Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Participants -- Preface -- THE SETTING FOR A PRO-GROWTH STRATEGY: AN INTRODUCTION -- 1. RESPONSES TO THE SLOWDOWN IN GROWTH -- 2. REMOVING STRUCTURAL BARRIERS TO GROWTH -- 3. THE ECONOMIC POLICY FAILURE OF THE PAST AND A POLICY AGENDA FOR THE FUTURE -- 4. THE...

This volume presents some of the most critical and erudite opinions on the economy today. Bringing together the experience, predictions, and recommendations of distinguished leaders in politics, labor, and business, it provides a comprehensive examination of contrasting views in order to...

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In this study based on unpublished wage data collected from a select group of Boston area firms, it was found that the wage structure for unskilled and clerical workers was largely unchanged between 1960 and 1964, but narrowed significantly thereafter. The fact that the Boston unemployment rate...

This Research Handbook assembles the original work of leading legal and economic scholars, working in a variety of traditions and methodologies, on the economic analysis of labor and employment law. In addition to surveying the current state of the art on the economics of labor markets and...

This Research Handbook assembles the original work of leading legal and economic scholars, working in a variety of traditions and methodologies, on the economic analysis of labor and employment law. In addition to surveying the current state of the art on the economics of labor markets and...

This Research Handbook assembles the original work of leading legal and economic scholars, working in a variety of traditions and methodologies, on the economic analysis of labor and employment law. In addition to surveying the current state of the art on the economics of labor markets and...

This Research Handbook assembles the original work of leading legal and economic scholars, working in a variety of traditions and methodologies, on the economic analysis of labor and employment law. In addition to surveying the current state of the art on the economics of labor markets and...