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Ben Zipperer is a graduate student in economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

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Ben Zipperer is a graduate student in economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

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Articles (4)

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Unions and upward mobility for low-wage workers

WorkingUSA (2008)

John Schmitt, Margy Waller, Shawn Fremstad and Ben Zipperer

This essay examines the impact of unionization on the pay and benefits in fifteen important low-wage occupations. Even after controlling ...

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Is the United States a good model for reducing social ...

International Journal of Health Services (2007)

John Schmitt and Ben Zipperer

Advocates of U.S.-style labor market flexibility have long argued that Europe could generate jobs and lower unemployment if the continent's ...

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The Decline in African-American Representation in Unions and Auto Manufacturing ...

CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs (2006)

Ben Zipperer and John Schmitt

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An economic analysis of alternative policies for controlling SO2 emissions ...

Research of Environmental Sciences (2005)

Daniel J Dudek, Ben Zipperer, Wang Hao, Zhang Jian-yu, et al.

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

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AlterNet (2007)

Ben Zipperer and John Schmitt

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AlterNet (2007)

Ben Zipperer

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Unpublished Paper

New Jobs — Cleaner Air: Employment Effects Under Planned Changes to ...

Published Studies (2011)

Ben Zipperer, James Heintz and Heidi Garrett-Peltier

In this study commissioned by Ceres, James Heintz, Heidi Garrett-Peltier, and Ben Zipperer examine the economic impacts of air pollution ...

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Unpublished Paper

An empirical evaluation of three post Keynesian models

Working Papers (2010)

Ben Zipperer and Peter Skott

Structuralist and post Keynesian models differ in their assumptions about firms’ investment behavior and pricing/output decisions. This paper compares three ...

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Unpublished Paper

Cyclical patterns of employment, utilization and profitability

Working Papers (2010)

Ben Zipperer and Peter Skoot

The interaction between income distribution, accumulation, employment and the utilization of capital is central to macroeconomic models in the `heterodox' ...

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Unpublished Paper

Dropping the ax: illegal firings during union election campaigns, 1951-2007

Center for Economic and Policy Research (2009)

John Schmitt and Ben Zipperer

This report updates an earlier report from January of 2007, which found a steep rise in illegal firings of pro-union ...

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Unpublished Paper

The Impact of the Medicare Drug Benefit on Health Care ...

Center for Economic and Policy Research Report (2008)

Dean Baker and Ben Zipperer

This report uses data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey from 2004 to 2006 as well as ...

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Unpublished Paper

The Decline in African-American Representation in Unions and Manufacturing, 1979-2006

Center for Economic and Policy Research (2007)

John Schmitt and Ben Zipperer

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

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Other

Take a hard look at top salaries. Response to Jack ...

(2009)

Ben Zipperer

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The Economy and the Fed. Response to George Will, Washington ...

(2007)

Ben Zipperer

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Other

Free trade was never in the building to begin with ...

(2006)

Ben Zipperer

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