Unemployment - Jobs Deficit/Growth

Topic Leader: 
Till von Wachter

Unemployment is the No. 1 economic problem facing the country today. Unless the rate of job growth can be accelerated, unemployment will remain at unacceptable levels for years to come. This topic cluster focuses on the full range of questions needed to understand the causes and consequences of unemployment and the factors that influence job creation and growth. Options for modernizing the unemployment insurance system and related labor-market policies aimed at accelerating the pace of job growth figure prominently in the work of this research cluster.

Research

Lauren D. Appelbaum's picture
California Crisis: The Ups and Downs of Recovery

Despite nearly four years of recovery, both the country as a whole and California are still struggling with the aftermath of the...

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Lauren D. Appelbaum | May 20, 2013
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Gerald F. Davis's picture
After the Collapse of the Large Corporation

A landmark moment in the development of progressive politics in the U.S. was Theodore Roosevelt’s “New Nationalism”...

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Gerald F. Davis | February 4, 2013
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Oren Levin-Waldman's picture
Wage Policy as an Essential Ingredient in Job Creation
The Fed has once again announced its plans to attempt to achieve a 6.5 percent unemployment rate with a pledge to keep short-term...
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Oren Levin-Waldman | January 7, 2013
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Christian E. Weller's picture
Economic Snapshot for September 2012

"Household debt, lingering wealth losses, fiscal challenges for state, local, and federal governments, and overseas economic crises...

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Christian E. Weller | October 4, 2012
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Jesse Rothstein's picture
The Labor Market Four Years Into the Crisis: Assessing Structural Explanations

Four years after the beginning of the Great Recession, the labor market remains historically weak. Many observers have concluded that...

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Jesse Rothstein | June 5, 2012
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Andrew M. Sum's picture
The Dismal State of the Nation’s Teen Summer Job Market, 2009-2011

Regrettably, the last decade in the United States has been labeled a “lost decade” by a number of economic analysts. Total...

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Andrew M. Sum | May 23, 2012
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There Are 920,339 Massachusetts Residents Who Face Severe Labor Underutilization Problems

The Great Recession of 2007-09 and the largely jobless recovery through early 2010 substantially increased labor-market problems among U...

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Andrew M. Sum | March 20, 2012
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Lauren D. Appelbaum's picture
California Unemployment Crisis

While the Great Recession officially ended in July 2009, both the country as a whole and the State are still struggling with the...

The U.S. and California Two and One-Half Years After the Great Recession
Lauren D. Appelbaum | March 5, 2012
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Christian E. Weller's picture
Economic Snapshot for January 2012
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Christian E. Weller | February 13, 2012
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Anne Lofaso's picture
The Relevance of the Wagner Act

In this paper I start with the simple observation that workers are more vulnerable in times of economic contraction than in times of...

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Anne Lofaso | December 14, 2011
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