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PIIE Chart

Worker pay has fallen in 2021 when adjusted for inflation

Jason Furman (PIIE) and Wilson Powell III (Harvard Kennedy School)

July 30, 2021
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

US workers are getting large raises, but not enough to keep up with higher inflation

Jason Furman (PIIE) and Wilson Powell III (Harvard Kennedy School)

July 30, 2021
Op-Eds

What Good Is a Minimum Wage If It’s Stolen?

Anna Stansbury (PIIE)
July 19, 2021
via Bloomberg
PIIE Chart

US job growth picks up, but slow uptake by the unemployed is limiting pace of recovery

Jason Furman (PIIE) and Wilson Powell III (Harvard Kennedy School)

July 6, 2021
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

Pace of US job growth picks up as signs point to tight labor market

Jason Furman (PIIE) and Wilson Powell III (Harvard Kennedy School)

July 2, 2021
Policy Brief

The pandemic’s long reach: South Korea’s fiscal and fertility outlook

Jacob Funk Kirkegaard (PIIE)

June 2021
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

US workers are quitting jobs at historic rates, and many unemployed are not coming back despite record job openings

Jason Furman (PIIE) and Wilson Powell III (Harvard Kennedy School)

June 28, 2021
PIIE Chart

Most violators of US federal minimum wage and overtime laws face relatively lenient penalties

Anna Stansbury (PIIE)
June 23, 2021
Working Paper

Do US firms have an incentive to comply with the FLSA and the NLRA?

Anna Stansbury (PIIE)

June 2021
Working Paper

The role of childcare challenges in the US jobs market recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic

Jason Furman (PIIE), Melissa Kearney (University of Maryland; Aspen Economic Strategy Group) and Wilson Powell III (Harvard Kennedy School)

June 2021