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Lindsay Lowell By Type: CommentaryEconomic IndicatorsReportTestimonyBlog The promise and limits of high-pressure labor markets for narrowing racial gaps August 24, 2021 By Josh Bivens Report The American Jobs Plan’s tax provisions are valuable but not the limit on possible spending April 12, 2021 By Josh Bivens Blog Proposed rule to privatize the federal Employment Service would likely reduce services for unemployed workers July 24, 2019 By Heidi Shierholz, Celine McNicholas, and Margaret Poydock Public Comments Class of 2019: High school edition June 6, 2019 By Elise Gould, Julia Wolfe, and Zane Mokhiber Report Class of 2019 College Edition May 30, 2019 Class of 2019: College edition May 14, 2019 By Elise Gould, Zane Mokhiber, and Julia Wolfe Report What to Watch on Jobs Day: An expected and continued return of workers into the labor force May 2, 2019 By Elise Gould Blog The importance of locking in full employment for the long haul August 21, 2018 By Josh Bivens and Ben Zipperer Report Class of 2018: College edition May 10, 2018 By Elise Gould, Zane Mokhiber, and Julia Wolfe Report As Wisconsin’s and Minnesota’s lawmakers took divergent paths, so did their economies: Since 2010, Minnesota’s economy has performed far better for working families than Wisconsin’s May 8, 2018 By David Cooper Report Progressive redistribution without guilt: Using policy to shift economic power and make U.S. incomes grow fairer and faster June 9, 2016 By Josh Bivens Report Disability and Employment Revisited September 24, 2015 By Monique Morrissey Blog Does Disability Insurance Reduce Labor Force Participation? July 15, 2015 By Monique Morrissey Blog More Hope about the Labor Market Can Lead to a Higher Unemployment Rate June 5, 2015 By Elise Gould Economic Indicators Growing Consensus that Labor Market Slack Remains: The Fed Should Stay the Course and Wait to Increase Rates Until the Weakness Has Lessened Substantially May 15, 2015 By Elise Gould Blog Total Jobs Sputter in March While Wages Continue to Sing the Same Slow Song April 3, 2015 By Elise Gould Blog Method Revisions for the Missing Workers Indicator April 3, 2015 By Alyssa Davis, Elise Gould, and Josh Bivens Blog When Can We Be Sure Labor Force Participation Is Healthy Again? March 6, 2015 By Elise Gould Economic Indicators The Unemployment Rate Fails to Take into Account Missing Workers October 3, 2014 By Elise Gould Economic Indicators Why Young People Should Care About a Lame Labor Market August 28, 2014 By Hilary Wething Blog African Americans and Latinos Reap Most of June’s Job Gains July 3, 2014 By Valerie Wilson Economic Indicators Thoughts on the Black Labor Force Participation Rate June 17, 2014 By Valerie Wilson Blog Most Missing Workers Are Nowhere Near Retirement Age June 9, 2014 By Heidi Shierholz Blog Number of Missing Workers Jumps to All-Time High May 2, 2014 By Heidi Shierholz Blog In March, the Unemployment Rate Masked Some Good News For Once April 4, 2014 By Heidi Shierholz Blog Most of the Decline in Labor Force Participation in the Last Six Years is Cyclical February 21, 2014 By Heidi Shierholz Blog More Than Three-Quarters of Workers Missing from the Labor Force Are Under Age 55 December 9, 2013 By Heidi Shierholz Blog Alt Underemployment October 24, 2013 By Heidi Shierholz Blog The “True” Unemployment Rate Is the One BLS Releases Every Month*, But It’s Not the One “True” Measure of Labor Market Slack October 10, 2013 By Heidi Shierholz Blog 175,000 jobs a month won’t make us whole until 2020 May 1, 2013 By Heidi Shierholz Blog Load more...