Topic: Labor
A $15 Minimum Wage May Have (Partially) Arrived, But Who Pays?
Study of L.A.-area restaurants gauges effect on owners, customers, landlords
A History of Plough-Based Farming Leads to Fewer Girls
Modern-day gender ratios are linked to countries’ agricultural roots
A Model Could Help Food Processors Operate More Efficiently
Managing production with the declining potency of a catalyst
American and Chinese Perceptions of Having a Say at Work
It’s generally a positive in both cultures, but buy-in is more tentative in China
Amid Technology Boom, Where Are Productivity Gains?
19th-century French cotton mills suggest halting, uneven progress
An Early Episode of How Corporate Profits Shaped Labor Markets
Caribbean plantation owners, faced with slavery’s end, enacted legal barriers to employment elsewhere
Can Supply Chains — Global, Opaque, Ever-Changing — Be Made Fair?
Amid the pandemic, price gouging and stiffing of suppliers and workers surged
Codifying the Nursing Home Industry’s Elusive, Alarming Turnover Rates
Payroll data allows researchers to finally build an accurate and meaningful measurement
Could Tech Giants Be Making Our Economy Less Innovative?
With a business model built on fewer employees, their dominance saps dynamism.
Do Corporate Wellness Programs Boost Worker Productivity?
Industrial laundry gains 4% output; better health and better feelings toward employer could account for increase
Employee or Capitalist? Equity Compensation Merges the Two
Labor’s losses to capital, much studied, aren’t quite as grim when stock and options are tabulated
Entering the Job Market in Recession: The Prognosis Worsens
New research suggests increased risk of illness and death in middle age, on top of longer-lasting income penalty
Entrepreneurship, Riskier in Wealthy Nations, Is Actually Safer in India
Steady employment is rare — a condition some U.S. workers also endure
Google Says to Hire the Best, but Suppose You Can’t?
Top companies hog the best talent, adding to their competitive advantage