Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance for Workers in the Hourly Service Sector
Current policy debate often assumes that large employers offer health insurance to their workers.
Research
Beyond borders: Does firm-level exposure to state and local paid sick leave mandates lead to intra-firm spillovers?
States and localities have passed labor standards to raise the floor on job quality, including mandating employer provision of paid sick leave (PSL).
Estimating the Impact of State Paid Sick Leave Laws on Worker Outcomes in the US Service Sector, 2017-2023
In the absence of a federal paid sick leave (PSL) standard, numerous U.S. states have passed laws to provide workers access to such benefits.
New Technology, Older Workers: How Workplace Technology is Associated with Indicators of Job Retention
Middle-aged and older adults who are employed in precarious, high-strain jobs may face challenges to continued work, risking economic insecurity and poor wellbeing in retirement.
How the China trade shock impacted U.S. manufacturing workers and labor markets, and the consequences for U.S. politics
In the early 2000s, manufacturing-intensive communities in the United States entered a period of economic upheaval that would reshape their labor markets over the next two decades.
Going the Distance or Growing More Remote? The Academic Impacts of Course Modality following Pandemic-Era Investments
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, distance education has rapidly expanded, transforming the landscape of community colleges.
Peer influence in Educational Choices: Social Image Concerns and Same-Gender Interactions
Adolescents’ educational choices are shaped by their peers.
Measuring Human Leadership Skills with AI Agents
We show that leadership skill with artificially intelligent (AI) agents predicts leadership skill with human groups.
Immigrant employment during the COVID-19 pandemic
The unprecedented decrease in employment between March and April 2020 resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and related government-imposed lockdowns was significantly more severe for immigrants than fo
Displaced Learners: Early Integration of Ukrainian Refugee Students into Italy’s Schools
The paper examines the early integration of Ukrainian refugee students into Italy's education system following the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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