All Posts by Catherine Rampell
Catherine Rampell is an economics reporter for The New York Times.
Comparing Recessions and Recoveries: Job Changes
By CATHERINE RAMPELLA look at how many jobs the economy needs to add before returning to prerecession employment levels.
Mancession to He-covery
By CATHERINE RAMPELLA new report looks at the different ways the recession and recovery have affected jobs held by men and by women.
Richer People Want Fewer Children
By CATHERINE RAMPELLSupport for the theory that children are, economically speaking, “inferior goods.”
Nurturing Start-Ups and Small Businesses Around the World, Part 2
By CATHERINE RAMPELLBy many measurements, America is friendlier to small businesses than most other developed countries are.
Nurturing Start-Ups and Small Businesses Around the World, Part 1
By CATHERINE RAMPELLIn almost every developed country, small companies dominate the business landscape. But in many ways America, the great land of entrepreneurship and opportunity, actually has a weaker small-business presence than most.
Could Obama Just Ignore the Debt Ceiling?
By CATHERINE RAMPELLA few political scientists, budget wonks and constitutional scholars argue that he could.
The Lawyer Surplus, State by State
By CATHERINE RAMPELLResearchers seek to quantify how many lawyers are being produced in each state, and how that compares with how many jobs for lawyers are being created. New York has the biggest legal oversupply.
Preferring Boys to Girls
By CATHERINE RAMPELLChina isn’t the only country where parents have a distinct preference for baby boys rather than girls — so is the United States, according to Gallup poll data from the last 70 years.
Across the World, Less Interest in Leaving Home
By CATHERINE RAMPELLGallup found that 14 percent of the world’s adults said they would migrate to another country if they could in a 2008-10 survey, down from 16 percent in 2007-9.
