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First of a two-part series about the central role of financing the Unemployment Insurance system

Sixteen researchers received awards totaling $80,000 to carry out policy-relevant research on labor market issues.

The share of the earnings power of all new hires held by part-time workers is near a record low.

Because of the Midwest's faster growth in the wage index, the region’s recent hires are predicted to have higher earnings as well.

Updated usage and success measures for the Kalamazoo Promise have been posted at upjohn.org

Younger workers’ share of the aggregate earnings power of all newly hired workers is dropping

The deadline to apply for the awards is January 22, 2021.

Upjohn Institute New Hires Quality Index crests new record high, but few in non-metropolitan areas share in the recovery

While the pandemic recession has disproportionately hurt workers of color, the New Hires Quality Index shows the hiring picture may not be as bleak as commonly thought.

This year's winner is Claire Montialoux. Honorable mentions are Jonas Cederlöf and John Grigsby.

These areas already lacked sufficient jobs before the COVID-19 recession and could fall farther behind without help.

Each Labor Day, Index creator Brad Hershbein examines trends in actual, reported wages of newly hired workers and compares these with the New Hires Quality Index.

Watch video of Upjohn Institute Senior Economist Christopher O'Leary on the C-SPAN morning program Washington Journal.