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Recent developments in the organisation of production have led to the decline of wage employment across much of the world.
Most of the million gardners employed in South Africa earn less than the minimum wage.
Companies being required to go public with information about executive and workers pay packets is increasingly becoming the norm.
Racialized women immigrants still earn less than their peers on average even when well-qualified. It’s up to employers to remove employment barriers.
A law from 1969 is still having an impact on nursing pay in Denmark today.
With the COVID-19 pandemic making inequalities worse, has the time come to make sure all interns are paid?
COVID-19 is shedding light on the impact of poverty, inequality and unemployment. This includes hardships women face and the burden placed on them to manage responsibilities every day.
The outsourcing of domestic work contributes to the race, class and gender stereotypes of domestic work. It has neither elevated the status nor improved the working conditions of domestic workers.
Some companies are moving permanently to remote work during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. But are they simply passing on costs to employees while invading their personal space?
Treasury’s inability to forecast wage growth suggests it doesn’t understand what cases it and why we need it.
They have every right to take their own lead on salary cuts during the pandemic.
In his State of the Union address, Trump said workers are experiencing a boom in wages. The numbers say different.
The Conversation’s 2020 economic survey points to a dismal year, with no progress on many of the key measures that matter for Australians and an increase in the unemployment rate.
A new analysis of over 400 actors shows that gender discrimination plays a major role in Hollywood salaries.
Students who plan to get more education than is required for the career they hope to have end up earning higher salaries as a result, a new analysis shows.
Hillary Clinton arguably lost in 2020 because she took workers for granted. Will Democrats make the same mistake again?
Unions should move their focus away from traditional collective bargaining and instead embrace new ways to attract new members, such as by offering discounted benefits and engaging in more advocacy.
New calculations suggest middle earners will earn less over their lives if compulsory super is ramped up from 9.5% of salary to 12% as scheduled.
The Conversation’s distinguished panel predicts unusually weak growth, dismal spending, no improvement in either unemployment or wage growth, and an increased chance of recession.
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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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Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Tasmania
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Economist at Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University
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Professor of Economics and Political Economy, University of Leeds
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Professor of Law, The University of Texas at Austin
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Clinical Associate Professor, Boston University
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Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor UTS Centre for Business and Social Innovation, University of Technology Sydney
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Research economist, The University of Melbourne
