Labor Policy & Unemployment

External Article

The economy that allows you to get your job done is broken

Molly Kinder and Martha Ross

New York Times Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Income Inequality & Social Mobility

A comparison of renters and homeowners in recent decades

Wendy Edelberg, Sara Estep, Stephanie Lu, and Emily Moss

Monday, April 12, 2021

Report

Bolstering the housing safety net: The promise of automatic stabilizers

Robert Collinson, Ingrid Gould Ellen, and Benjamin Keys

Monday, April 12, 2021

Labor Policy & Unemployment

A plan to reform the Unemployment Insurance system in the United States

Arindrajit Dube

Monday, April 12, 2021

Reports

Report

How federal infrastructure investment can put America to work

Marcela Escobari, Dhruv Gandhi, and Sebastian Strauss

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Infrastructure

How renewable energy jobs can uplift fossil fuel communities and remake climate politics

Adie Tomer, Joseph W. Kane, and Caroline George

February 23, 2021

Report

America’s crisis of despair: A federal task force for economic recovery and societal well-being

Carol Graham

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Las Vegas, NV, April 23, 2020: View of empty, eerie Las Vegas Strip during the coronavirus pandemic lock-down.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

Explaining the economic impact of COVID-19

Aaron Klein and Ember Smith

Friday, February 5, 2021

Immigration

4 ways the Biden administration can improve the employment-based immigration system without Congress

Dan Berger, Steve Yale-Loehr, Emily Hindle, and Hun Lee

Thursday, January 28, 2021

Blog Posts

Up Front

How many jobs is the US likely to add this year?

Louise Sheiner and Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti

Monday, March 22, 2021

adult education: mature students working in a computer laboratory

TechTank

TechTank Podcast Episode 15: To build back better, the U.S. needs a digital service corps

Nicol Turner Lee

Monday, March 22, 2021

The Avenue

Wanted: A public option for finding work in the gig economy

Xavier de Souza Briggs and Wingham Rowan

Friday, March 19, 2021

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Events

2021

Mar

Past Event

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

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

10:30 AM - 11:30 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

Gary Burtless

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Future of the Middle Class Initiative

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Martha Ross

Senior Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program

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Multimedia

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

Aerial view of a massive highway in Los Angeles, CA at night

Podcast Episode

Sustainable Development Spotlight: Federal infrastructure investment can put America to work

Marcela Escobari

Thursday, March 18, 2021

Woman office worker in blue shirt with cardboard sign LOST JOB. Jobless, unemployment due covid-19 concept.

Podcast Episode

Congress extended unemployment benefits. What should come next?

Lauren Bauer and Adrianna Pita

Friday, March 12, 2021

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