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Research Briefs·Jul 18, 2024

Historical Differences in Female-Owned Manufacturing Establishments: The United States, 1850-1880

Ruveyda Gozen, Richard Hornbeck, Anders Humlum, and Martin Rotemberg
During the late 1800s, manufacturing establishments owned by females were smaller than those owned by males and had lower capital-to-output...
Topics: Employment & Wages
Research Briefs·May 23, 2024

Can You Erase the Mark of a Criminal Record? Labor Market Impacts of Criminal Record Remediation

Amanda Y. Agan,  Andrew Garin, Dmitri K. Koustas, Alexandre Mas, and Crystal Yang
Removing a previously obtained criminal record does not improve labor market outcomes, on average, with the notable exception of participation...
Topics: Economic Mobility & Poverty, Employment & Wages
Interactive Research Briefs·May 14, 2024

Return to Office and the Tenure Distribution

Austin Wright, David Van Dijcke, and Florian Gunsilius
Return-to-office (RTO) mandates drive employees away from firms, with senior employees leaving at the highest rates, likely leading to significant...
Topics: COVID-19, Employment & Wages
Research Briefs·May 6, 2024

Homelessness and the Persistence of Deprivation: Income, Employment, and Safety Net Participation

Alexa Grunwaldt, Bruce Meyer, Gillian Meyer, Derek Wu, and Angela Wyse
Homelessness occurs in the context of long-term, severe deprivation rather than large and sudden losses of income. Low permanent incomes...
Topics: Employment & Wages
Interactive Research Briefs·Apr 24, 2024

The Adoption of ChatGPT

Anders Humlum and Emilie Vestergaard
Half of workers have used ChatGPT, with younger, less experienced, higher-achieving, and especially male workers leading the curve. Workers see...
Topics: Employment & Wages
Podcast Apr 16, 2024

Which Companies Discriminate Most? Experimental Evidence on Callback Rates by Applicant Race and Gender

Tess Vigeland and Evan K. Rose
A small number of companies are responsible for a substantial amount of the discrimination in today’s labor market. Who are...
Topics: Economic Mobility & Poverty, Employment & Wages
Research Briefs·Apr 8, 2024

A Discrimination Report Card

Patrick Kline, Evan K. Rose, and Christopher R. Walters
A new statistical methodology is used to grade the race and gender callback gaps of large US employers and shows...
Topics: Economic Mobility & Poverty, Employment & Wages
Research Briefs·Mar 26, 2024

Competitive Job Seekers: When Sharing Less Leaves Firms at a Loss

Gaurav Chiplunkar, Erin M. Kelley, and Gregory V. Lane
Randomly increasing the amount of competition for a job makes jobseekers less likely to share information about it with their...
Topics: Employment & Wages
Podcast Dec 12, 2023

The Economics of Reproductive Choice

Tess Vigeland and Yana Gallen
Women who have unplanned births experience earnings losses of up at 25%, while planned births reduce earnings by roughly 15%....
Topics: Employment & Wages