Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

A Now Hiring sign at Rally's Drive-In restaurant, Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in Cleveland. (Photo by Image of Sport/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Podcast Episode

Why did US jobs growth slow in April?

Stephanie Aaronson and Adrianna Pita

Friday, May 7, 2021

Future Development

How AI-powered poverty maps can increase equity in the COVID-19 response

Laura McGorman, Guanghua Chi, and Han Fang

Friday, May 7, 2021

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Up Front

Class Notes: Dynastic human capital, community college enrollment, and more

Ariel Gelrud Shiro and Richard V. Reeves

Thursday, May 6, 2021

The Avenue

Promising job numbers are hiding a slow recovery for many metro areas

Sarah Crump and Alan Berube

Thursday, May 6, 2021

Reports

A person receives a dose of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, during mass vaccine inside of Hermanos Lopez Rayon sports center, a designated priority vaccination center for elderly over 60 years in the Uruapan town. On March 10, 2021 in Michoacan, Mexico (Photo by Eyepix/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Report

Pandemic preparedness and response: Beyond the WHO’s Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator

Kaushik Basu, Lawrence Gostin, and Nicole Hassoun

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden (on screen) attends virtual EU Leaders' Summit chaired by President of the European Council Charles Michel (L), in Brussels, Belgium on March 25, 2021. Photo by EU Council.Le président américain Joe Biden (à l'écran) participe au sommet virtuel des dirigeants de l'UE présidé par le président du Conseil européen Charles Michel (à gauche), à Bruxelles, en Belgique, le 25 mars 2021. Photo du Conseil de l'UE.

Report

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard — April 2021

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Woman wearing a surgical mask handing a customer a bag and a cup of coffee.

Labor Policy & Unemployment

More than relief: How unemployment insurance can limit community transmission in a pandemic – and what to do next

Mallika Thomas

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

A stressed couple staring at a piece of paper by a table, which also has coffee, a laptop, and a coffee mug

Education

3 ways Biden can help families and student loan borrowers

Sarah Sattelmeyer

Thursday, April 22, 2021

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

To recover from COVID-19, downtowns must adapt

Tracy Hadden Loh and Joanne Kim

Thursday, April 15, 2021

Blog Posts

Up Front

Mothers are being left behind in the economic recovery from COVID-19

Lauren Bauer

Thursday, May 6, 2021

Up Front

The coming COVID-19 baby bust is here

Melissa S. Kearney and Phillip B. Levine

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

FILE PHOTO: A health official draws a dose of the AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, at Infectious Diseases Hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

Order from Chaos

Biden’s misstep in India

Thomas Wright

Friday, April 30, 2021

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Events

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Experts

Stephanie Aaronson

Vice President and Director - Economic Studies

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Richard V. Reeves

John C. and Nancy D. Whitehead Chair

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Director - Future of the Middle Class Initiative

Director - Center on Children and Families

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Tarik M. Yousef

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy

Director - Brookings Doha Center

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Multimedia

People protest in support of the unionizing efforts of the Alabama Amazon workers, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 22, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

Podcast Episode

What does the Amazon union effort signify for labor in America?

Molly Kinder and Adrianna Pita

Friday, April 9, 2021

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Podcast Episode

Congress extended unemployment benefits. What should come next?

Lauren Bauer and Adrianna Pita

Friday, March 12, 2021

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol, with Representative Katherine Clark (D-MA), the Assistant Speaker of the House, Representative Richard Neal (D-MA), and Representative John Yarmuth (D-KY), in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. The House received the Senate version of the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill and is expected to pass the bill on Wednesday, as the Senate continues confirming President Bidens Cabinet today. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Podcast Episode

What’s in the latest COVID-19 relief bill?

Wendy Edelberg and Adrianna Pita

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

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Reports

MENA Economies Emerging from the Pandemic: A Conversation with Jihad Azour

The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) just got bigger. Should it stay that way?

BPEA Spring 2021 conference

Vice President and Director - Economic Studies

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

John C. and Nancy D. Whitehead Chair

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Director - Future of the Middle Class Initiative

Director - Center on Children and Families

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy

Director - Brookings Doha Center