A conference co-organized by the Upjohn Institute’s Susan Houseman, Anne Polivka of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Ayşegül Şahin of Princeton University brought together some of the country’s leading researchers focused on the future of work and work arrangements. The Spring 2025 CRIW Conference on the Changing Nature of Work was held March 6-7 near Washington, D.C.
The conference included 12 papers whose topics included emerging digital technologies, telework, contract work, digital platform work, and other types of self-employment and freelancing. The papers will be published as a conference volume by the University of Chicago Press.
The conference, which was supported by the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, was the latest installment of the Conference on Research in Income and Wealth. The CRIW was founded in 1936 to bring together economists in government, universities, business, and nonprofits to address pressing common issues and improve measurement of the economy. The CRIW is administered by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
More information on the conference, including speakers and presentation slides, is at