
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- 13 Dec 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?
Stock market is better. The unemployment rate is down. The borders are more secure. ISIS looks more vulnerable. We have a phenomenal Supreme Court Justice. I mean, I can go on and on and on. And Congress, including the Republicans are in...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
all these unemployment claims. So over a single weekend, we were capable of bringing on 200 robots to help getting the relief into the hands of their constituents.Kerr: Amazing examples. And maybe let me frame it in a slightly different...
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details