Browsing by Subject "wages"

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    • College Station-Bryan Economy Presentation, Updated 4/7/2022 
      Jansen, Dennis W.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2022-04-11)
      The presentation includes information on: The January 2022 Business-Cycle Index and Business-Cycle for College Station-Bryan; College Station-Bryan unemployment rates dropped to 3.7% in February 2022 and was tied for the ...
    • Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, June 2021 
      Bullock, Ashley; Jansen, Dennis W.; Navarro, Carlos I.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2021-06-21)
      The Business-Cycle Index increased by 0.3% from March 2021 to April 2021. The revised local unemployment rate decreased from 5.4% to 5.3% in April. Local nonfarm employment decreased slightly by 0.5% in April and was 5.2% ...
    • Effects of Well-Adjusted Maternity Leave on the Gender Wage Gap: A Preliminary Framework 
      Siegler, Austen Michael
      Since the 1980s, wage convergence between men and women has been slow and inconsistent across high-income nations. Moreover, long-established explanations such that of human capital factors more so explain the gender wage ...
    • Fear the Machine? 
      Jansen, Dennis W.; Bradley, Michael D. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2018-03-30)
      Advanced automation and artificial intelligence, or ‘robot’ technology use, continues to expand across many industries. Recent decreasing labor market movements fuels the question: How do these technologies affect ...
    • The Fed’s Slow Realization of the Inflation Problem 
      Jansen, Dennis W.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2022-04-12)
      For the 30 years prior to the peak of the previous business cycle in February 2020, monthly inflation rates based on the consumer price index averaged 2.4% while the personal consumption expenditures price index averaged ...
    • School quality and wages 
      Speakman, Robert B., Jr. (Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)
      This dissertation examines the literature that attempts to measure the relationship between school quality and earnings. I begin by developing a simple economic model that predicts that, everything else being equal and ...