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Work permit applications suggest prior immigration is still pushing up labor supply—for now
Work permit applications remain elevated despite recent immigration slowdowns, illustrating a lag between policy changes and labor market effects that will continue impacting labor supply through 2025.
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Tracking the robust recovery in the business sector since 2020
Defying expectations, the business sector appears to have weathered the COVID pandemic and found a renewed gear of dynamism in the process. This analysis looks…
Can a hot but smaller labor market keep making gains in participation?
An analysis of the size and composition of the labor force identifies both populations and policies that could contribute to gains in labor force participation.
Examining the economic status of same-gender relationship households
Using new data from the American Community Survey, Lauren Bauer, Veronica Clevenstine, and Moriah Macklin look into why some same-gender relationship household…
Labor market exits and entrances are elevated: Who is coming back?
In this analysis, Lauren Bauer and Wendy Edelberg identify when and which people are returning to labor market.
Has COVID disrupted the postsecondary pipeline?
This analysis explores how young adults' decisions to enroll in school or work during the pandemic have played out.
Women, work, and families: Recovering from the pandemic-induced recession
Betsey Stevenson reviews what has happened to women’s employment and labor force participation in the recovery from the pandemic.
Time waited for no mom in 2020
In 2020, mothers of younger children were primary and primarily caregivers.
Removing policy obstacles to competitive labor markets
Ryan Nunn outlines reforms to occupational licensing and non-compete contracts that would boost labor market competition and benefit workers.
