The Workweek: Jan. 20, 2017
This week鈥檚聽聽picks include a story from the聽聽on why trade, offshoring, and immigration get more political attention than automation does. An article by the聽聽discusses how the share of total income going to workers has fallen for decades while wages haven鈥檛 grown as fast as productivity has, and why. The聽聽share the best current indicator of how the economy is doing.聽聽explores if the economy helped Trump win.
The Workweek is a weekly roundup written mostly by Indeed.com鈥檚 chief economist聽聽that highlights the latest research, news, and perspectives around the labor market. In addition to working with Indeed, Jed also pulled together all the research and data for the Shift Commission.