Workforce Development

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U.S. Economy

Helping America’s distressed communities recover from the COVID-19 recession and achieve long-term prosperity

Timothy J. Bartik

September 23, 2020

Job training

The Avenue

In many communities, COVID-19 will permanently kill jobs. Here’s how they can respond.

John C. Austin and Brad Hershbein

Thursday, September 17, 2020

Control room & computer screens

Up Front

Training during and after COVID-19

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

The World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) officially opened in Shanghai on Thursday under the theme of "Intelligent Connectivity, Indivisible Community" with hundreds of speakers and industry experts sharing their insights on the latest developments in AI. Intelligent robots are displaying on the ground floor of Shanghai Expo Centre, Shanghai, China, 9 July 2020.No Use China. No Use France.

Testimony

If AI takes jobs, humans will need lifelong learning and portable benefits

Darrell M. West

Thursday, September 10, 2020

Reports

creative industry worker

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Lost art: Measuring COVID-19’s devastating impact on America’s creative economy

Richard Florida and Michael Seman

August 11, 2020

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U.S. Metro Areas

No more status quo: A community-led action plan for addressing structural inequity during COVID-19 recovery

Hanna Love, Tunua Thrash-Ntuk, and Jennifer S. Vey

August 4, 2020

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Infrastructure

An infrastructure stimulus plan for the COVID-19 recession

Adie Tomer, Joseph W. Kane, and Lara Fishbane

July 29, 2020

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Workforce Development

State-level policies to incentivize workplace learning

Marian Negoita and Annelies Goger

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

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Higher Education

Community college program choices in the wake of local job losses

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Blog Posts

Clean energy

The Avenue

How clean energy jobs can power an equitable COVID-19 recovery

Joseph W. Kane and Ranjitha Shivaram

Thursday, September 10, 2020

Job seekers listen to prospective employers during a job hiring event for marketing, sales and retail positions in San Francisco, 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/Robert Galbraith/Files

The Avenue

The labor market doesn’t have a ‘skills gap’—it has an opportunity gap

Annelies Goger and Luther Jackson

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Restaurant workers

The Avenue

‘Back to work in the flames’: The hospitality sector in a pandemic

Tracy Hadden Loh, Annelies Goger, and Sifan Liu

Thursday, August 20, 2020

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Events

Webinar: Employment after incarceration—Fair chance hiring in the COVID-19 era

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

The future of work in Africa: Opportunities and challenges of digital technologies

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EDT

The future of ICT in the digital economy

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

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Related Books

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Under-Rewarded Efforts: The Elusive Quest for Prosperity in Mexico

By Santiago Levy

2018

Extreme Productivity: Boost Your Results, Reduce Your Hours book cover

Extreme Productivity: Boost Your Results, Reduce Your Hours

By Robert C. Pozen

2012

First Thing We Do, Let’s Deregulate All the Lawyers

By Clifford Winston, Robert W. Crandall, and Vikram Maheshri

2011

Experts

Andre M. Perry

Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program

Amy Liu

Vice President and Director - Metropolitan Policy Program

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Multimedia

Workers clean the windows on a high-rise building in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., October 21, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Podcast Episode

How the next recovery can revive upward mobility

Marcela Escobari

Managing the Future of Work

Friday, June 5, 2020

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Global Trade

How will COVID-19 reshape America’s logistics workforce?

Adie Tomer and David Dollar

Monday, April 6, 2020

A security officer keeps watch in front of an AI (Artificial Intelligence) sign at the annual Huawei Connect event in Shanghai, China September 18, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song - RC192A130D00

Podcast Episode

AI will affect better-paid workers, but will it displace them?

Mark Muro and Fred Dews

Friday, December 20, 2019

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