Expanding Economic Opportunity for More Americans
February 04 2019 •
Many workers today find themselves lacking the skills and training necessary to thrive in the modern economy. Most low- and middle-income workers have not seen meaningful wage increases in many years. Millions of men and women are missing from the workforce altogether. These challenges stem from profound shifts in the American economy and necessitate a dedicated policy response.
Over the course of the past year, the Aspen Economic Strategy Group collected policy ideas to address the barriers to broad-based economic opportunity and identified concrete proposals with bipartisan appeal. These proposals are presented here in the edited volume “Expanding Economic Opportunity for More Americans: Bipartisan Policies to Increase Work, Wages, and Skills.”
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The Need to Expand Economic Opportunity
by Melissa S. Kearny and Amy Ganz -
A Policy Agenda to Develop Human Capital for the Modern Economy
by Glenn Hubbard, Austan Goolsbee, and Amy Ganz -
What Works in Career and Technical Education (CTE)? A Review of Evidence and Suggested Policy Directions
by Ann Huff Stevens -
Scaling Apprenticeship to Increase Human Capital
by Robert I. Lerman -
The Challenges of Leveraging Online Education for Economically Vulnerable Mid-Career Americans
by Joshua Goodman -
A Policymaker’s Guide to Labor Force Participation
by Keith Hennessy and Bruce Reed -
Restoring Economic Opportunity for “The People Left Behind”: Employment Strategies for Rural America
by James P. Ziliak -
Policies to Reintegrate Former Inmates Into the Labor Force
by Manudeep Bhuller, Gordon B. Dahl, and Katrine V. Løken -
Economic Strategy for Higher Wages and Expanded Labor Participation
by James Furman and Phillip Swagel -
The Link Between Wages and Productivity Is Strong
by Michael R. Strain -
Creating Economic Opportunity for More Americans Through Productivity Growth
by Chad Syverson -
The Higher Wages Tax Credit
by David Neumark -
How Minimum Zoning Mandates Can Improve Housing Markets and Expand Opportunity
by Joshua D. Gottlieb