Labor Policy & Unemployment

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Up Front

Class Notes: Minimum wage and worker productivity, maternal well-being and the safety net, and more

Beyond Deng and Richard V. Reeves

Friday, October 22, 2021

Young people working in coffee shop with surgical masks on.

Up Front

Has COVID disrupted the postsecondary pipeline?

Lauren Bauer, Veronica Clevenstine, Wendy Edelberg, Elisabeth Raczek, and Winnie Yee

Thursday, October 14, 2021

A general view of the U.S. Federal Reserve, in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, September 29, 2021. Earlier this week, two high ranking members of the Federal Reserve resigned after disclosures of financial dealings, and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) declared her opposition to the re-nomination of current Fed Chair Jay Powell. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

The Avenue

Fed should keep labor markets tight for a more inclusive economy

Anthony Barr and Kristen Broady

Wednesday, October 13, 2021

U.S. Capitol building and flags at sunrise

Testimony

Addressing America’s crisis of despair and economic recovery: A call for a coordinated effort

Carol Graham

Friday, October 1, 2021

Reports

Technology & Innovation

Tax not the robots

Robert Seamans

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Silhouette of a woman in front of a fence and American flag

Report

Addressing America’s crisis of despair and economic recovery

Friday, July 30, 2021

FILE PHOTO: People line up outside a newly reopened career center for in-person appointments in Louisville, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud/File Photo

Workforce Development

The pandemic hurt low-wage workers the most—and so far, the recovery has helped them the least

Nicole Bateman and Martha Ross

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Essay

Digital transformation in labor and education systems

Annelies Goger and Janie McDermott

Monday, July 26, 2021

Income Inequality & Social Mobility

Why local leaders in Mobile, Alabama must address racial equity in the manufacturing sector

Andre M. Perry, Carl Romer, and Anthony Barr

Friday, July 16, 2021

Blog Posts

Up Front

Class Notes: Surprising impacts of unionization, affirmative action, and more

Beyond Deng and Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Up Front

A hot labor market won’t eliminate racial and ethnic unemployment gaps

Stephanie Aaronson, Mitchell Barnes, and Wendy Edelberg

Thursday, September 2, 2021

The Avenue

Millions of workers will lose their safety net this Labor Day if Congress doesn’t act

Annelies Goger

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

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Events

2021

Jul

Past Event

Improving labor and education data systems after the COVID-19 unemployment crisis

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

The business case for expanding apprenticeships: Federal and employer perspectives

3:30 PM - 4:45 PM EST

A conversation about racial justice and worker mobility

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

Online only

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Related Books

Inequality and the Labor Market

Edited by Sharon Block and Benjamin H. Harris

2021

Fit Mind, Fit Job

By OECD

2018

Assessment of Labour Provisions in Trade and Investment Arrangements

By International Labor Office

2016

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Experts

Stephanie Aaronson

Vice President and Director - Economic Studies

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Harry J. Holzer

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

John LaFarge Professor of Public Policy, Georgetown University

Martha Ross

Senior Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program

marthahross

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Multimedia

FILE PHOTO: An employee puts up a price tag ahead of Black Friday at a Walmart store in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. November 23, 2016. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski/File Photo

Podcast Episode

Why high unemployment persists for Black workers

Kristen Broady and Fred Dews

Friday, August 27, 2021

An essential delivery worker wearing personal protective equipment in Tribeca, New York during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Podcast Episode

Why it’s harder for American workers to get ahead, and what we can do about it

Marcela Escobari and Fred Dews

Friday, August 13, 2021

People wait in line as Kentucky Labor Cabinet reopens 13 Regional Career Centers for in-person unemployment insurance services, in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Amira Karaoud

Podcast Episode

After the COVID-19 lockdowns, how to fix benefit delivery tech for workers

Annelies Goger and Fred Dews

Friday, July 30, 2021

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