Topic Job Mobility

The ability to find a job and transition between jobs measures the dynamism of the U.S. labor market. When the labor market is tight and workers are mobile, they are able to find a job that best suits their skills and offers fair rewards. Equitable Growth follows determinants of job mobility to understand how dynamic the labor market is in the U.S. economy.

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JOLTS Day Graphs: May 2023 Edition

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Fair competition in the U.S. labor market is threatened by more than the noncompete clauses targeted by new Federal Trade Commission rule

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Is there a skilled labor shortage? The economic evidence on skills gap and labor shortage concerns

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Reduced job turnover in small U.S. firms is an overlooked benefit of paid sick leave

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New working paper examines the evolution of economic thought on the impact of technological change in the labor market

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Wage Posting or Wage Bargaining? A Test Using Dual Jobholders

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The Intergenerational Transmission of Employers and the Earnings of Young Workers

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Addressing long-term U.S. unemployment requires confronting the stigma against the unemployed amid the coronavirus recession

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JOLTS Day Graphs: August 2020 Edition

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Do Unemployment Insurance Benefits Improve Match Quality? Evidence from Recent U.S. Recessions

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JOLTS Day Graphs: July 2020 Edition

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Dual-earner migration decisions, earnings, and unemployment in the United States

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Using job posting and resume data to better understand the U.S. labor market

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Vision 2020

Revamping U.S. small business rescue programs amid the coronavirus recession

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Coronavirus Recession

Disaggregated data on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders is crucial amid the coronavirus pandemic

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Expert Focus: The intersection of community and inequality

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Coronavirus Recession

Most recent JOLTS release provides latest data on how the coronavirus recession is different from the Great Recession

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Expert Focus: Leading Black scholars on U.S. economic inequality and growth (Part 2)

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