Middle Class

Workers walk by a 737 Max aircraft on the production line at the Boeing factory in Renton, Washington, U.S., March 27, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson

Up Front

Middle class income growth is lagging the rich and the poor—how much is due to healthcare subsidies?

Isabel V. Sawhill and Christopher Pulliam

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

automation

Up Front

Machines and the middle class: 5 lessons from a discussion between Marcus Casey and James Bessen

Sarah Nzau and Marcus Casey

Friday, January 17, 2020

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

automation

Up Front

Automation and labor market institutions

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Reports

technological substitution

Technology & Innovation

The evolution of technological substitution in low-wage labor markets

Brian Phelan and Daniel Aaronson

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

a tale of two workers

Technology & Innovation

The macroeconomics of automation: Data, theory, and policy analysis

Nir Jaimovich, Henry Siu, Itay Saporta-Eksten, and Yaniv Yedid-Levi

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

automation

Technology & Innovation

Automation: A guide for policymakers

James Bessen, Maarten Goos, Anna Salomons, and Wiljan van den Berge

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Organized labor

Technology & Innovation

Organized labor and the employment trajectories of workers in routine jobs: Evidence from US panel data

Zachary Parolin

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

The Cedar-Riverside neighborhood is home to a large Somali population and is near US Bank Stadium, the site of the NFL's Super Bowl in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. January 19, 2018. Picture taken January 19, 2018. REUTERS/Craig Lassig - RC1FAAB77180

Income Inequality & Social Mobility

Expanding and diversifying housing: Approaches and impacts on opportunity

Jenny Schuetz, Abigail Wozniak, and Zach Swaziek

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Blog Posts

tech revolution

Up Front

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

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Women with dogs walk through the snow after the first lake-effect snowfall of the season at Knox Farm State Park in the Buffalo suburb of East Aurora, New York, U.S. December 8, 2017. REUTERS/Lindsay Dedario

Up Front

Hindsight is 2020: Reflecting on a decade of research on the future of the middle class

Richard V. Reeves and Hannah Van Drie

Monday, December 30, 2019

The shadow of an United Airlines plane is seen over a Los Angeles neighborhood on February 20, 2013. The soft focus on the top part of the photo is caused by gases released by the plane engine. Picture taken on February 20. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT)

Up Front

Middle class incomes have fallen behind and not set to catch up says CBO

Richard V. Reeves and Christopher Pulliam

Friday, December 20, 2019

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Events

Automation, labor market institutions, and the middle class

9:00 AM - 2:45 PM EST

Building the workforce of the future: Resilient people and places

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM EDT

The forgotten Americans: An economic agenda for a divided nation

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

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Related Books

"Dream Hoarders" cover.

Dream Hoarders

By Richard V. Reeves

2017

Inequality in America

By Uri Dadush, Kemal Derviş, Sarah P. Milsom, and Bennett Stancil

2012

Stuck in the Middle

Edited by Antonio Estache and Danny M. Leipziger

2009

Experts

Marcus Casey

Nonresident Fellow - Economic Studies

Jenny Schuetz

Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program, Future of the Middle Class Initiative

Isabel V. Sawhill

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Center on Children and Families, Future of the Middle Class Initiative

isawhill

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Multimedia

Mahindra Automotive North America assembly workers DeAndre Hall (L) and Ryan Hart work on the chassis for a ROXOR off-road vehicle at the MANA assembly plant in Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S., January 30, 2019. Photo taken January 30, 2019. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook - RC145CDD5E30

Podcast Episode

How to fix capitalism for America’s workers

Richard V. Reeves, Isabel V. Sawhill, and Steven Pearlstein

Friday, June 14, 2019

Desteny Martinez, 18, votes for the first time, in the U.S. congressional and gubernatorial midterm elections in Norwalk, California, United States, October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson - RC1BC2DECFC0

Brookings Now

How will middle-class Americans vote in the 2018 midterms?

Richard V. Reeves

Monday, October 29, 2018

A train sits in front of houses on the banks of the Ohio River in Maysville, Kentucky, U.S., September 13, 2017. Photograph taken at N38°39.329' W83°46.168'. Photograph taken September 13, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder - RC1FCD637E00

Podcast Episode

Forgotten Americans in the 2018 midterm elections

Isabel V. Sawhill and Fred Dews

Friday, October 26, 2018

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