Plus, the health of U.S. democracy, how complex applications create barriers to college, and what America wants from China.
| Have workers gotten a raise? Americans’ pay has been impacted by numerous factors in recent years: historic job losses at the beginning of the pandemic, strength in the labor market through the recovery, sectoral shifts, and high levels of inflation. But surprisingly, there is little consensus on how workers’ pay has fared over this period. Some argue that the last several years have been a time of historic gain for workers’ pay, while others say that pay has been falling since the start of the pandemic. Why can’t we agree about what has happened to pay? In new research, Chloe East, Wendy Edelberg, and Noadia Steinmetz-Silber walk through why it can be difficult to understand how pay has changed and what it means for public perceptions of the U.S. labor market. |
More research and commentary Complex applications create barriers to college. Simplifying the college application process is one necessary way to broaden access to higher education in America, Taylor Odle, Jennifer A. Delaney, and Preston Magouirk argue. What America wants from China. Writing in Foreign Affairs, Ryan Hass explains a U.S. strategy to keep Beijing entangled in the world order. |
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