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For All - Fall 2025 Issue

Long-term unemployment recovered quickly after the COVID recession but may now be on the rise. Erik Hurst considers how automation and inflation change labor markets in the long run. Plus: the stagnating college wage premium and the path of new mothers' wages. Read this issue as a PDF
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Featured Article
Still looking: A return to rising long-term unemployment? Andrew Goodman-Bacon | Principal Research Economist, Institute Abigail Wozniak | Vice President and Director, Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute
October 15, 2025
As striking as the COVID recovery was, the history of long-term unemployment in America shows large and consequential trends toward higher numbers
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Interview with Erik Hurst: The long run
Lisa Camner McKay | Senior Writer, Institute
October 15, 2025
Article
The journey to long-term unemployment
Zoe Stein | Research Assistant, Institute Andrew Goodman-Bacon | Principal Research Economist, Institute Nina Leo | Creative Director
October 15, 2025
Data
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How women’s labor has shaped the U.S. economy
Lisa Camner McKay | Senior Writer, Institute
August 4, 2025
Article
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Scholar spotlight: John Bailey Jones
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
October 15, 2025
Article
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New moms “opt down” to lower-paying firms
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
August 21, 2025
Article
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Scholar spotlight: Jacelly Cespedes
Danielle Cabot | Public Relations Associate
October 15, 2025
Article
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What happened to the college wage premium?
Lisa Camner McKay | Senior Writer, Institute
September 8, 2025
Article
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Scholar spotlight: Yewande Olapade
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
October 15, 2025
Article
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From the director: Bringing the past into focus
Abigail Wozniak | Vice President and Director, Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute
October 15, 2025
Article
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Scholar spotlight: Katherine Richard
Tu-Uyen Tran | Senior Writer
October 15, 2025
Article
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Institute update: Getting face-to-face and “in the headspace”
Lisa Camner McKay | Senior Writer, Institute
October 15, 2025
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