Sorting in the Labor Market
Evidence shows there is positive sorting between firms and workers in the labor market, particularly increasing for men and with implications for wage inequality.
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Evidence shows there is positive sorting between firms and workers in the labor market, particularly increasing for men and with implications for wage inequality.
Lucas' work questioned the efficacy of government intervention in the economy.
The business economics specialization of the economics major has grown rapidly since launching during the 2018–19 academic year. As the track continues to grow, students have struggled to register for required classes as the economics department attempts to keep up with rising demand. In an interview with The Maroon, economics department chair Robert Shimer said...
What are the likely economic consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the responses by the international community? The IGM Forum at Chicago Booth invited its panel of leading European and US economists to express their views. As this column reports, an overwhelming majority of the experts think that the economic and financial sanctions that have been implemented to
Ruud de Mooij, Michael Keen, Victoria Perry Leaders of the advanced economies of the G7 recently made what they described as a “historic commitment” on taxation of multinational corporations (G7 2021). The IGM Forum at Chicago Booth, which, for nearly a decade, has been regularly polling some of the world’s top economic experts in the US and Europe for their views on topical issues of public policy, invited its European and US panels to express their views on some of the issues surrounding the global deal on corporate taxes: the impact of a global minimum rate on investment, profit-sh...