Labor Policy & Unemployment

Lima, Peru - February 16 2019: Female worker at bakery selling bread at street market called bioferia in parque reducto, Miraflores

Op-Ed

COVID-19 in the Americas: North-South differences and the labor market channel

Marcela Escobari and Eduardo Levy Yeyati

Thursday, January 7, 2021

Up Front

Despair is hurting America’s labor markets

Carol Graham and Sergio Pinto

Saturday, December 19, 2020

The Avenue

Millions of young adults are out of school or work. We need an Education and Employment Promise

Martha Ross and Thomas Showalter

Friday, December 18, 2020

Labor Policy & Unemployment

Preparing U.S. workers for the post-COVID economy: Higher education, workforce training and labor unions

Kristen E. Broady, Moriah Macklin, and Jimmy O’Donnell

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Reports

Workforce Development

Desegregating work and learning through ‘earn-and-learn’ models

Annelies Goger

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Workforce Development

National service can connect America’s young people to opportunity and community—and promote work of real social value

Martha Ross and Nicole Bateman

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Essay

Windfall profits and deadly risks

Molly Kinder, Laura Stateler, and Julia Du

Friday, November 20, 2020

Retirement, Pensions, & Social Security

Better jobs, longer working lives

Beth Truesdale

Thursday, November 19, 2020

Retirement, Pensions, & Social Security

Increasing employment for older workers

Seth Harris

Thursday, November 19, 2020

Blog Posts

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TechTank

TechTank Podcast Episode 10: How fair is the gig economy?

Darrell M. West, Makada Henry-Nickie, and Aaron Klein

Monday, December 14, 2020

The Avenue

COVID-19’s third wave is hammering the Midwest

Alan Berube

Friday, December 11, 2020

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Up Front

Class Notes: Welfare and parenting, free contraception, and more

Ember Smith and Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

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Events

2021

Jan

Past Event

A conversation about racial justice and worker mobility

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

Human work in the age of smart machines: A conversation with Jamie Merisotis

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EST

Beyond giving thanks: Pay, protections, and policies frontline essential workers still need

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

Online only

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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

Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM)

By International Labor Office

2016

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Experts

Eduardo Levy Yeyati

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

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Stephanie Aaronson

Vice President and Director - Economic Studies

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Martha Ross

Senior Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program

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Multimedia

FILE PHOTO: People line up outside a Kentucky Career Center hoping to find assistance with their unemployment claim in Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S. June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston/File Photo/File Photo

Podcast Episode

Proposals for racial justice and worker mobility

Annelies Goger, Martha Ross, and Fred Dews

Friday, December 11, 2020

Up Front

Introducing the Mobility Pathways tool for workers, employers, and policymakers

Marcela Escobari and Natalie Geismar

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Labor Policy & Unemployment

What’s the jobs outlook this Labor Day weekend?

Stephanie Aaronson and David Dollar

Saturday, September 5, 2020

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