Labor Policy & Unemployment

Future Development

The Western Balkans heading toward another storm

Sanja Madzarevic-Sujster, Richard Record, and Christos Kostopolous

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Future Development

Does digitizing government payments increase financial access and usage?

Vyjayanti Desai, Leora Klapper, and Harish Natarajan

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

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Up Front

Class Notes: Mortality rates, parents’ spending on child care, and more

Richard V. Reeves and Simran Kalkat

Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Up Front

The labor market needs to soften—but not as much as some think

Mitchell Barnes, Lauren Bauer, Wendy Edelberg, and Sara Estep

Thursday, November 3, 2022

Reports

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

How much is long COVID reducing labor force participation? Not much (so far)

Louise Sheiner and Nasiha Salwati

Thursday, October 27, 2022

U.S. Economy

An industrial policy for good jobs

Dani Rodrik

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Report

Nine facts about the service sector in the United States

Mitchell Barnes, Lauren Bauer, and Wendy Edelberg

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

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Report

Native Americans are getting left behind in the remote work economy

Matthew Gregg and Robert Maxim

Monday, September 26, 2022

Labor Policy & Unemployment

Work-from-anywhere as a public policy

Prithwiraj Choudhury, Evan Starr, and Thomaz Teodorovicz

Thursday, September 15, 2022

Blog Posts

Future Development

Social safety nets as a springboard for employment: How activation works and an example from Saudi Arabia

Johannes Koettl, Ahmet Fatih Ortakaya, and Abdulelah A Alkharashi

Friday, October 21, 2022

Up Front

Class Notes: Housing assistance benefits, gender roles in Australia and more

Richard V. Reeves and Simran Kalkat

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

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Future Development

The immigrant workforce supports millions of US jobs

Dany Bahar, Carlos Daboin Contreras, and Greg Wright

Monday, October 17, 2022

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Experts

Kristin F. Butcher

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Vice President and Director - Economic Studies

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Multimedia

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Podcast Episode

How bad will the economy get before inflation gets better?

Laurence Ball, David Wessel, Janice C. Eberly, and James Stock

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

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Podcast Episode

What does more remote work mean for workers and the economy?

Steven J. Davis, Stephanie Aaronson, Janice C. Eberly, and James Stock

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Podcast Episode

How effective was aid to business during COVID-19?

Gabriel Chodorow-Reich, Ben Iverson, and David Wessel

Tuesday, June 7, 2022

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Reports

Reimagining industrial policy for the service and tech sectors

Overtime: America’s aging workforce and the future of working longer

Putting data to work on behalf of America’s workers

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Vice President and Director - Economic Studies

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro