Policies and trends around employment impact over 160 million working Americans and their families. Our posts discuss a range of topics including: demographic trends in labor force participation; unemployment; the impact of immigration; minimum wage laws; discrimination; how trade policy affects U.S. jobs; the rise of automation; and employment-focused education and skills programs, among others.
January 16, 2018
Technology is displacing workers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. It is also making hard-to-automate social skills increasingly valuable.
January 7, 2018
U.S. policy has emphasized employment at the center of anti-poverty programs. However, many poor adults face barriers to work or are in poverty despite working.
December 6, 2017
After decades of rising steadily, the percentage of women working outside of the home in the U.S. has fallen. Less educated women have seen the biggest drop.
October 26, 2017
A report by the Council of Economic Advisers claims that cutting U.S corporate taxes from 35 to 20 percent would raise workers’ incomes by $4,000 per year.
September 23, 2017
The opioid epidemic is not the only cause driving a rise in mortality for middle-aged Americans. The less educated are most affected by rising mortality.
September 22, 2017
The gender wage gap narrowed considerably in the 1980s. But progress has slowed since, especially among the highest-paid and most educated workers.
September 11, 2017
Has DACA denied jobs to hundreds of thousands of Americans by allowing those same jobs to go to illegal aliens? Or, will ending DACA hurt local economies?
August 28, 2017
The state of Wisconsin is proposing to subsidize a Foxconn plant in the southeast corner of the state. Will benefits reach the workers in greatest need of help?
August 7, 2017
California and New York State, as well as several cities, are expected to raise minimum wages to $15 in the coming years. Will it help or hurt low-wage workers?