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Higher wages can support a more productive economy.
Strikes are happening across various UK industries at the moment, but what is the history of strike action in UK?
The panel believes Australia will avoid a recession the year ahead, but is much less certain about the United States. It expects real wages to go backwards and economic growth to sink.
Collective bargaining carried out by unions can ultimately benefit employers, not just employees.
Recent rate hikes will not do much to tackle inflation, but greater cooperation between the Bank of England and the government could help the UK economy.
New figures show economic growth edged closer back towards normal in the months to March, but the gains went to profits rather than wages.
Lower real living standards now represent the price of being in paid work.
The buying power of wages began slipping mid last year year. The wages share of national income has been sliding since 2016.
A regional director of the National Labor Relations Board has issued a complaint over instances of anti-union practices at Starbucks. And that was before the company’s boss threatened to withhold wages.
Inequality in organisations is difficult to shift because they are entrenched by the status quo.
Aged care reform remains unfinished business for Labor. It made a start this week but more needs to come.
Workers have been quitting more than ever. But where are they going?
While the uptick in the unemployment rate in January may seem like bad news, the reason it rose actually shows the labor market returning to normal.
A record share of workers quit their jobs in September. A human resources scholar explains how this is a trend that predates the pandemic.
The Bank of England is weighing up the costs of a change.
Canadian economist David Card won the Nobel Prize in economics for demonstrating that large-scale immigration has no effect on the wages of native-born workers. In doing so, he’s challenged Economics 101.
Current wage rises will be short term, and expensive for consumers.
Informal employment is significant in sub-Saharan Africa. The plight of informal workers needs to be highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Can the structural barriers to low-skilled employment growth be overcome?
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Management, Co-Director of the MIT Sloan Institute for Work and Employment Research, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Economics and National Senior Teaching Fellow, Griffith University
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Professor of Economics and Political Economy, University of Leeds
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Professor of Law, The University of Texas at Austin
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Pro Vice-Chancellor: Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director: Southern Centre for Inequality Studies., University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra
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Economist at Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University
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Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Tasmania
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute
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Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
