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Ghana’s economy is in its most precarious state in decades.
A tighter labour market than in the past is now needed to drive real wages growth.
If we want higher wages, we must win them through deliberate wage-boosting policies.
There is enough momentum for Australia’s unemployment rate to go lower than 4.2% in 2022. Keeping it low is another matter.
The job market continued to improve in December, but a stagnating labor pool will pose more challenges for employers in 2022.
Budget update shows the government has a big election war chest, and an optimist economic outlook
Even now much of the recovery in employment seems to be happening without big wage increases.
October’s employment report was rosy, with more than 500,000 jobs added in the month. There were also signs that the American workforce was heading back to the old normal.
Opponents of a new California law that may lift the minimum wage for fast food workers claim it’ll cost jobs. How raising it affects employment is among the most studied issues in all of economics.
Nigeria’s post COVID-19 economic recovery plan has resulted in only marginal improvements in economic growth, manufacturing and foreign direct investment.
The drop in Australia’s unemployment rate in August is not a sign of improving labour market conditions. Instead it shows many gave up on looking for a job.
Politicians should take into account the psychological impact of being jobless.
Three pandemic-related unemployment benefit programs expire on Labor Day, putting millions of mostly low-income families in financial jeopardy.
The unemployment decline isn’t as impressive as it first appears, and wages growth remains sluggish.
The last time Australia’s unemployment rate was below 5% was June 2011.
Inflation, interest rates and booming mining royalties give the Morrison government scope to ignore the deficit daleks.
With the end of JobKeeper come changes that will force more people to search for work.
The recession was pinked-tinged, but so has been the recovery.
The widely reported unemployment rate – currently 6.3% – doesn’t fully reflect the reality of joblessness in the US economy.
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Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Professor of Economics & Business, Allegheny College
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Economics, 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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Professor of Economics, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Associate Professor of Economics, Pace University
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Senior Research Fellow (Macroeconomics), Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University
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Lecturer in African Studies and International Development, The University of Edinburgh
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Associate Professor, Centre for Social Research and Methods, Director, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Australian National University
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Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
