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How local productivity growth affects workers near and far: “The researchers find that low-skilled workers gained the most from local productivity growth.” New article in The Chicago Booth Review features research by Berkeley Economics Professor Enrico Moretti. Read more
Berkeley Economics Professor Gabriel Zucman in conversation with the Washington Post on his research on inequality. "The growing realization that wealth concentration has returned to Gilded Age levels is why we see these proposals for increased tax progressivity, and why we’re finally having a debate about wealth taxation." Read more. (photo credit: Elise Amendola)
In a New York Times Op-Ed, Berkeley's Prof. Enrico Moretti discusses Amazon's retreat from NY City plans, showing how the impact of Amazon on the regional economy "stretches far beyond the direct employment effect." Read more.
On February 11, hear from Prof. Kimberly Clausing on her new book "Open: The Progressive Case for Free Trade, Immigration, and Global Capital". Prof. Irene Bloemraad and Berkeley Economics Professor Gabriel Zucman discuss. Organizer: UC Berkeley Institute For Research On Labor And Employment (IRLE). Register Today.