Topic: Employment
As Concentrated Shareholder Ownership Rises, Wages and Employment Suffer
Where big investors gather, corporate wealth is reallocated away from workers
Manufacturing Might Pull Its Weight in Next Recovery
Unlike in past cycles, factory jobs are showing strength ahead of expected downturn
Career Mentoring Default — Women for Women — Altered by Quality Data
A well-intentioned best practice, gender matching might not be optimal
Long Before COVID-19, School Summer Breaks Disrupted Women’s Careers
Households with kids ages 6 to 12 feel the interruption most
Los Angeles, Long a Laggard in Education, Gaining Ground on Other Major Metros
Younger residents’ schooling boosts the region’s economic prospects
Entrepreneurship, Riskier in Wealthy Nations, Is Actually Safer in India
Steady employment is rare — a condition some U.S. workers also endure
American and Chinese Perceptions of Having a Say at Work
It’s generally a positive in both cultures, but buy-in is more tentative in China
Who Does — and Doesn’t — Suffer From Lack of Competition for Workers
Nurses, cosmetologists and other professionals find wages suppressed more than many lower-skilled workers
‘Fight for 15’ Debate: What Happens after a Big Boost in Minimum Wage?
Modest loss of jobs followed 1966 law, but millions won substantial raises
Warmth vs. Competence: a Way to Organize Study of Job, Gender and Racial Stereotypes?
Nurses (and women) rate highly for warmth; lawyers, not so much
Technology Alone Won’t Decide the Future of Remote Work
Social and institutional forces ultimately enable — or stifle — change
Downplaying Femininity in Cover Letters for Male-Dominated Job Backfires
Omitting female-typical language, in the eyes of hiring managers, makes a woman less ‘likable’
Why Unloved Workers Don’t Share Productivity Tips with the Boss
Concept of attachment theory, born in developmental psychology, applied to the workplace
A $15 Minimum Wage May Have (Partially) Arrived, But Who Pays?
Study of L.A.-area restaurants gauges effect on owners, customers, landlords
Recession Recoveries Take Longer as Manufacturing Fades
Should stimulus be targeted toward displaced workers, rather than across the economy?