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 latest Jobs Day report is encouraging yet the number of U.S. workers jobless for 27 weeks or more keeps climbing

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JOLTS Day Graphs: January 2021 Edition

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The alignment of earnings in occupations and at U.S. workplaces increasingly exacerbates earnings inequality

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Consolidated Advantage: New Organizational Dynamics of Wage Inequality

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Jobs report: a year into the coronavirus recession, employment losses have been greatest for Black women workers and Latinx workers

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JOLTS Day Graphs: December 2020 Edition

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The wage divide for Black and Latinx workers goes deeper than a ‘skills gap’ or requiring more credentials

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Employer Concentration and Outside Options

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JOLTS Day Graphs: November 2020 Edition

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JOLTS Day Graphs: October 2020 Edition

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In the United States, it’s not what you know but who your parents know

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JOLTS Day Graphs: September 2020 Edition

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