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Article

DisabilityEmploymentLaborLong COVIDWomen A Closer Look at Recent Increases in Disabled Employment

In its monthly job reports, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) disaggregates certain labor force indicators by disability status.

Hayley Brown / December 11, 2023

Article

COVID-19United StatesWomenWorkers The Pandemic and Self-Employment: An Update

We examined the impact of the pandemic on trends in self-employment, comparing the first six months of 2022 with the first six months of the three years prior to the pandemic, 2017-2019.

Julie Yixia Cai Dean Baker / October 11, 2023

Jobs Byte

JobsJobs ReportUnemploymentUnited StatesWagesWomen Jobs Jump in September, but Wage Growth Moderates

The establishment survey showed an increase of 336k jobs in September. The prior two months’ numbers were also revised sharply higher, bringing the average for the last three months to 266k.

Dean Baker / October 11, 2023

Op-Ed/Commentary

AbortionEconomic JusticeHealth and Social ProgramsInequalityLGBTQ+United StatesWomen In Striking Down Roe, the Supreme Court Has Dealt a Blow to Reproductive and Economic Justice

It’s time to build the power necessary to ensure no one is forced by the state to bear a child and the life-transforming consequences that act involves.

Hayley Brown Annabel Utz / June 24, 2022