Obama’s tax hikes may have boosted the economy: New research
…tax rate. This “income retiming” was larger for capital gains than for employment income. (The top 1 percent of income share jumped 3.2 percent in 2012, the largest spike since…
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Chinese imports seem to hurt American innovation
…employment, capital, and R&D spending.” It does not appear that firms change their specialization in response to foreign competition. That is, in response to Chinese competition, “innovating their way out”…
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Mining census data to better cover the health-gap story: A tip sheet from AHCJ
…working age as well as employment and income among those with disabilities. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data Base: “is a compilation of information from widely scattered small-scale surveys on HIV infection and…
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NAFTA: Reviewing the research
…employment in the U.S. According to a 2015 review by the Congressional Research Service (CRS), a non-partisan government office that provides research for lawmakers, NAFTA “did not cause the huge…
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Skilled foreigners with H-1B visas take U.S. jobs, but help reduce prices
…welfare of different types of workers, firms and consumers.” By restricting immigration in their model to 1994 levels, they look at how wages, employment and output would have changed over…
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Disability among working-age adults: A close look at the states
…data on household income and employment status. Related research: A 2016 study published in JAMA, “The Association between Income and Life Expectancy in the United States, 2001-2014,” estimates there is…
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Reporting on lobbying: An introduction, tips and examples
…employees leave the government for employment in the private sector or the government hires former private sector employees for government jobs”). OpenSecrets Government bodies make a lot of lobbying records…
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Prisoners in the U.S.: Research on inmate population trends, demographics
…includes data on employment prior to incarceration, prison jobs and educational attainment in prison. The report also presents results from assessments of prisoners’ cognitive skills in areas such as reading…
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Mobile home parks and eviction: A look at regulations in Texas and Florida
…personal success.” A 2016 study in Social Problems, “Housing and Employment Insecurity among the Working Poor,” finds that workers who have been forced out of their homes are more likely…
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Quantifying the local health effects of transporting coal
…not negatively impact overall employment figures – i.e., contrary to some claims, they do not kill jobs. We have profiled research on the public health impacts of coal-fired power plants…
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