Articles

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Unions and upward mobility for low-wage workers (with John Schmitt, Margy Waller, and Shawn Fremstad), WorkingUSA (2008)

This essay examines the impact of unionization on the pay and benefits in fifteen important...

 

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Is the United States a good model for reducing social exclusion in Europe? (with John Schmitt), International Journal of Health Services (2007)

Advocates of U.S.-style labor market flexibility have long argued that Europe could generate jobs and...

 

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The Decline in African-American Representation in Unions and Auto Manufacturing, 1979-2004 (with John Schmitt), CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs (2006)
 

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An economic analysis of alternative policies for controlling SO2 emissions in the Yangtze River Delta's electric generating sector (with Daniel J. Dudek, Wang Hao, Zhang Jian-yu, and Lin Hong), Research of Environmental Sciences (2005)

Mixed-integer optimization model of emissions trading policy effects on the Chinese electric generating sector.

 

Columns

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In keeping down American workers, corporate crime pays (with John Schmitt), AlterNet (2007)
 

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Inmates vs. animals: US fails the test of civilization, AlterNet (2007)
 

Working Papers

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New Jobs — Cleaner Air: Employment Effects Under Planned Changes to the EPA’s Air Pollution Rules (with James Heintz and Heidi Garrett-Peltier), Published Studies (2011)

In this study commissioned by Ceres, James Heintz, Heidi Garrett-Peltier, and Ben Zipperer examine the...

 

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An empirical evaluation of three post Keynesian models (with Peter Skott), Working Papers (2010)

Structuralist and post Keynesian models differ in their assumptions about firms’ investment behavior and pricing/output...

 

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Cyclical patterns of employment, utilization and profitability (with Peter Skoot), Working Papers (2010)

The interaction between income distribution, accumulation, employment and the utilization of capital is central to...

 

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Dropping the ax: illegal firings during union election campaigns, 1951-2007 (with John Schmitt), Center for Economic and Policy Research (2009)

This report updates an earlier report from January of 2007, which found a steep rise...

 

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The Impact of the Medicare Drug Benefit on Health Care Spending by Older Households (with Dean Baker), Center for Economic and Policy Research Report (2008)

This report uses data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey from 2004...

 

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The Decline in African-American Representation in Unions and Manufacturing, 1979-2006 (with John Schmitt), Center for Economic and Policy Research (2007)

This report details the sharp decline in African-American employment in manufacturing and the even sharper...

 

Letters

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Take a hard look at top salaries. Response to Jack Wilson, Boston Globe. (2009)
 

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The Economy and the Fed. Response to George Will, Washington Post. (2007)
 

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Free trade was never in the building to begin with. Response to Jacob Weisberg, Financial Times (2006)