Regulating Workplace Risk in California’s Informal Economy
By Jesús Guzman Lost underneath much of the debate about immigration is a related policy question about the informal labor market many immigrants use […]
Labor
New Government Policies Attempt to Address Gender Wage Gap
By Courtney Colburn Equal pay day was Tuesday, April 4, symbolizing how far into 2017 women would have to work to earn what their male counterparts […]
Artificial Intelligence: The Way Forward for Policy and Regulation
By Manasa Gummi Artificial intelligence (AI) has so far occurred in a regulatory vacuum. With the exception of a few legislative measures regarding autonomous vehicles, very […]
Public Sector Employees are Highly Educated, Underpaid
By Celeste Middleton “Public workers are overpaid.” Most public servants have heard this at some point, whether from an opinionated relative or a high-profile politician. Mitt […]
The Child Tax Credit: The Largest Transfer Program You’ve Never Heard Of
by Darian Woods 4/28/2016 In the primaries we’ve heard a lot about social programs like Medicare and the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Less mentioned […]
Some Safety Net Programs Depress Wages
by Matt Unrath 4/7/2016 Are taxpayers propping up the profits of large corporations by supporting low-wage workers? Advocates and labor leaders think so, and have […]
Unpaid Internship Programs are Inequitable, Hypocritical
by Ian Perry 3/17/2016 Unpaid policy internships are unacceptable. They unfairly limit the opportunity for students lacking substantial personal savings or family support and […]
Falling Through the Cracks: How overlapping responsibilities among many agencies contributes to the poor living conditions of garment workers in Gurgaon, India.
By Anshuman Tiwari India’s new government in Delhi has promised to create more jobs and tackle urban chaos. Yet a stone’s throw away from where […]
Tweaking Obamacare to make “bad jobs” better
By Miranda Everitt Though not everyone knows it, everyone is familiar with externalities – the costs or benefits that one receives from a transaction they […]
Minimum Wage in the SOTU
By Kate Daniel President Obama’s State of the Union address included the expected highlights of immigration reform, gun control, climate change, the deficit, and Afghanistan. […]