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September 23, 2022
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September 23, 2022
How Much We Were Willing To Work

Labor force participation rates could have conveyed only a part of the picture of how much we worked during the pandemic.

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September 20, 2022
household carbon emissions
September 20, 2022
How Our Work-From-Home Habits Have Changed

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September 5, 2022
airport design
September 5, 2022
A Labor Day Look At Invisible Labor

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August 30, 2022
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August 30, 2022
Why Your Name Matters

With baby names, parents could have based a decision on popularity, politics, or the profession they hope their little one will aspire to.

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August 10, 2022
economic news roundup and student loan facts
August 10, 2022
Why the Gender Wage Gap Doesn’t Disappear

Whether looking at accounting, the law, dentists, or Uber drivers, we remain unable to solve the problem of the gender wage gap.

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July 12, 2022
impact of AI
July 12, 2022
Should We Worry About Robots?

Considering the impact of robots, we can look at jobs and productivity in manufacturing and services businesses.

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June 28, 2022
work hours
June 28, 2022
Why the French Have a Great Lunch Break

Moving beyond the "Great French Lunch Break," we can look back and globally to see how our work hours vary.

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June 22, 2022
changing job markets and bank robbers
June 22, 2022
Where Have All of the Bank Robbers Gone?

Even looking at bank robbers, we see that technological innovation creates the changing job markets that wind up as structural unemployment.

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April 20, 2022
economic news roundup and California's Wealth Tax incentives
April 20, 2022
When $15.00 is really $19.03

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April 19, 2022
working at home and dog walkers
April 19, 2022
How Home Work Created Assignments For Dog Walkers

Having shifted to more working at home, we initiated a ripple of changes for the people that do our dog walking.

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April 15, 2022
economic news roundup and labor markets
April 15, 2022
Why Job Switchers Love Labor Markets

For happier news, we could look at how labor markets favor job switchers rather than the inflation headlines.

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April 10, 2022
economic news roundup and farmer protests
April 10, 2022
A Day in a Ukraine Factory

Even when air raid sirens send workers to shelters, still, a Ukraine grain mill continues producing its flour, pasta, and cookies.

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