Sylvia Allegretto is a labor economist and former co-chair of the Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics at the University of California, Berkeley. CWED is a research center housed at the Institute for Researcher on Labor and Employment.
Publications by Sylvia A. Allegretto
Parental Labor Supply: Evidence from Minimum Wages
November 15, 2021 • Scholarly Publications • By Anna Godoey, Michael Reich, Jesse Wursten and Sylvia A. Allegretto
Abstract We analyze effects of the minimum wage on the labor supply of parents of young children. Distributional difference-in-differences and event study models document a sharp rise in employment rates…
Parental Labor Supply: Evidence from Minimum Wage Changes
November 10, 2021 • Working Papers • By Anna Godoey, Michael Reich, Jesse Wursten and Sylvia A. Allegretto
Abstract We analyze effects of the minimum wage on the labor supply of parents of young children. Distributional difference-in-differences and event study models document a sharp rise in employment rates…
Balancing depleted budgets on the backs of kids…let’s not do it
July 17, 2021 • Commentary • By Sylvia A. Allegretto
Appalling wealth inequality even before pandemic windfall profits for a few
December 15, 2020 • Commentary • By Sylvia A. Allegretto
Teacher pay penalty dips but persists in 2019
September 17, 2020 • Report • By Sylvia A. Allegretto and Lawrence Mishel
Workers and the COVID-19 Recession: Trends in UI Claims & Benefits, Jobs, and Unemployment
August 18, 2020 • Report • By Sylvia A. Allegretto and Bryce Liedtke
The COVID-19 crisis that hit the world and the United States has resulted in profound changes to our way of life. While this paper focuses on workers and economic effects,…