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The Economics Department in the College of LSA at the University of Michigan.
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http://www.lsa.umich.edu/econ 05-02-2013 21:40:43
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🇸🇻If you missed Dean Yang yesterday on NPR's Marketplace, the story and transcript on Salvadoran janitors' fight for better wages-- supporting families here and abroad-- is here! U-M ISR UM Population Studies Center U-M Economics Elizabeth Trovall Global Michigan marketplace.org/2024/04/22/sal…
Tax cuts boost leverage for small private firms, raising capital productivity, extending default thresholds, and lowering credit spreads. These effects outweigh the interest deduction, from Ivan T Ivanov, Luke Pettit, and Toni Whited 😷 nber.org/papers/w32398
Economist Dr. Gabriel Ehrlich from @UMichECON kicks off some #EconomicOutlook highlights. Notably, #OaklandCounty has recovered from the #COVID19 pandemic recession by most metrics! This includes the number of employed residents, which has exceeded pre-pandemic levels! 📈
.U-M Economics economist Dr. Gabriel Ehrlich shares that #OaklandCounty’s unemployment rate will stay steady at 3% lower than the national average. He noted that there is a higher concentration of wages & talent in #AdvancedManufacturing and that helps the local economy base.
That concludes the 39th #EconomicOutlook press conference in #OaklandCounty! Stay tuned for more, including live updates from a manufacturing panel moderated by Executive Dave Coulter, plus the official press release from U-M Economics at University of Michigan. #OCEconomicDevelopment24
Congratulations to U-M Econ alums Barthélémy Bonadio Barthélémy Bonadio (PhD '21) and Nitya Pandalai-Nayar Nitya Pandalai-Nayar (PhD '16), along with faculty Andrei Levchenko (U-M) for receiving the Bhagwati Award for the best paper published in the Journal of International Economics over a 2-year period!
