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Harry J. Holzer

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

John LaFarge Professor of Public Policy, Georgetown University

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U.S. Economy

Tight labor markets and wage growth in the current economy

Harry J. Holzer

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

on the job training

Workforce Development

Do sectoral training programs work? What the evidence on Project Quest and Year Up really shows

Harry J. Holzer

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Douglas N. Harris

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies, Brown Center on Education Policy

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Melissa Harris-Perry

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro

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Labor Policy & Unemployment

Inflation is outpacing wage growth. But there’s still hope for workers.

Harry J. Holzer

Monday, May 16, 2022

A staff member interacts with China's first artificial intelligent (AI) robot Xiao Ai at the State Grid Yangzhou Municipal Electric Power Company in Yangzhou city, east China's Zhejiang province, 15 July 2019.China's first artificial intelligent (AI) robot Xiao Ai put into use at the State Grid Yangzhou Municipal Electric Power Company in Yangzhou city, east China's Zhejiang province, 15 July 2019. The robot, which capable of speech recognition, dialog manager systems, real-time communication and image recognition, had an automatic perception of equipment abnormal in distribution network and command workers to repair. Xiao Ai was able to increase efficiency of repairing work.No Use China. No Use France.

Up Front

Understanding the impact of automation on workers, jobs, and wages

Harry J. Holzer

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Factory worker

Labor Policy & Unemployment

US workers need better skills and more power

Harry J. Holzer

Monday, September 6, 2021

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Infrastructure

The infrastructure bill creates more need for workforce training

Harry J. Holzer

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

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Higher Education

Free community college? A few words of caution

Harry J. Holzer

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Worker using an angle grinder.

Workforce Development

Funding workforce development in the infrastructure bill

Harry J. Holzer

Friday, April 16, 2021

A Long Island Railroad train conductor looks at a train schedule aboard a train bound for New York July 17, 2014. A threatened strike on New York's Long Island Rail Road has been averted after a tentative contract agreement was reached on Thursday, one of the labor unions involved in the negotiations said on its website. The state-controlled Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the coalition of eight unions representing about 5,400 rail workers have been involved in fraught negotiations to replace a workers' contract that expired in 2010. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT CIVIL UNREST BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)

How We Rise

6 policies to boost employment for Black men

Harry J. Holzer

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Cook in kitchen

Income Inequality & Social Mobility

Why are employment rates so low among Black men?

Harry J. Holzer

Monday, March 1, 2021

Students working on computer with teacher

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

Beyond relief and stimulus: More jobs and more skills

Harry J. Holzer

Friday, February 26, 2021

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U.S. Economy

After COVID-19: Building a more coherent and effective workforce development system in the United States

Harry J. Holzer

Monday, February 15, 2021