Labor Market Issues

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.


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.

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Child Care and Federal Policy

April 1, 1998 · Research

Pensions and the Labor Market

January 1, 1998 · Research

Pensions and Productivity

January 1, 1998 · Research

Labor and Labor Markets in the 1930s

January 1, 1998 · Research

The Economics of the Great Depression

January 1, 1998 · Research

The Effects of Employer Mandates

January 1, 1998 · Research

Jobs for Welfare Recipients

April 1, 1997 · Research