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Research Briefs·Aug 11, 2023

The (Lack of) Anticipatory Effects of the Social Safety Net on Human Capital Investment

Manasi Deshpande and Rebecca Dizon-Ross
Most parents whose children receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits overestimate the likelihood that their child will receive SSI benefits...
Topics: Employment & Wages
Research Briefs·Aug 9, 2023

The Impact of Incarceration on Employment, Earnings, and Tax Filing

Andrew Garin, Dmitri Koustas, Carl McPherson, Samuel Norris, Matthew Pecenco, Evan K. Rose, Yotam Shem-Tov, and Jeffrey Weaver
Incarceration generates short-term drops in economic activity, but has limited long-run impacts. Why? Most defendants’ challenges in the labor market...
Topics: Employment & Wages
Research Briefs·Aug 4, 2023

How Replaceable Is a Low-Wage Job?

Evan K. Rose and Yotam Shem-Tov
Among low-wage workers, job loss causes a 13% reduction in earnings six years later and over $40,000 cumulative lost earnings,...
Topics: Employment & Wages
Research Briefs·Mar 8, 2023

Inference for Ranks with Applications to Mobility Across Neighborhoods and Academic Achievement Across Countries

Magne Mogstad, Joseph P. Romano, Azeem M. Shaikh, and Daniel Wilhelm
One of the most influential ideas to arise out of recent economic research is the notion that people’s ability to...
Research Briefs·Mar 6, 2023

Remote Work Across Jobs, Companies, and Space

Nick Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Stephen Hansen, Peter John Lambert, Raffaella Sadun, and Bledi Taska
From 2019 to early 2023, the share of job postings offering remote work for one or more days per week...
Topics: COVID-19, Employment & Wages
Research Briefs·Jan 18, 2023

Time Savings When Working from Home

Cevat Giray Aksoy, Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Mathias Dolls, and Pablo Zarate
Work from home saved about two hours per week per worker in 2021 and 2022, and will likely save about...
Topics: Employment & Wages
Research Briefs·Oct 12, 2022

Long Social Distancing

Steven J. Davis, Jose Maria Barrero, and Nicholas Bloom
More than 10 percent of Americans with recent work experience will continue social distancing after the COVID-19 pandemic ends, and...
Topics: COVID-19, Employment & Wages