Shortage is information technology workers may require changes in immigration policy, not new government training initiatives. Decreasing welfare rolls means job training reform is more important than ever. Uncorrected official statistics impede adoption of policies that will help those with low wages and incomes. Changes in family structure have had dramatic effects on measured income, and income inequality. Differences in economic characteristics account for most of the measured gender pay gap.
Living standards are higher for low-wage U.S. workers than for most of their European counterparts.
U.S. consumers and most U.S. workers gain from expanded trade. The U.S. labor market offers needed flexibility to both firms and workers. Cross-country comparisons of public training expenditures ignore larger and more effective spending by the private sector.