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Unemployment Likely To Fall to 7.2% in September, With Smaller Gains Going Forward

October 3, 2013, Regis Barnichon

How Far Are We From Full Employment?

September 26, 2013, George L. Perry

From Abenomics to Womenomics: Working Women and Japan’s Economic Revival

September 25, 2013

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Budget Priorities: Funding Shortfalls for Social Security and Medicare Not All That Dire

September 25, 2013, Henry J. Aaron

Austerity and Growth Debate in the U.S. and Europe

September 19, 2013

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Closing the Deficit

How Much Can Later Retirement Help?

2013, Henry J. Aaron and Gary Burtless, eds.

The Lasting Effects of the Great Recession: Six Million Missing Workers and A New Economic Normal

September 12, 2013, Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney, The Hamilton Project

The bottom line is, the women's situation [in Japan] is not going to improve until you address more fundamental equity issues.

September 10, 2013, Mireya Solís, Los Angeles Times

Unemployment Rate Falls to 7.3% in August, but Really the Jobs Numbers say "Blech!"

September 6, 2013, Justin Wolfers

Unemployment Projected to Drop to 7.3% but Future Recovery Compromised Absent Improvements on the Hiring Front

September 4, 2013, Regis Barnichon

Gary Burtless: Job Gap Between 7 and 7.5 Million People

August 28, 2013, Fred Dews

How Far Are We From Full Employment?

August 27, 2013, Gary Burtless

Intrapreneurship in MENA's Public Sector

August 2013, Bessma Momani and Mehrunisa Qayyum

Previewing the 2013 Brookings Blum Roundtable: Goods, Services and Jobs for the Poor

August 2, 2013 4:10pm, Laurence Chandy and George Ingram

The Unemployment Rate Is Edging Down, and the Job Picture Slowly Improving

August 2, 2013, Gary Burtless and

What New Immigrants Could Mean for American Wages

August 2, 2013, Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney, The Hamilton Project

Lower Unemployment Projected for July, but Future Recovery Will Still Be Slower

July 31, 2013, Regis Barnichon

Strategic Investments in Infrastructure: A Reaction to President Obama’s Jacksonville Speech

July 25, 2013, William A. Galston and Korin Davis

Strengthening Employment Pathways to Prosperous Careers

July 17, 2013, Jessica Lee and Mark Muro

For the Last Time, Robots Do NOT Cause Unemployment

July 16, 2013, Scott Winship

Jobless Rate Stuck, But Employment Gains Remain Robust

July 5, 2013, Gary Burtless

Lower Unemployment Projected for June, but Future Jobs Recovery Will Be Slower

July 3, 2013, Regis Barnichon

Making Work Pay — Again This Time for Men

July 3, 2013, Ron Haskins and John Podesta

Does the Unemployment Rate Mask Today’s Job Market Hardship?

July 2, 2013, Gary Burtless

Strategies for Assisting Low-Income Families

July 1, 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill and Quentin Karpilow