Labor Market Issues

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Jobs are changing, and the future of work will challenge many long-held assumptions about employment. Upjohn Institute research explores evolving struggles over wages, inequality, immigration and regulations and emerging trends of gig work, automation and offshoring.

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Research details declining working class, increasing inequality over four decades

March 30, 2021 · Research Highlight

Pandemic restrictions and shutdowns don't have lasting effect on jobs, new research finds

February 15, 2021 · Research Highlight
Restrictions reduce employment while they're in place but deaths from the virus have a lasting drag on employment.

ForeWARNing? Michigan’s Announced Mass Layoffs Under the WARN Act

May 13, 2020 · Research Highlight
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Unemployment Compensation and Older Workers

June 26, 2001 · Research

The Effect of Child Care Costs on the Labor Force Participation and Welfare Recipiency of Single Mothers: Implications for Welfare Reform

March 1, 2001 · Research

A Comparative Analysis of Moonlighting in Canada and the United States

January 1, 2001 · Research

Children's Effects on Women's Labor Market Attachment and Earnings

January 1, 2001 · Research

Early Retirees of a Telecommunications Firm: Patterns of Employment and Working Time

January 1, 2001 · Research

Introduction and Overview [to Working Time, Vol. II]

January 1, 2001 · Research

Large Companies and the Changing Use of Temporary Workers

January 1, 2001 · Research

Perspectives on Working Time over the Life Cycle

January 1, 2001 · Research

Self-Employment and Schedule Flexibility for Married Females

January 1, 2001 · Research

The Life Cycle of Working Time in the United States and Canada

January 1, 2001 · Research

U.S. Health Policy and Mothers of Children with Disabilities

January 1, 2001 · Research

Work Site and Work Hours: The Labor Force Flexibility of Home-Based Female Workers

January 1, 2001 · Research

Working Time Over the Life Cycle

January 1, 2001 · Research

Commentary [on Charting the Landscape]

January 1, 2001 · Research

Commentary [on Charting the Landscape]

January 1, 2001 · Research

Commentary [on Chronic Illness and Disability]

January 1, 2001 · Research

Commentary [on Chronic Illness and Disability]

January 1, 2001 · Research

Commentary [on Filling Gaps in Health Coverage]

January 1, 2001 · Research

Commentary [on Filling Gaps in Health Coverage]

January 1, 2001 · Research

Commentary [on Filling Gaps in Health Coverage]

January 1, 2001 · Research