Upjohn Institute announces 2021 Dissertation Award winner and honorable mentions
The annual awards go to the best Ph.D. dissertations on employment policies and issues.
Book explores whether surveys of workforce training program participants are useful
The authors are the first to assess such measures, despite their widespread use.
Report helps policymakers turn economic upheaval into opportunity
A Moment of Opportunity: Strategies for Inclusive Economic Growth
Student gender affects access to information on careers
The disparity may deter more women from their preferred career path.
Tuition-free scholarships may blunt effects of recession, but not everyone benefits equally
Pandemic recession brought drops in enrollment. Photo: Allison Shelley/EDUimages
Promise scholarships get graduates into good jobs—if the jobs are there
Research shows graduates may move away if there aren't enough good job opportunities nearby. Photo by Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for EDUimages
Change could make child-care credit work for lowest-income working families
Making the credit refundable would benefit the poorest working families and narrow the gaps between white and nonwhite households
Pandemic restrictions and shutdowns don't have lasting effect on jobs, new research finds
Restrictions reduce employment while they're in place but deaths from the virus have a lasting drag on employment.
Well-targeted job creation policies can improve employment rates in distressed communities
Research finds local employment rates increase three times as much if jobs are targeted at more-distressed local labor markets.
Seasonal workers don’t make up for lost hours by taking other jobs
New research finds that seasonal workers and others in their household don’t make up for the lost earnings during their off-season by finding other work.