Economist, bike commuter, ultimate frisbee player. Studying wages, poverty, jobs, health care, and economic mobility. Striving to be part of the solution.
Oct 5, 2018 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
Back-to-school #jobsreport shows a continue shortfall in public education jobs epi.org/press/back-to-… @EconomicPolicy (1/n)
This morning’s #jobsreport showed that the economy added 134,000 jobs in September, down from 270,000 jobs created in August.
Note: large revisions increased the August number from their initial report. (2/n)
Sep 6, 2018 • 14 tweets • 6 min read
Jobs Day Tomorrow! In this preview post for jobs day, I review some reasons that do NOT explain slower wage growth, then discuss some far more compelling explanations. 1/n epi.org/blog/what-to-w…@EconomicPolicy
Dispelling a couple myths: 1. It is NOT because log wage jobs are being added at a disproportionate rate. 2/n epi.org/blog/why-is-wa…@EconomicPolicy