Employment

Today, Betsey Stevenson, professor of public policy and economics, appeared on Moody's Talks: Inside Economics to discuss the September jobs report.  "If you turn to the employment report, it wasn’t that stark, but you still see the same pattern....

After a few months of economic recovery, the delta variant is slowing down the economy yet again. "Today's dreadful jobs report - which basically put the recovery on ice for a while - is yet another reminder that the virus is the economy," Justin...

Stevenson said once parents pull back from work, they can fall behind forever. “You’re just not put on the same kind of track, and you’re not given the same kind of access to promotions and raises.”  According to NPR, Stevenson hopes the pandemic...

According to the Washington Post, Stevenson said that lower-wage workers, many struggling with higher levels of unemployment and job insecurity due to the pandemic, should not have to bear the cost of the pandemic by waiting for more equitable...

“We had what you might even call a gendered shutdown. The kinds of industries that had to send people home, that shut down, disproportionately employed women," said Stevenson. "How long it takes women to recover is going to depend on the [childcare]...

"What's unusual is the initial stage of the recession impacted women more," said Stevenson. "What's normal in this recession is the ongoing negative effects tend to hit women. They face a double whammy, adding that to this massive child-care crisis...

What are the effects of high school Career and Technical Education (CTE) on students’ future career and economic prospects? It is a question that is increasingly important as students face insecurity in the labor force and the so-called...

Just in time for the NCAA championship game concluding March Madness, a new podcast investigating the idea of fairness titled Against the Rules with Michael Lewis gives insight into changing referee standards. In the first episode released April 2,...

Natasha Pilkauskas, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn (Columbia), and Jane Waldfogel (Columbia) have published a 2017 paper in Developmental Psychology: “Maternal employment stability in early childhood: Links with child behavior and cognitive skills.” The...

Renuka Tipirneni, Susan D. Goold, and John Z. Ayanian published a December 11 research letter in JAMA Internal Medicine on “Employment status and health characteristics of adults with expanded Medicaid coverage in Michigan.” The study analyzed...

A research study by Sandra K. Danziger, Sheldon Danziger, Kristin S. Seefeldt, and Luke Shaefer, "From welfare to a work‐based safety net: An incomplete transition," was published in the November 2015 edition of the Journal of Policy Analysis and...

On July 24, the Ford School piloted a worldwide Alumni Resume Review Program. In-person resume reviews, for Ford School students completing internships in Washington, DC, were hosted at the University of Michigan's DC-office. For students who...

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This course reviews the literature on sex differences from a biological, social, and legal...