What Does the Unemployment Rate Indicate About the Weak Labor Market?

Research and Commentary

What the Unemployment Rate Signals on the Economy

Rebecca M. Blank, The Brookings Institution, April 04, 2008

Research and Commentary

Worker Advancement in the Low-Wage Labor Market: The Importance of 'Good Jobs'

Fredrik Andersson, Harry J. Holzer and Julia I. Lane, The Brookings Institution, October 01, 2003

Research and Commentary

If the Economy’s So Bad, Why Is the Unemployment Rate So Low?

Rebecca M. Blank, Joint Economic Committee, March 07, 2008

Past Event

Facilitating and Rewarding Work

Wednesday, December 12, 2007
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC

Research and Commentary

New Economy Safety Net: A Proposal to Enhance Worker Adjustment Programs

Lael Brainard, Democracy Journal, March 20, 2008

Expert

Harry J. Holzer

Research and Commentary

Poverty and Economic Stimulus

Rebecca M. Blank and Mark H. Greenberg, Real Clear Politics, February 10, 2009

Research and Commentary

Fighting Poverty in the Land of Opportunity

Rebecca M. Blank, The Charlotte Observer, December 17, 2008

Past Event

Helping Disconnected and Hard-to-Employ Single Mothers

Wednesday, May 07, 2008
9:00 AM to 11:15 AM
Washington, DC

Research and Commentary

Helping Disconnected Single Mothers

Rebecca M. Blank and Brian Kovak, Brookings Institution, May 07, 2008

Research and Commentary

Rethinking the Way on Infrastructure

Bruce Katz and Robert Puentes, The Hill, November 20, 2009

Research and Commentary

Jobs Report is Good News; U.S. Economy Turning Corner

Jeffrey R. Kling, The Brookings Institution, June 05, 2009

Research and Commentary

Have Job Losses Peaked?

Gary Burtless, National Journal, May 11, 2009

Research and Commentary

Increasing Employment, Skills and Earnings

Martha Ross, Council of the District of Columbia Committee on Housing and Workforce Development, April 20, 2009

Research and Commentary

Living Wage Laws: How Much Do (Can) They Matter?

Harry J. Holzer, The Brookings Institution, December 10, 2008

Research and Commentary

What If There is No Auto Bailout?

Gary Burtless, National Journal , December 08, 2008

Research and Commentary

Reward and Facilitate Work

Jason Furman, McClatchy-Tribune, December 15, 2007

Research and Commentary

Strengthening the Nation's Safety Net

Lael Brainard, The Hill, June 05, 2007

Research and Commentary

Increasing Economic Security for American Workers

Jeffrey R. Kling, Testimony before the House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, March 29, 2007

Expert

William T. Dickens