Labor Policy & Unemployment

Education

The community college-employer connection

Elizabeth Mann and Fred Dews

Friday, August 4, 2017

Brookings Now

Charts of the week: The jobs gap is closed

Fred Dews

Friday, August 4, 2017

Workers dismantle scaffolding at the Hudson Yards construction project is pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S. May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri - RTX37GAX

Brookings on Job Numbers

Strong jobs growth continues in July

Jonathan Wright

Friday, August 4, 2017

Labor Policy & Unemployment

The Changing Face of Work in India

Rakesh Mohan

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Reports

Workforce Development

Meet the out-of-work

Martha Ross and Natalie Holmes

Thursday, June 22, 2017

Workers on the assembly line replace the back covers of 32-inch television sets.

Labor Policy & Unemployment

Will robots make job training (and workers) obsolete? Workforce development in an automating labor market

Harry J. Holzer

Monday, June 19, 2017

Mothers relax on the grass with their babies at Central Park during a warm day in New York, March 22, 2012. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED SATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT) - RTR2ZQFC

Children & Families

Paid family and medical leave: An issue whose time has come

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Workers construct mini-bikes at motorcycle and go-kart maker Monster Moto in Ruston

Income Inequality & Social Mobility

What we know and don’t know about declining labor force participation: A review

Eleanor Krause and Isabel V. Sawhill

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Workers on the assembly line replace the back covers of 32-inch television sets at Element Electronics in Winnsboro, South Carolina, U.S. on May 29, 2014. REUTERS/Chris Keane/File Photo - RTX2QCX9

Cities & Regions

Understanding US productivity trends from the bottom-up

Joseph Parilla and Mark Muro

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Blog Posts

Cooks, cashiers and other minimum wage earners join anti-Trump activists on a march for an increase in the minimum wage during a March on McDonalds in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Frank Polich - RTX37B1T

Future Development

Future Development Reads: Economists captured, how to rebut anti-immigration positions, minimum-wage wars

Shanta Devarajan

Friday, July 7, 2017

A construction worker hammers atop a construction project.

Brookings on Job Numbers

June a strong month for jobs growth

Jonathan Wright

Friday, July 7, 2017

The Avenue

Beyond the monthly jobs report: Putting faces to the numbers

Martha Ross

Thursday, July 6, 2017

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Experts

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Upcoming Labor Policy & Unemployment

Fit Mind, Fit Job

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Higher Education

Career paths and earnings after college

Ryan Nunn and Fred Dews

Friday, June 9, 2017

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Africa in focus

Le tonnerre n’est pas toujours suivi de la pluie : Maintenir le progrès vers la réalisation de la vision pour l’Afrique

Amadou Sy, Christina Golubski, and Amy Copley

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

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Reports

Manufacturing under the Trump administration

Foresight Africa: Top priorities for Africa in 2017

The productivity puzzle: How can we speed up the growth of the economy?

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Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

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