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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Future of Work Panel Discussion

November 24, 2021 · Research

Wage Posting or Wage Bargaining? A Test Using Dual Jobholders

November 18, 2021 · Research

Temporary Agency Employment as a Way Out of Poverty?

October 26, 2021 · Research

Do Temporary Help Jobs Improve Labor Market Outcomes for Low-Skilled Workers? Evidence from 'Work First'

October 26, 2021 · Research

The Effect of Work First Job Placements on the Distribution of Earnings: An Instrumental Variable Quantile Regression Approach

October 26, 2021 · Research

Contract Work at Older Ages

October 26, 2021 · Research

Contract Work at Older Ages

October 26, 2021 · Research

Labor Market Consequences of Antitax Avoidance Policies

October 21, 2021 · Research

When Labor Enforcement and Immigration Enforcement Collide: Deterring Worker Complaints Worsens Workplace Safety

October 12, 2021 · Research

The Impact of the Pandemic on U.S. Labor Markets: Past, Present and Future Concerns

October 8, 2021 · Research

The Dynamics of Referral Hiring and Racial Inequality: Evidence from Brazil

October 4, 2021 · Research

Place-Based Jobs Policies: We Need to Boost Employment Rates in Distressed Places, But: One Size Does NOT Fit All

September 16, 2021 · Research

A Model of Occupational Licensing and Statistical Discrimination

August 26, 2021 · Research

Sources of Displaced Workers' Long-Term Earnings Losses

August 20, 2021 · Research

Informed Choices: Gender Gaps in Career Advice

July 30, 2021 · Research

Social Capital Determinants and Labor Market Networks

July 19, 2021 · Research

Do Recessions Accelerate Routine-Biased Technological Change? Evidence from Vacancy Postings

July 16, 2021 · Research

Why Are Older Workers Moving Less While Working Longer?

June 30, 2021 · Research

Trade Policy as an Exogenous Shock: Focusing on the Specifics

June 16, 2021 · Research

The Future of Work, Entrepreneurship, and Access to Opportunity

May 25, 2021 · Research