Labor Policy & Unemployment

A man fills out a form at a booth at a military veterans' job fair in Carson, California October 3, 2014. U.S. employers ramped up hiring in September and the jobless rate fell to a six-year low, bolstering bets the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates in mid-2015. Friday's report on employment is the most significant gauge of the economy's health ahead of Nov. 4 congressional elections. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT MILITARY) - RTR48UUW

The Avenue

The surprising diversity of America’s jobless adults

Alan Berube

Friday, June 23, 2017

Workforce Development

Meet the out-of-work

Martha Ross and Natalie Holmes

Thursday, June 22, 2017

Fit Mind, Fit Job

By OECD

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

Reports

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

Employees work on a printed circuit board at the assembly line of a factory that exports to the U.S. in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, January 27, 2017. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez - RTSXQ86

Global Development

The future of work in the developing world

Laurence Chandy

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Global Development

Increasing employment opportunities

Haroon Bhorat, Karmen Naidoo, and Arabo Ewinyu

Monday, January 9, 2017

Blog Posts

Michael Grabinski, two weeks old held by his mother Calee.

Brookings Now

It’s time to make paid parental leave happen nationally, and here’s how to do it

Friday, June 16, 2017

A customer uses a computer in an internet cafe at Changzhi, Shanxi province January 25, 2010. China widened its attack against U.S. criticisms of Internet censorship on Monday, raising the stakes in a dispute that has put Google in the middle of a political quarrel between the two global powers. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS SCI TECH) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA - RTR29FC5

Future Development

Future Development Reads: The future of work for our children and global internet trends

Wolfgang Fengler

Friday, June 16, 2017

The Avenue

Metro area unemployment trends buck the national narrative: A story of convergence, not divergence

Alan Berube and Cecile Murray

Thursday, June 8, 2017

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Labour Administration in Uncertain Times

Edited by Jason Heyes and Ludek Rychly

2014

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2014

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2014

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Experts

Harry J. Holzer

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Alan Berube

Senior Fellow and Deputy Director - Metropolitan Policy Program

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Martha Ross

Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program

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Multimedia

Graduating students arrive for Commencement Exercises at Boston College in Boston, Massachusetts,

Higher Education

Career paths and earnings after college

Ryan Nunn and Fred Dews

Friday, June 9, 2017

Storm clouds hover as a cyclist rides past a field of maize after late rains near Malawi's capital Lilongwe, February 1, 2016. Late rains in Malawi threaten the staple maize crop and have pushed prices to record highs.About 14 million people face hunger in Southern Africa because of a drought that has been exacerbated by an El Nino weather pattern, according to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). REUTERS/Mike Hutchings - RTX24Z7D

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

Africa in focus

Thunder is not yet rain: Sustaining progress towards realizing Africa’s vision

Amadou Sy, Christina Golubski, and Amy Copley

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

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Reports

Foresight Africa: Top priorities for Africa in 2017

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

Slow growth in productivity: Causes, consequences, and policies

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Senior Fellow and Deputy Director - Metropolitan Policy Program

Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program