Payroll data allows researchers to finally build an accurate and meaningful measurement
Stock prices dip around some announcements of return of jobs
VC money for tech pushes up costs for everyone else
Academic medical centers, French elections and Chinese garment workers
With a business model built on fewer employees, their dominance saps dynamism.
Managing production with the declining potency of a catalyst
19th-century French cotton mills suggest halting, uneven progress
New research suggests increased risk of illness and death in middle age, on top of longer-lasting income penalty
Analysis also suggests a more rapid economic recovery by keeping workers and employers allied
Top companies hog the best talent, adding to their competitive advantage
A Chinese garment factory tidied up after golden coins were displayed
A study of military base closures finds that labor-friendly policies had little effect on job growth after the layoffs
Caribbean plantation owners, faced with slavery’s end, enacted legal barriers to employment elsewhere
Looking at costs, in a sample of 5,000 plants in Chile, remarkable productivity gains occur