Labor Policy & Unemployment

FILE PHOTO: A "Now hiring" sign is displayed on the window of an IN-N-OUT fast food restaurant in Encinitas, California, U.S., May 9, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo/File Photo

Podcast Episode

How bad will the economy get before inflation gets better?

Laurence Ball, David Wessel, Janice C. Eberly, and James Stock

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

U.S. Economy

An industrial policy for good jobs

Dani Rodrik

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Report

Nine facts about the service sector in the United States

Mitchell Barnes, Lauren Bauer, and Wendy Edelberg

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Cherokee, North Carolina, USA - August 12, 2020: Large Totem Pole outside of the Museum of the Cherokee Indian with a face mask and signs for mask requirement to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Report

Native Americans are getting left behind in the remote work economy

Matthew Gregg and Robert Maxim

Monday, September 26, 2022

Reports

Labor Policy & Unemployment

Work-from-anywhere as a public policy

Prithwiraj Choudhury, Evan Starr, and Thomaz Teodorovicz

Thursday, September 15, 2022

A "Now Open" sign hangs outside a business

Report

Tracking the robust recovery in the business sector since 2020

Mitchell Barnes and Wendy Edelberg

September 1, 2022

Diverse patients with face masks sitting in queue in hospital waiting room

Report

New data shows long Covid is keeping as many as 4 million people out of work

Katie Bach

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Technology & Innovation

Preparing for the (non-existent?) future of work

Anton Korinek and Megan Juelfs

Thursday, August 11, 2022

Illustration of people walking on a red graph line

Labor Policy & Unemployment

Job displacement in the United States by race, education, and parental income

Ariel Gelrud Shiro and Kristin F. Butcher

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Blog Posts

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Up Front

Class Notes: Boys and men, home evictions, and more

Richard V. Reeves and Simran Kalkat

Thursday, September 15, 2022

Up Front

A COVID-19 labor force legacy: The drop in dual-worker families

Ryan Nunn and Katherine Lim

September 8, 2022

Up Front

Class notes: Friendships and upward mobility, racial gaps in UI receipt, and more

Richard V. Reeves, Beyond Deng, and Simran Kalkat

Friday, August 19, 2022

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Experts

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Podcast Episode

What does more remote work mean for workers and the economy?

Steven J. Davis, Stephanie Aaronson, Janice C. Eberly, and James Stock

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Podcast Episode

How effective was aid to business during COVID-19?

Gabriel Chodorow-Reich, Ben Iverson, and David Wessel

Tuesday, June 7, 2022

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Podcast Episode

How did expanded Unemployment Insurance affect the COVID-19 economy?

Fiona Greig, Pascal Noel, and David Wessel

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

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Reports

Reimagining industrial policy for the service and tech sectors

Overtime: America’s aging workforce and the future of working longer

Putting data to work on behalf of America’s workers

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Vice President and Director - Economic Studies

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro