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Recessions in Perspective
September 10, 2025
Data
A group of college-educated workers collaborate around a computer with a green gradient behind them on the left side and a man working on a machine is on the right.
What happened to the college wage premium?
Lisa Camner McKay | Senior Writer, Institute
September 8, 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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Regional Economic Indicators
August 20, 2025
Data
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Businesses struggle with uncertainty and high costs
Haley Chinander | Writer/Analyst
August 18, 2025
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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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Services firms remain optimistic after a year of slight growth
Joe Mahon | Director, Regional Outreach
August 1, 2025
Data
Olga Stoddard
Inquiring minds: Q&A with Olga Stoddard
Sydney Dettmann | Intern, Institute
July 15, 2025
Article
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Cutting Hours Instead of Cutting Jobs: Shared Work Within the Unemployment Insurance System
Event on July 15, 2025
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In a brightly lit office space, two women, cropped mostly out of view except for their hands, sit across from one another at a wooden desk and gesture over a folder of documents that lies open on the desktop. The woman in the foreground holds one of the documents up for the other woman to review and sign.
How litigation shapes non-compete contracts’ effects on workers
Tyler Boesch | Data Scientist, Community Development and Engagement (former) Ayushi Narayan | Economist, Community Development and Engagement Ryan Nunn | Assistant Vice President, Community Development and Engagement
July 9, 2025
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Tallying the two channels of job losses from tariffs
Michael E. Waugh | Monetary Advisor Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
July 8, 2025
Article
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Old jobs, new jobs: How the labor landscape has changed two decades after trade with China opened
Lisa Camner McKay | Senior Writer, Institute
May 19, 2025
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