Labor Policy & Unemployment

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What the forgotten Americans really want−and how to give it to them

Isabel V. Sawhill

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Nervous stressed female applicant waiting for result at hiring negotiations, insecure woman candidate feeling worried while hr managers read discuss her cv resume, bad failed job interview concept

Workers with low levels of education still haven’t recovered from the Great Recession

Lauren Bauer and Jay Shambaugh

Thursday, September 6, 2018

Women wait in line for an interview at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Coney Island Boom A Ring Job Fair in New York May 27, 2009. There will be 200 jobs available for anyone age 16 and older starting June 18 thru September 7 on the boardwalk in Coney Island. The U.S. housing bust and auto sector upheaval have left hundreds of thousands of workers looking for jobs in the same sectors, in the same places, and at the same time. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS SOCIETY) - GM1E55S0H4001

New evidence that losing your job is even more stressful for black Americans

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

A student operates a drill press in a metalwork class

Why we should train workers like we train machine learning algorithms

Makada Henry-Nickie

Friday, August 17, 2018

The fast lane – Demography, regional competitiveness, city finances

David Lanham and Rachel Barker

Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Malana Long fills out a job application during a job fair for the homeless at the Los Angeles Mission in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles, California, in this file photo taken June 4, 2015. The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, pointing to a tightening labor market. REUTERS/David McNew/Files - TM3EB6I0O4101

Trump’s work requirements have been tested before. They succeeded.

Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Shop front door - Help Wanted

The recent rebound in prime-age labor force participation

Audrey Breitwieser, Ryan Nunn, and Jay Shambaugh

Thursday, August 2, 2018

People wait in line in front of a government-run employment office in Madrid March 4, 2014. The number of registered jobless in Spain fell by 0.04 percent in February from a month earlier, or by 1,949 people, leaving 4.8 million people out of work, data from the Labour Ministry showed on Tuesday. It was the first time that the jobless figure fell in the month of February since the start of Spain's financial crisis in 2007. REUTERS/Andrea Comas (SPAIN - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1EA341GNO01

Can government help the unemployed find work?

Jochen Kluve and Johannes Koettl

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

An Uber driver looks out of his vehicle next to New York City Hall while Uber riders and driver-partners take part in a rally on steps of the City Hall against proposed legislation limiting for-hire vehicles in New York June 30, 2015. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz - GF10000144880

Measuring American gig workers is difficult, but essential

Marcela Escobari and Sandy Fernandez

Thursday, July 19, 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

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

Elizabeth Mann Levesque, Vanessa Williamson, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, July 18, 2018