While traditionally laid off employees have relied on consumer credit and unemployment insurance to maintain consumption, research finds that the gig economy serves as a substitute for many seeking other, more permanent work. In a paper published in the Journal…
Category: Workforce/Employment
Socioeconomic Inequalities Between Remote Workers and Commuters
The share of the workforce working from home has declined in recent years but remains more than double what it was before COVID-19. New data reveal significant inequalities between remote workers and commuters: remote workers tend to be older, are…
More Women in Manufacturing Jobs in Every Age Group
U.S. manufacturing experienced a substantial decline in employment from 2000 to 2010 due largely to the 2008 Great Recession but rebounded – until the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020. Despite these fluctuations, it began inching up again in 2021. But the renewed upswing doesn’t mean…
Working Moms Depend on Child Care
In 2021, more than 29 million women (37.5%) ages 18-54 were mothers of children aged 14 or younger, this according to the Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board (CED). Of these mothers, 20.9 million (71.8%) were in the…
40% Don’t Take All Their Vacation Time, 50% Don’t “Unplug”
Forty percent of American workers who received paid vacation as a job benefit did not use all of their available paid vacation days. In addition, half (50%) did not unplug while on vacation, with one in four reporting they worked…
60% of Americans Satisfied With Ability to Get Ahead
Sixty percent of Americans are happy with the opportunity for a person in the U.S. to get ahead by working hard, according to Gallup’s Mood of the Nation survey. This is up from the 54% last year, which was comparable…