Labor Policy & Unemployment

An Electroimpact automated fiber placement machine, which lays down carbon fiber strips onto the 777X spar, is seen during a media tour of the Boeing 777X at the Boeing Composite Wing Center in Everett, Washington, U.S., February 27, 2019. Picture taken February 27, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson

Podcast Episode

How will automation impact middle-class jobs?

Marcus Casey and James Bessen

Friday, January 17, 2020

Up Front

Power and radicalism: Building a middle class in the digital age

Ryan Avent

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

A maintenance worker sweeps the floor after the cling bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., December 31, 2019. REUTERS/Bryan R Smith

The Avenue

Low unemployment isn’t worth much if the jobs barely pay

Martha Ross and Nicole Bateman

Wednesday, January 8, 2020

A "Now Hiring" sign hangs on the door to the Urban Outfitters store at Quincy Market in Boston, Massachusetts September 5, 2014. U.S. employers hired the fewest number of workers in eight months in August and more Americans gave up the hunt for jobs, providing a cautious Federal Reserve with more reasons to wait longer before raising interest rates. Nonfarm payrolls increased 142,000 last month after expanding by 212,000 in July, the Labor Department said on Friday. The jobless rate fell one-tenth of a percentage point to 6.1 percent, partly because people dropped out of the labor force. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)

Podcast Episode

The top economic issues in 2020

Stephanie Aaronson, Louise Sheiner, and Fred Dews

Friday, January 3, 2020

Reports

Technology & Innovation

What jobs are affected by AI? Better-paid, better-educated workers face the most exposure

Mark Muro, Jacob Whiton, and Robert Maxim

November 20, 2019

Economic Development

Moving federal jobs out of Washington could work, if it’s done correctly

Alan Berube

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

REFILE - CORRECTING ID Farmer Isabel Milligan drives a tractor as she weeds and transplants crops on the farm in Amagansett, New York, U.S., July 11, 2019. Picture taken July 11, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsay Morris - RC1B9CA1E620

Income Inequality & Social Mobility

The geography of desperation in America: Labor force participation, mobility trends, place, and well-being

Carol Graham and Sergio Pinto

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Women pick unwanted coffee beans from the final product just before packaging in Holiso cooperative of Shebedino district in Sidama, Ethiopia November 30, 2018. Picture taken November 30, 2018. REUTERS/Maheder Haileselassie - RC1A79217960

Report

Supporting small informal businesses to improve the quality of jobs in Africa

Ahmadou Aly Mbaye

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Hunters View, a multi-phase redevelopment project that includes the replacement of all existing public housing units into mixed-income residences, is shown in the Hunters Point neighborhood of San Francisco, California April 17, 2014. The development includes new rental units, and below-market and market-rate for sale units. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY REAL ESTATE BUSINESS) - GM1EA4I0AER01

Housing Markets & Finance

Is rent control making a comeback?

Jenny Schuetz

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Blog Posts

A man walks past an empty house marked for demolition in the Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood of Buffalo, New York, November 20, 2009. Buffalo has 15,000 vacant lots from houses that have been demolished, amounting to 3200 acres of vacant land. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES BUSINESS SOCIETY)

The Avenue

Addressing poverty can heal an increasingly divided country

Andre M. Perry

Monday, December 23, 2019

The Avenue

Many businesses have irrational human resources practices. How Cuyahoga County, Ohio is working to address that

David Feinerman

December 20, 2019

Cashiers check out for Thanksgiving Day shoppers at a Target store in Chicago, November 27, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Nelles (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY) - GM1EABS0QE601

Education Plus Development

The economy is growing and leaving low-wage workers behind

Marcela Escobari

Thursday, December 19, 2019

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Events

2019

Mar

Past Event

Development Seminar | Work in progress: Improving youth labour market outcomes in emerging & developing economies

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM IST

Manufacturing under the Trump administration

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Foresight Africa: Top priorities for Africa in 2017

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST

Washington, DC

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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

World Employment and Social Outlook

By International Labor Office

2016

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Experts

Ryan Nunn

Policy Director - The Hamilton Project

Fellow - Economic Studies

ryandnunn

Harry J. Holzer

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Martha Ross

Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program

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Multimedia

Nathan Allen, 65, poses for a portrait in front of the motorhome where he sleeps in a homeless RV and tent encampment near LAX airport in Los Angeles, California, United States, October 26, 2015. Allen lost his job as a handyman, and so couldn't afford to pay the rent for his apartment. Los Angeles is grappling with a massive homelessness problem, as forecasted El Nino downpours threaten to add to the misery of thousands of people who sleep on the streets. Mayor Eric Garcetti has proposed spending $100 million to combat the problem in the sprawling metropolis but stopped short of declaring a state of emergency. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson PICTURE 16 OF 17 - SEARCH "NICHOLSON MOTORHOME" FOR ALL IMAGES - GF10000270563

Podcast Episode

Why nonworking men are unhappiest in America

Carol Graham and Fred Dews

Friday, March 1, 2019

Christian Reyes works on some wiring at Felsomat in the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg

Podcast Episode

The promise of community colleges as pathways to high-quality jobs

Elizabeth Mann Levesque, Martha Ross, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Union signs adorn the windows of a home in Dubuque, Iowa, U.S. March 29, 2018. Picture taken March 29. 2018. REUTERS/Tim Reid - RC11E756E7F0

Podcast Episode

What the Supreme Court’s Janus decision means for unions and workers

Elizabeth Mann Levesque, Vanessa Williamson, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

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