Explore Sir Arthur Lewis’s contributions to development economics, including his Nobel-winning dual-sector model, known as the Lewis Model, fostering economic growth.

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The mainstream media was predictably quick to denounce the labor market as weak according to November’s jobs report, but the ...

California's minimum wage is adjusted every year for inflation and an increase will take effect on Jan. 1, 2026. Some cities have a higher wage floor.

The latest jobs report had its share of shutdown-related quirks, but a familiar theme cut through the noise: The US labor market is stuck in a rut.

Follow MarketWatch's live coverage of the last big jobs reports of the year, as investors home in on the health of the U.S. labor market.

The cost of living in November was up 2.7% from a year ago, according to a report Thursday from the Labor Department. That's a smaller annual increase than for the 12 months ending in September.

U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell by 13,000 last week, remaining in the same historically healthy range of the past few years even as concerns grow about the health of the labor market.

Employers across the U.S. added 64,000 jobs in November, beating economists' forecasts, new government data shows, even as fresh October figures revealed a loss of 105,000 jobs, a sign the labor ...

The US labor board has abandoned its allegations that Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook violated federal labor law, one of many cases where the agency is adopting a more business-friendly ...

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store is starting talks on Tuesday to form a new Labor government after his election win. The center-left bloc took 87 seats — a slim majority in the 169-member ...

With students back in school and pumpkin-flavored treats returning to menus, the end of summer, unofficially marked by Labor Day, is here. During the three-day Labor Day weekend, many Americans will ...