Labor Policy & Unemployment

Workforce space

The Avenue

Setting the stage for talent-driven economic development

Thursday, December 12, 2019

Automation workers

The Avenue

AI will affect better-paid workers—but that doesn’t mean they’re the most vulnerable

Mark Muro, Robert Maxim, and Jacob Whiton

Thursday, December 5, 2019

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks as Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senator Bernie Sanders listen during the fifth 2020 campaign debate at the Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., November 20, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid - HP1EFBL0D2F2W

Income Inequality & Social Mobility

Helping workers requires more than silver bullets

Erica Groshen and Harry J. Holzer

Monday, November 25, 2019

Housekeeper Rosalinda Franco cleans the glass at Littleton Adventist Hospital, part of Centura Health in Littleton, Colorado, U.S. May 3, 2016. REUTERS/Rick Wilking - D1AETCINMFAA

The Avenue

Low-wage work is more pervasive than you think, and there aren’t enough “good jobs” to go around

Martha Ross and Nicole Bateman

Thursday, November 21, 2019

Reports

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Technology & Innovation

What jobs are affected by AI? Better-paid, better-educated workers face the most exposure

Mark Muro, Jacob Whiton, and Robert Maxim

November 20, 2019

U.S. Department of Labor

Economic Development

Moving federal jobs out of Washington could work, if it’s done correctly

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

REFILE - CORRECTING ID Farmer Isabel Milligan drives a tractor as she weeds and transplants crops on the farm in Amagansett, New York, U.S., July 11, 2019. Picture taken July 11, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsay Morris - RC1B9CA1E620

Income Inequality & Social Mobility

The geography of desperation in America: Labor force participation, mobility trends, place, and well-being

Carol Graham and Sergio Pinto

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Women pick unwanted coffee beans from the final product just before packaging in Holiso cooperative of Shebedino district in Sidama, Ethiopia November 30, 2018. Picture taken November 30, 2018. REUTERS/Maheder Haileselassie - RC1A79217960

Report

Supporting small informal businesses to improve the quality of jobs in Africa

Ahmadou Aly Mbaye

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Hunters View, a multi-phase redevelopment project that includes the replacement of all existing public housing units into mixed-income residences, is shown in the Hunters Point neighborhood of San Francisco, California April 17, 2014. The development includes new rental units, and below-market and market-rate for sale units. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY REAL ESTATE BUSINESS) - GM1EA4I0AER01

Housing Markets & Finance

Is rent control making a comeback?

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Blog Posts

Democratic U.S. presidential candidates (L-R) South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Senator Elizabeth Warren, former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris listen as Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during their fifth 2020 campaign debate at the Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. November 20, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid - HP1EFBL07440M

FixGov

The Democratic debate: Can we talk about jobs? Please?

Thursday, November 21, 2019

Cashier workers

The Avenue

Putting the worker in the future of work

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Delores Leonard (C) walks her daughters Emmarie (L) and Erin to school before heading to work at a McDonald's Restaurant in Chicago, Illinois, September 25, 2014. Leonard, a single mother raising two daughters, has been working at McDonald's for seven years and has never made more than minimum wage. Picture taken September 25, 2014. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - GM1EAAH1LMV01

The Avenue

To lift the American economy, we need to understand the workers at the bottom of it

Martha Ross and Nicole Bateman

Thursday, November 14, 2019

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Events

Development Seminar | Work in progress: Improving youth labour market outcomes in emerging & developing economies

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM IST

New Delhi, India

Manufacturing under the Trump administration

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Foresight Africa: Top priorities for Africa in 2017

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST

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Related Books

Fit Mind, Fit Job

By OECD

2018

Assessment of Labour Provisions in Trade and Investment Arrangements

By International Labor Office

2016

Decent Work in Global Supply Chains

By International Labor Office

2016

Experts

Women eat watermelons at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California April 10, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson - GF10000055583

Up Front

Are the kids alright? Saving and wealth accumulation among the millennial generation

William G. Gale

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Mar 17, 2019; Nashville, TN, USA; A member of the Bridgestone Arena crew sweeps confetti off the court after a win by the Auburn Tigers over the Tennessee Volunteers in the SEC conference tournament championship game at Bridgestone Arena. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports - 12368716

Up Front

College sports joins the marketplace, with limits

Robert E. Litan

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Ryan Nunn

Policy Director - The Hamilton Project

Fellow - Economic Studies

ryandnunn

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Multimedia

Nathan Allen, 65, poses for a portrait in front of the motorhome where he sleeps in a homeless RV and tent encampment near LAX airport in Los Angeles, California, United States, October 26, 2015. Allen lost his job as a handyman, and so couldn't afford to pay the rent for his apartment. Los Angeles is grappling with a massive homelessness problem, as forecasted El Nino downpours threaten to add to the misery of thousands of people who sleep on the streets. Mayor Eric Garcetti has proposed spending $100 million to combat the problem in the sprawling metropolis but stopped short of declaring a state of emergency. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson PICTURE 16 OF 17 - SEARCH "NICHOLSON MOTORHOME" FOR ALL IMAGES - GF10000270563

Podcast Episode

Why nonworking men are unhappiest in America

Carol Graham and Fred Dews

Friday, March 1, 2019

Christian Reyes works on some wiring at Felsomat in the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg

Podcast Episode

The promise of community colleges as pathways to high-quality jobs

Elizabeth Mann Levesque, Martha Ross, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Union signs adorn the windows of a home in Dubuque, Iowa, U.S. March 29, 2018. Picture taken March 29. 2018. REUTERS/Tim Reid - RC11E756E7F0

Podcast Episode

What the Supreme Court’s Janus decision means for unions and workers

Elizabeth Mann Levesque, Vanessa Williamson, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

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