Workforce Development

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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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The Avenue

State and local governments employ the highest share of essential workers. Congress is failing to protect them.

Joseph W. Kane and Adie Tomer

Monday, August 3, 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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The Avenue

To reopen safely, schools must protect more than just students and teachers

Andre M. Perry and Annelies Goger

Friday, July 24, 2020

Reports

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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

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Technology & Innovation

An Atlanta organization’s mission to bring racial equity to the tech ecosystem

July 23, 2020

HR Training

Workforce Development

An evidence-based selection process for equitable hiring in West Michigan

July 23, 2020

Businesswoman

Business & Industry

A two-part plan for saving Charlotte, N.C.’s small businesses

July 23, 2020

Blog Posts

Work team training

Up Front

Looking towards the future: Automation, training, and the middle class

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

A woman with a face mask practices social distancing while waiting for food donations outside a food bank, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Gypsum, Colorado, U.S., April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

The Avenue

Across metro areas, COVID-19 relief loans are helping some places more than others

Joseph Parilla and Sifan Liu

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

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The Avenue

As COVID-19 resurges, so does the threat to local budgets

Tuesday, June 30, 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

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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

Marcela Escobari

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

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Amy Liu

Vice President and Director - Metropolitan Policy Program

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Mark Muro

Senior Fellow and Policy 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

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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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