Labor Markets

Humanities and the Arts
commentary
Arts and Cultural Workers Are Especially Vulnerable to the Pandemic
Susan A. Resetar, James V. Marrone, Daniel Schwam
Jul 23, 2020
The RAND Blog
Workers in the arts and cultural industries could be especially vulnerable to the economic shocks of COVID-19. As the United States reopens and decides its future, it should recognize these vulnerabilities, as well as the benefits that the arts and cultural industries offer.
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Employment and Unemployment
commentary
Is the U.S. Stuck with a Fixed Add-On for Unemployment?
Kathryn A. Edwards @keds_economist
Jul 23, 2020
The RAND Blog
When COVID-19 led to millions of Americans losing their jobs, Congress moved to increase unemployment benefits by $600 a week. What should happen when those extra benefits expire?
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Employment and Unemployment
commentary
COVID-19's Depletion of Entry-Level Summer Jobs Can Have Long-Lasting Effects for Young Workers
Matthew D. Baird
Jul 6, 2020
The RAND Blog
Summer is typically when employment for young workers is at its highest. One of the many costs of the pandemic is lower employment rates. For young workers, it's not just an issue of lost wages; there is also an effect on their personal job history.
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Economic Development
commentary
The Wealth Gap Widens
Shanthi Nataraj @ShanthiNataraj
Jun 1, 2020
Los Angeles Times
Whether history considers the current downturn a recession or a depression, it will reinforce the growing inequality in the United States. Navigating this crisis without substantially increasing inequality would require an unwavering commitment to support displaced workers and small-business owners.
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Employment and Unemployment
commentary
38 Million Have Applied for Unemployment—but How Many Have Received Benefits?
Kathryn A. Edwards @keds_economist, Jeffrey B. Wenger
Jun 1, 2020
The RAND Blog
Unemployment Insurance may need substantial reform to its application process, but it has weathered the COVID-19 pandemic unemployment disaster. Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, the new program intended for workers who are not part of the employer tax base, has not.
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Workforce Management
commentary
To Preserve Jobs, America's Employers May Have to Get Creative
Jason Michael Ward
May 26, 2020
CNN
With about 38.6 million Americans filing for unemployment insurance benefits since the end of February, it is clear that COVID-19 has turned the world of work upside down. One way to reduce the economic damage may be job-sharing, an approach that focuses on maximizing jobs by reducing workers' hours rather than resorting to layoffs or furloughs.
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Decisionmaking
commentary
Relaxing COVID-19 Restrictions Presents Stark Health and Economic Choices
Jeanne S. Ringel @JeanneRingel, Raffaele Vardavas, Aaron Strong
May 18, 2020
The RAND Blog
RAND's new COVID-19 interventions impact tool uses epidemiological and economic models and continually refreshed data to estimate what could happen as restrictions are eased. The tool won't make the choices confronting state leaders less painful. But it can provide clear, evidence-based estimates of the health and economic trade-offs.
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Gender Equity in the Workplace
commentary
Economic Recovery in Egypt Should Include Women
Louay Constant @LouayConstant
May 11, 2020
United Press International
Despite tremendous strides in educational attainment, women's engagement in the labor force in Egypt remains limited. Will Egypt's post-pandemic recovery further exacerbate structural barriers and inequities? Or could the current economic crisis be an opportunity to develop new opportunities to employ women and foster conditions for a more inclusive and diversified labor force?
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Employment and Unemployment
commentary
Is the Unemployment Rate Now Higher Than It Was in the Great Depression?
Jeffrey B. Wenger, Kathryn A. Edwards @keds_economist
May 7, 2020
The RAND Blog
The extent of COVID-19's effect on the labor market will be catastrophic for many workers and businesses. Matching the unemployment rate peak set by the Great Depression is not even necessary to establish the historic nature of the downturn that we're living through.
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Employment and Unemployment
commentary
Millions Need Unemployment Benefits. Unfortunately, the Delivery System Is Broken
Kathryn A. Edwards @keds_economist
Apr 6, 2020
Los Angeles Times
More than 10 million Americans filed for unemployment insurance in March as businesses closed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Washington's stimulus package enacted welcome measures to tide people over, but these temporary fixes don't address some serious structural problems.
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Demographics
blog
Ink Tank: At RAND, Tattoos Sometimes Reflect the Research
Jan 10, 2020
Three RAND experts and one Pardee RAND student explain how their tattoos reflect their research on the problems Marines face, end-of-life care, migration-related issues, and the changing needs of the labor force.
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Workforce Development
essay
Education and Employment Should Be One System, Not Two
Jan 7, 2020
Too many American workers aren't getting the education and training they need to compete in the 21st century. We need to revamp the entire system of educating and employing people. And that system needs to ensure equitable access to opportunities and lifelong learning.
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Education Policy
q&a
Learning Is a Lifelong Process: Q&A with V. Darleen Opfer
Dec 23, 2019
As vice president and director of RAND Education and Labor, V. Darleen Opfer oversees a research portfolio that ranges from early childhood education to retirement planning. In this interview, she discusses what she learned from being a teacher, the need for evidence-based practices, and the importance of lifelong learning in today's labor market.
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Workforce Management
commentary
Do Workers' Protections Need to Depend on Employee Status? Looking Beyond AB 5
Samantha Cherney, Lynn A. Karoly
Oct 17, 2019
The RAND Blog
As the nature of work evolves and the relationships between workers and firms become increasingly complex, it's possible that disentangling worker protections from worker classification rules will become a policy option worth further exploration.
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Hurricanes
blog
Hurricane Dorian, Al Qaeda, Veterans' Health: RAND Weekly Recap
Sep 13, 2019
This weekly recap looks at Hurricane Dorian recovery, al Qaeda 18 years after 9/11, veterans' mental health care, and more.
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Labor Markets
commentary
Saving Farmworkers from Slavery-Like Conditions, Field by Field
Susan L. Marquis @susanlmarquis
Sep 5, 2019
United Press International
Those at the bottom of the European agricultural supply chain are vulnerable to abuse. The same was true in the tomato fields of Florida until recently. The solution developed there may offer a roadmap for doing right by workers in Europe.
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Labor Markets

Arts and Cultural Workers Are Especially Vulnerable to the Pandemic

Is the U.S. Stuck with a Fixed Add-On for Unemployment?

COVID-19's Depletion of Entry-Level Summer Jobs Can Have Long-Lasting Effects for Young Workers

The Wealth Gap Widens

38 Million Have Applied for Unemployment—but How Many Have Received Benefits?

To Preserve Jobs, America's Employers May Have to Get Creative

Relaxing COVID-19 Restrictions Presents Stark Health and Economic Choices

Economic Recovery in Egypt Should Include Women

Is the Unemployment Rate Now Higher Than It Was in the Great Depression?

Millions Need Unemployment Benefits. Unfortunately, the Delivery System Is Broken

Ink Tank: At RAND, Tattoos Sometimes Reflect the Research

Education and Employment Should Be One System, Not Two

Learning Is a Lifelong Process: Q&A with V. Darleen Opfer

Do Workers' Protections Need to Depend on Employee Status? Looking Beyond AB 5

Hurricane Dorian, Al Qaeda, Veterans' Health: RAND Weekly Recap

Saving Farmworkers from Slavery-Like Conditions, Field by Field

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