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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Wage Posting or Wage Bargaining?: A Test Using Dual Jobholders

January 18, 2022 · Research

Wage Posting or Wage Bargaining? A Test Using Dual Jobholders

January 7, 2022 · Research

Wage Posting or Wage Bargaining? A Test Using Dual Jobholders

January 7, 2022 · Research

Contingent and Alternative Employment: Lessons From the Contingent Worker Supplement, 1995–2017

January 5, 2022 · Research

What Do We Know About Alternative Work Arrangements in the United States? A Synthesis of Research Evidence from Household Surveys, and Administrative Data

January 5, 2022 · Research

College Majors and Skills: Evidence from the Universe of Online Job Ads

January 4, 2022 · Research

Isolated States of America: The Impact of State Borders on Mobility and Regional Labor Market Adjustments

December 2, 2021 · Research

Isolated States of America: State Borders, Mobility, and Labor Markets

December 2, 2021 · Research

General Equilibrium Effects of Insurance Expansions: Evidence from Long-Term Care Labor Markets

November 30, 2021 · Research

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