Jared Bernstein

Wages Down for Second Full Year in 2005

January 1, 2006 • Brief • By Sylvia A. Allegretto and Jared Bernstein

The Wage Squeeze and Higher Health Care Costs

January 1, 2006 • Brief • By Sylvia A. Allegretto and Jared Bernstein

Despite the fact that 2005 marked the fourth year of an economic expansion characterized by strong productivity growth, the inflation-adjusted wages of most workers’ fell last year. The median (or…

The Lukewarm 2004 Labor Market: Despite Some Signs of Improvement, Wages Fell, Job Growth Lagged, and Unemployment Spells Remained Long

February 1, 2005 • Brief • By Sylvia A. Allegretto and Jared Bernstein

The labor market showed some signs of improvement in 2004; most notable in this regard was the job growth that occurred in every month of the year. This was the…