John is a senior research fellow at CEPR and is senior economist and senior adviser at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). He was formerly vice president of EPI. He has written extensively on unemployment, economic inequality, US/Europe labor economic performance, and the welfare state. John holds a BA in international affairs from Princeton University and an MSc and PhD in economics from the London School of Economics.
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Does the OECD Think That the South Should Rise Again?
A post at Wonkblog earlier this month noted that a recent analysis by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) of regional well-being across its member countries found that the U.S. South was “the worst place to live in the United
Wage Inequality: A Story of Policy Choices
Beyond Stagnation: An Alternative Economic Strategy
John Schmitt and Mark LevinsonDissent, Summer 2014
Women, Working Families, and Unions
June 2014, Janelle Jones, John Schmitt, and Nicole Woo
Update on Low-wage Workers
Why Don’t More People Go To College?
At the Upshot today, David Leonhardt asks if college is “worth it” and answers with a resounding “clearly,” citing data he obtained from the Economic Policy Institute. Leonhardt’s answer, however, raises a bigger question, which he leaves unexamined: if c
A College Degree is No Guarantee: Labor-Market Outcomes for Black Recent College Grads
A College Degree is No Guarantee
May 2014, Janelle Jones and John Schmitt
Scrapping the Social Security Payroll Tax Cap
Nicole WooThe Hill, May 8, 2014
Piketty and Policy
Early on in his (rightly) highly complimentary review of Thomas Piketty’sCapital in the 21st Century, Paul Krugman declares: “This is a book that will change both the way we think about society and the way we do economics.” Krugman is certainly correct ab