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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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Expanding eligibility for Unemployment Insurance helps low-income U.S. workers find better jobs

By Casey McQuillan, Brendan Moore,

December 9, 2025

December 9, 2025

Casey McQuillan, Brendan Moore,
Labor
TOPICS: 2
Job Mobility, Unemployment Insurance
TOPICS: Job Mobility, Unemployment Insurance
working paper

AI exposure by U.S. occupations and work tasks and the effect on wages

By Chiara Chanoi, Christopher Bangert-Drowns,

October 23, 2025

October 23, 2025

Chiara Chanoi, Christopher Bangert-Drowns,
Labor
TOPICS: 3
AI, tech, & the economy, Job Mobility, Unemployment Insurance
TOPICS: AI, tech, & the economy, Job Mobility, Unemployment Insurance
working paper

Extracting O*NET Features from the NLx Corpus to Build Public Use Aggregate Labor Market Data

By Stephen Meisenbacher, Svetlozar Nestorov, Peter Norlander,

October 1, 2025

October 1, 2025

Stephen Meisenbacher, Svetlozar Nestorov, Peter Norlander,
Inequality & MobilityLabor
TOPICS: 2
Economic Inequality, Job Mobility
TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Job Mobility
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Adoption of generative AI will have different effects across jobs in the U.S. logistics workforce

By Christophe Combemale, Dustin Ferrone, Andrew Barber, Laurence Ales,

July 10, 2025

July 10, 2025

Christophe Combemale, Dustin Ferrone, Andrew Barber, Laurence Ales,
Labor
TOPICS: 2
AI, tech, & the economy, Job Mobility
TOPICS: AI, tech, & the economy, Job Mobility
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Tariffs pose real risks to the U.S. labor market

By Kevin Rinz,

May 12, 2025

May 12, 2025

Kevin Rinz,
Inequality & MobilityFamiliesLabor
TOPICS: 5
Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Income & Earnings Volatility, Job Mobility, Wage Stagnation
TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Income & Earnings Volatility, Job Mobility, Wage Stagnation
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Reduced job turnover in small U.S. firms is an overlooked benefit of paid sick leave

By Hilary Wething,

July 5, 2022

July 5, 2022

Hilary Wething,
FamiliesLabor
TOPICS: 4
Economic Wellbeing, Health, Job Mobility, Paid Leave
TOPICS: Economic Wellbeing, Health, Job Mobility, Paid Leave

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What is going on with wage growth in the United States?

By Kevin Rinz,

May 16, 2024

May 16, 2024

Kevin Rinz,
Inequality & MobilityLabor
TOPICS: 4
Economic Inequality, Income & Earnings Volatility, Job Mobility, Wage Stagnation
TOPICS: Economic Inequality, Income & Earnings Volatility, Job Mobility, Wage Stagnation
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Request for Proposals: How effective was the fiscal response to the COVID-19 recession for workers?

By Equitable Growth,

March 18, 2024

March 18, 2024

Equitable Growth,
CompetitionLaborTax & MacroeconomicsFamiliesInequality & Mobility
TOPICS: 26
Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Bargaining Power, Business Taxation, Childcare & Early Education, Concentration, Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economic Wellbeing, Economics of Place, Fiscal Policy, GDP 2.0, Gender, Health, Income & Earnings Volatility, Individual Taxation, Job Mobility, Minimum Wage, Monetary Policy, Monopsony, Paid Leave, Poverty, Race & Ethnicity, Taxes, Inequality & Growth, Unemployment Insurance
TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Bargaining Power, Business Taxation, Childcare & Early Education, Concentration, Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economic Wellbeing, Economics of Place, Fiscal Policy, GDP 2.0, Gender, Health, Income & Earnings Volatility, Individual Taxation, Job Mobility, Minimum Wage, Monetary Policy, Monopsony, Paid Leave, Poverty, Race & Ethnicity, Taxes, Inequality & Growth, Unemployment Insurance
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Equitable Growth hosts State of the Union press briefing with leading U.S. economists

By Equitable Growth,

March 7, 2024

March 7, 2024

Equitable Growth,
LaborInequality & MobilityFamilies
TOPICS: 7
Bargaining Power, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economic Wellbeing, Gender, Job Mobility, Race & Ethnicity
TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economic Wellbeing, Gender, Job Mobility, Race & Ethnicity
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The state of the U.S. labor market 4 years after the start of the COVID-19 recession

By Michael Linden,

March 5, 2024

March 5, 2024

Michael Linden,
LaborInequality & MobilityFamilies
TOPICS: 8
Bargaining Power, Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Gender, Job Mobility, Minimum Wage, Race & Ethnicity, Wage Stagnation
TOPICS: Bargaining Power, Economic Inequality, Economic Wellbeing, Gender, Job Mobility, Minimum Wage, Race & Ethnicity, Wage Stagnation
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Request for proposals: Research grants for early career scholars

By Equitable Growth,

November 30, 2023

November 30, 2023

Equitable Growth,
CompetitionLaborTax & MacroeconomicsFamiliesInequality & Mobility
TOPICS: 28
Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Bargaining Power, Business Taxation, Childcare & Early Education, Climate, Concentration, Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economic Wellbeing, Economics of Place, Fiscal Policy, GDP 2.0, Gender, Health, Income & Earnings Volatility, Individual Taxation, Job Mobility, K-12, Minimum Wage, Monetary Policy, Monopsony, Paid Leave, Post-secondary Education, Poverty, Race & Ethnicity, Taxes, Inequality & Growth
TOPICS: Anticompetitive Conduct, Antitrust Enforcement, Bargaining Power, Business Taxation, Childcare & Early Education, Climate, Concentration, Credit & Debt, Economic Inequality, Economic Mobility, Economic Wellbeing, Economics of Place, Fiscal Policy, GDP 2.0, Gender, Health, Income & Earnings Volatility, Individual Taxation, Job Mobility, K-12, Minimum Wage, Monetary Policy, Monopsony, Paid Leave, Post-secondary Education, Poverty, Race & Ethnicity, Taxes, Inequality & Growth
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New evidence suggests that receiving benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program facilitates work in the long run

By Alix Gould-Werth,

November 13, 2023

November 13, 2023

Alix Gould-Werth,
Inequality & MobilityFamiliesLabor
TOPICS: 4
Economic Mobility, Economic Wellbeing, Income & Earnings Volatility, Job Mobility
TOPICS: Economic Mobility, Economic Wellbeing, Income & Earnings Volatility, Job Mobility
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Wage and Skills’ Spillover Effects of Million Dollar Projects

By Alaa Abdelfattah,

August 30, 2023

August 30, 2023

Alaa Abdelfattah,
Inequality & MobilityLabor
TOPICS: 4
Economic Mobility, Economics of Place, Income & Earnings Volatility, Job Mobility
TOPICS: Economic Mobility, Economics of Place, Income & Earnings Volatility, Job Mobility
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Novel Measurement of Childcare Customer and Worker Flows Enables Novel Evidence on Recent Supply-Side Subsidies

By Elizabeth Davis, Aaron Sojourner, Jonathan Borowsky, Gabrielle Pepin,

August 30, 2023

August 30, 2023

Elizabeth Davis, Aaron Sojourner, Jonathan Borowsky, Gabrielle Pepin,
FamiliesLabor
TOPICS: 3
Childcare & Early Education, Job Mobility, Pay Equity
TOPICS: Childcare & Early Education, Job Mobility, Pay Equity
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Microeconomic and Macroeconomic Implications of Wage Rigidity

By Andres Drenik, Christian Moser, Andres Blanco,

August 30, 2023

August 30, 2023

Andres Drenik, Christian Moser, Andres Blanco,
Tax & MacroeconomicsLabor
TOPICS: 5
Fiscal Policy, Job Mobility, Monetary Policy, Monopsony, Wage Stagnation
TOPICS: Fiscal Policy, Job Mobility, Monetary Policy, Monopsony, Wage Stagnation
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Building an open-source knowledge base and machine learning tools to automate the transformation of job advertisement text into data

By Peter Norlander, Svetlozar Nestorov,

August 30, 2023

August 30, 2023

Peter Norlander, Svetlozar Nestorov,
Labor
TOPICS: 1
Job Mobility
TOPICS: Job Mobility
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Algorithmic wage discrimination requires policy solutions that enforce predictability and the U.S. spirit of equal pay for equal work

By Veena Dubal,

July 12, 2023

July 12, 2023

Veena Dubal,
LaborFamiliesInequality & Mobility
TOPICS: 5
AI, tech, & the economy, Economic Wellbeing, Income & Earnings Volatility, Job Mobility, Minimum Wage
TOPICS: AI, tech, & the economy, Economic Wellbeing, Income & Earnings Volatility, Job Mobility, Minimum Wage
working paper

On Algorithmic Wage Discrimination

By Veena Dubal,

July 12, 2023

July 12, 2023

Veena Dubal,
FamiliesInequality & MobilityLabor
TOPICS: 4
Economic Wellbeing, Income & Earnings Volatility, Job Mobility, Minimum Wage
TOPICS: Economic Wellbeing, Income & Earnings Volatility, Job Mobility, Minimum Wage
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