Did the fall of the Berlin wall destroy the social-democratic compact or did it push Western economies further down the socialist path?

In the US, traditional unions have been stymied, but workers are finding new ways to organize.

In most OECD countries leisure time has been increasing. New research finds that leisure productivity has been increasing as well leading to unexpected welfare gains.

Women in powerful positions: are they different than men?

The OECD unveils a blueprint of a new international corporate tax architecture.

Are male and female workers substitutable? What has contributed to the increase in female labor participation? Has women’s employment affected the US business cycle?

New research on how consumers form their beliefs on inflation and how these beliefs affect inflation dynamics.

Okun’s law suggests that high pressure economies contribute to upward mobility of workers. Is the US a high pressure economy right now?

Big data has just begun to permeate economists’ thinking about the aggregate economy.

How much does an economy gain when talent, across race and gender, is efficiently allocated and how technological innovation in communications has increased the return to skill.