What Policies Promote Abundance?
If Congress and other policymakers take the right steps in important areas, then abundance is within reach.
Research
Tech-Enabled Gig Jobs: Policy Solutions for the Future of Work
In this paper, CGO’s Megan Jenkins, Brian Isom, and Christopher Koopman explore the changing nature of work.
Are College Graduate Immigrants on Work Visas Cheaper than Natives?
Companies hire workers outside the US for positions in the country. Omid Bagheri examines if immigrants are a cheaper workforce than natives.
Willingness to Be Paid: Who Trains for Tech Jobs?
In this paper, author Joy Buchanan provides the first controlled study of what factors affect the decision to pursue a career in tech.
Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act
The Department of Labor (DOL) recently proposed a rule change determining how an independent contractor (IC) classification is made.
Barriers to Portable Benefits Solutions for Gig Economy Workers
Public policy has not kept pace with this gig economy and continues to sort workers into two categories that no longer reflect the dynamic reality of the American workplace.
Looking for the Best and Brightest
This research paper examines how US employers use the H-1B visa program to find workers. Learn more about H-1B visas in the US.
Universal Savings Accounts: A Flexible Financial Tool to Support the Gig Economy
This policy paper explores how reforming the U.S. tax code allow gig economy workers greater financial security through Universal Savings Accounts (USAs).
A Contingent Wage Subsidy for V-Shaped Recovery
A contingent wage subsidy would cover all new labor costs contingent on less than a certain number of workers being hired.
Lessons on Immigration During COVID-19
Examples that highlight the key role immigrants play in western countries and provide several important lessons for policy.
Immigration as a Tool to Boost U.S. Economic Growth and Prosperity
The United States should be a beacon of opportunity that welcomes talented, hard-working people, not one that closes its doors to foreigners.
Students, Skilled Immigration and Our Path to Recovery
Economic integration and openness to foreign talent are a stronger path for long-term success as a country. See William Kerr's symposium contribution here.
The Effects of Dental Hygienist Autonomy on Dental Care Utilization
In this paper, researchers focus on the impacts scope-of-practice laws have on dental hygienists and the use and cost of dental care.
The Ethics of Immigration and Economic Recovery
One of the dangers of a crisis is that measures are initially put in place as temporary yet remain thereafter. It’s happened before.
Immigrant Entrepreneurs
The importance of immigrant entrepreneurs as firm founders and job creators has grown significantly over the last few decades.
Openness Is as Important Now as It Has Ever Been
Despite their distinct contributions to the economy during the pandemic, many immigrants have been largely excluded from CARES protections.
How Immigrants Can Help the “Transition to a Great Economy” after COVID-19
COVID-19 risks are generating fear and uncertainty, which may trigger further aversion to immigration and even more restrictive policies.
Refugees and Asylum Seekers Can Help us Rebuild after COVID-19
As we consider reforms to our immigration system, we should not be pushing away the very people who are saving lives.
Immigrants Truly Make America Great (And Without Them, That Greatness is at Risk)
America has been unique in being both the best country in the world to start a business and being relatively open to aspiring entrepreneurs.
U.S. Labor Market Policy Should Take a Page Out of Europe’s Book
Salary guarantees and work sharing would enhance the U.S. safety net and enable the economy to better cope with demand shocks.
Accelerating Remote Work After COVID-19
Increasing remote work closer to that level would result in economic growth from the substantially greater scale enabled by digital technologies.
Immigration and the Stock Market
This study examines the relationship between increases in immigration and the stock prices of firms most likely to be affected by immigration.
Does Occupational Licensing Impact Access to Dental Care?
This paper explores the academic literature on occupational licensing to understand whether licensing laws are contributing to this shortage.
Occupational Licensing and Immigrants
This research examines how immigrants, in particular, are impacted by occupational licensing rules in the US.
Immigration and Spatial Equilibrium: The Role of Expenditures in the Country of Origin
This research investigates where immigrants to the US choose to live and their impact on economic activity in cities across the US.
How Does Occupational Licensing Affect U.S. Consumers and Workers?
Licensing requirements raise pay for licensed workers, but with a cost: reduced employment and higher consumer prices.