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Charles Brown on pay gaps, unions, productivity, and the firing of the BLS Commissioner

Charles Brown on pay gaps, unions, productivity, and the firing of the BLS Commissioner

Update: 2025-09-13
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Charles Brown, professor of economics and research professor of the Survey Research Center, emeritus at the University of Michigan, discusses his upbringing in Ohio, his academic studies at Boston College and Harvard, his work on labor economics, and his time as director of the Panel Survey of Income Dynamics (PSID).

Read a transcript of the podcast here: https://irs100.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/2025-09/042-TWGO-Brown_transcript.pdf

For more details on this episode, visit: https://irs100.princeton.edu/podcasts/charles-brown-2025
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Charles Brown on pay gaps, unions, productivity, and the firing of the BLS Commissioner

Charles Brown on pay gaps, unions, productivity, and the firing of the BLS Commissioner

Industrial Relations Section, Princeton University