Harvard Professor Claudia Goldin on Women's Participation in the Workforce
One distinctly disparate impact as a result of COVID-19 has been on women, and particularly mothers of young children. They have left in troves to take the primary responsibility for caregiving of th...
21 Touko 202128min
US Labor Markets and Policy Implications: Focus on April 2021 Jobs Report
US employers added 266,000 jobs in April. Overall, this is a huge miss compared to economists' expectations of a six-figure hiring boom as parts of the economy begin to fully reopen. Fear of becoming ...
18 Touko 202114min
US Labor Markets and Policy Implications: Focus on March 2021 Jobs Report
US employers added an astounding 916,000 jobs in March 2021. Employment has now doubled each month since the start of the year, marking a turning point in the economic recovery. There will likely be 4...
12 Huhti 202115min
Ellen Galinsky On the Role of Child Care In the Economy For Employers and Families
After a year of unprecedented upheaval in the economy due to the impact of COVID-19, a trail of devastation has been left in its wake on both employers and families. What does child care have to do w...
24 Maalis 202125min
Kristen Broady on workforce training for the post-COVID economy
With millions of workers still out of the labor force a year after the COVID-19 pandemic first widely disrupted US businesses, for many, a successful path back to working may not be a return to old jo...
24 Helmi 202129min
US Labor Markets and Policy Implications: Focus on January Jobs Report
Despite a rebound from December's job losses, employment gains in January were relatively small and likely overstated by seasonal factors. While there is much uncertainty about the next two to three m...
22 Helmi 202114min
Lisa Cook on broadening participation in innovation
As the US continues to grapple with the economic shocks of the COVID pandemic, lowering barriers to the full economic participation of all Americans in proportion to their talents remains one of the s...
11 Helmi 202133min
Erica Groshen on the risks of worker displacement and the COVID-19 pandemic
While the number of unemployed workers continuously declined from April to November, the number "permanently" separated from their employers continued to climb—suggesting that a continuing employment ...
22 Tammi 202136min
