Workforce Development

Man sitting on steps while others pass by

The long-term economic scars of job displacements

Ariel Gelrud Shiro and Kristin F. Butcher

Thursday, July 21, 2022

Construction worker sitting on curb

Job displacements hurt workers across the board

Ariel Gelrud Shiro and Kristin F. Butcher

Thursday, July 21, 2022

Illustration of people walking on a red graph line

Job displacement in the United States by race, education, and parental income

Ariel Gelrud Shiro and Kristin F. Butcher

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

FILE PHOTO: A researcher plants a semiconductor on an interface board during a research work to design and develop a semiconductor product at Tsinghua Unigroup research centre in Beijing, China, February 29, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

Smarter immigration policies could help alleviate the semiconductor shortage

Greg Wright, Dany Bahar, and Ian Seyal

June 17, 2022

Robot picking tomatoes

How innovation affects labor markets: An impact assessment

Thursday, June 16, 2022

Putting data to work on behalf of America’s workers

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

National Science Foundation's seal on building in Washington, D.C.

A new federal program goes local to accelerate regional innovation

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

How China’s human capital impacts its national competitiveness

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM EDT

Laundromat workers walk out the job to protest the current working conditions. On the commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, November 25, 2020 a group of seven laundromat workers in New York City, confronted their employer at Wash Supply in Manhattan, alleging abuses of labor law and labor rights. These women have been designated essential workers and their labor makes it possible for people on Manhattans Upper West Side to have their clothes cleaned. (Photo by Erik McGregor/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

As the jobs recovery nears completion, it’s time to talk about job quality

Makada Henry-Nickie, Regina Seo, and Anthony Barr

Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Man looks at code

TechTank Podcast Episode 42: A conversation on improving the STEM pipeline with UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski

Nicol Turner Lee

Monday, April 18, 2022

Artificial Intelligence

Six Steps to Responsible AI in the Federal Government

Darrell M. West

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

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America’s young people face a grim future. A Civilian Climate Corps can help.

Thursday, January 27, 2022

Expanding climate careers while implementing the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

Growth and distribution in the digital era

7:45 AM - 10:00 AM EST

A staff member interacts with China's first artificial intelligent (AI) robot Xiao Ai at the State Grid Yangzhou Municipal Electric Power Company in Yangzhou city, east China's Zhejiang province, 15 July 2019.China's first artificial intelligent (AI) robot Xiao Ai put into use at the State Grid Yangzhou Municipal Electric Power Company in Yangzhou city, east China's Zhejiang province, 15 July 2019. The robot, which capable of speech recognition, dialog manager systems, real-time communication and image recognition, had an automatic perception of equipment abnormal in distribution network and command workers to repair. Xiao Ai was able to increase efficiency of repairing work.No Use China. No Use France.

Understanding the impact of automation on workers, jobs, and wages

Harry J. Holzer

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

on the job training

Do sectoral training programs work? What the evidence on Project Quest and Year Up really shows

Harry J. Holzer

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

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Brookings Metro at 25: Building a more prosperous, just, and resilient future

Jade Arn, Alan Berube, Molly Kinder, Amy Liu, Mark Muro, Joseph Parilla, Andre M. Perry, Jenny Schuetz, and Fred Dews

Friday, December 17, 2021

ATTENTION EDITORS - EMBARGOED TO 0401 GMT JUNE 11, 2021 A Stellantis assembly worker works on assembling the 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee L at the Detroit Assembly Complex - Mack Plant in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., June 10, 2021. Picture taken June 10, 2021. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

Metrics for job quality, mobility, and equity

Zia Khan, John W. McArthur, Marcela Escobari, and Ethan Rouen

Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Children play in a daycare

Supporting families supports the economy: Social nets are economic foundations

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Peg Burchinal

Monday, September 27, 2021

UI application

Millions of workers will lose their safety net this Labor Day if Congress doesn’t act

Wednesday, August 18, 2021