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Change in Top Marginal Tax Rate Graph Source: Piketty, Thomas, Saez, Emmanuel Saez, and Stantcheva, Stefanie. Optimal Taxation of Top Labor Incomes: A Tale of Three Elasticities, NBER Working Paper No. 17616, November 2011

Teach-In presenter Emmanuel Saez (Economics) analyzed top tax rate data in 18 OECD countries since 1975. As the above table indicates, cuts in top tax rates have not led to higher economic growth, suggesting that restoring higher rates would not hurt economic growth.

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Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society: Celebrating 50 years

 

IRLE’S top-ranked journal looks back over its history as it plans for the future

 

 

A Depressive State A Depressive State: Assessing California's Labor Market Four Years after the Onset of the Great Recession PDF

by Sylvia A. Allegretto and Luke Reidenbach, April 2012

 

Public Sector Unions and State Budget Deficits The Wrong Target: Public Sector Unions and State Budget Deficits PDF

by Sylvia A. Allegretto, Ken Jacobs and Laurel Lucia, October 2011

 

Economic Impact of Low Income Health Program Spending on Select California Counties Economic Impact of Low Income Health Program Spending on Select California Counties PDF

by Laurel Lucia, September 2011

 

Fact Sheet on Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, AB 889 Fact Sheet on Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, AB 889 PDF

by Laurel Lucia, June 2011

 

NLRB Process Fails to Ensure a Fair Vote New Data: NLRB Process Fails to Ensure a Fair Vote PDF

by John Logan, Erin Johansson, and Ryan Lamare, June 2011

 

Jobs

Unemployment Benefits Critical to Jobless Workers and Economic Recovery in California

Unemployment Benefits Critical to Jobless Workers and Economic Recovery in CaliforniaPDF

by Sylvia A. Allegretto and Laurel Lucia, April 2011


Does ‘Right-to-Work’ Create Jobs? Answers from Oklahoma

Does ‘Right-to-Work’ Create Jobs? Answers from Oklahoma PDF

by Gordon Lafer and Sylvia Allegretto, March 2011


Does ‘Right-to-Work’ Create Jobs? Answers from Oklahoma

The State of Working America’s Wealth, 2011: Through volatility and turmoil, the gap widensPDF

by Sylvia A. Allegretto, March 2011


Waiting for Change: The $2.13 Federal Subminimum Wage

Waiting for Change: The $2.13 Federal Subminimum Wage

by Sylvia Allegretto and Kai Fillion, February 2011



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