Labor Policy & Unemployment

Blog Posts

Up Front

Removing policy obstacles to competitive labor markets

Ryan Nunn

Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Britni Mann speaks with a potential employer during a job fair at Hembree Park in Roswell, Georgia, U.S. May 13, 2021. REUTERS/Chris Aluka Berry

The Avenue

Despite June’s positive jobs numbers, Black workers continue to face high unemployment

Kristen Broady and Carl Romer

Friday, July 2, 2021

The Avenue

Remote work won’t save the heartland

Mark Muro, Yang You, Robert Maxim, and Max Niles

Thursday, June 24, 2021

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Events

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

Former Chief Economist, Department of Labor

Martha Ross

Senior Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program

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Multimedia

A Now Hiring sign at Rally's Drive-In restaurant, Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in Cleveland. (Photo by Image of Sport/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Podcast Episode

Why did US jobs growth slow in April?

Stephanie Aaronson and Adrianna Pita

Friday, May 7, 2021

Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) students Keiley Flores, 13, Andrea Ramos, 10, and Alexander Ramos, 8, work on school-issued computers with unreliable internet connectivity, as their mother Anely Solis, 32, tries to connect them to her mobile hotspot, during the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at their home in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 18, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

Podcast Episode

How mothers spend their time

Lauren Bauer and Fred Dews

Friday, May 7, 2021

People protest in support of the unionizing efforts of the Alabama Amazon workers, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 22, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

Podcast Episode

What does the Amazon union effort signify for labor in America?

Molly Kinder and Adrianna Pita

Friday, April 9, 2021

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Joseph Parilla and Sifan Liu

Wednesday, July 7, 2021

Moving up: Promoting workers’ upward mobility using network analysis

Marcela Escobari, Ian Seyal, and Carlos Daboin Contreras

Monday, June 14, 2021

The American Dream in crisis: Helping low-wage workers move up to better jobs

Marcela Escobari and Eric Krebs

Monday, June 14, 2021

Examining the uneven and hard-to-predict labor market recovery

Lauren Bauer, Arindrajit Dube, Wendy Edelberg, and Aaron Sojourner

Thursday, June 3, 2021

To “build back better,” we must connect young people to jobs and education

Martha Ross, Alicia Sasser Modestino, Sarah Soroui, and Rashad Cope

Thursday, May 20, 2021

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Reports

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

The business case for expanding apprenticeships: Federal and employer perspectives

A conversation about racial justice and worker mobility

Vice President and Director - Economic Studies

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

John LaFarge Professor of Public Policy, Georgetown University

Former Chief Economist, Department of Labor

Senior Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program