In this 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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Still looking: A return to rising long-term unemployment?
Andrew Goodman-Bacon
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Principal Research Economist, Institute
Abigail Wozniak
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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
October 15, 2025
The journey to long-term unemployment
October 15, 2025
How women’s labor has shaped the U.S. economy
August 4, 2025
Scholar spotlight: John Bailey Jones
October 15, 2025
New moms “opt down” to lower-paying firms
August 21, 2025
Scholar spotlight: Jacelly Cespedes
October 15, 2025
What happened to the college wage premium?
September 8, 2025
Scholar spotlight: Yewande Olapade
October 15, 2025
From the director: Bringing the past into focus
October 15, 2025
Scholar spotlight: Katherine Richard
October 15, 2025
Institute update: Getting face-to-face and “in the headspace”
October 15, 2025
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