Recent Research at the Urban Institute

Topics

Labor Markets and Employment

• Less-Educated Continue to Lose Jobs in Recovery-Even in Low-Wage Industries
• Brief No. 1: What to Do About the New Unemployment
• Is the Middle of the Job Market Disappearing? A comment on the "Polarization" Hypothesis
• Where It Really Hurts: Job Losses for Low-Skill Workers by State
• Metropolitan Job Growth Patterns in the Great Recession

Impact of Unemployment on Individuals, Families, and Communities

• Can Unemployed Older Workers Find Work?
• Employment Statistics on Older workers
• Jobs Disappearing in Minority and Immigrant Communities
• Rising Senior Unemployment and the Need to Work at Older Ages
• How Did 50+ Workers Fare in 2010?
• Age Differences in Job Loss, Job Search, and Reemployment
• Event -- Getting Off to a Good Start? Jobs for Youth
• Assisting Newcomers through Employment and Support Services: An Evaluation of the New Americans Centers Demonstration Project in Arkansas and Iowa
• Reducing Poverty and Economic Distress after ARRA: Potential Roles for Place-Conscious Strategies
• Metro Areas Suffering the Worst Housing Shocks Also Lose the Most Jobs
• Double-Trouble Metros See Little Progress
• The "Great Recession" and the Well-Being of American Children: Before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Children and Families
• The Black-White Jobless Gap
• 50+ African American Workers: A Status Report, Implications, and Recommendations

Safety Net Programs and Unemployment

• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Counters High Unemployment
• What Role is Welfare Playing in this Period of High Unemployment?
• The "Great Recession" and the Well-Being of American Children: Before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Children and Families
• Unemployment Compensation in a Worldwide Recession
• Short-Time Compensation as a Policy to Stabilize Employment
• Conference: Reducing Poverty and Economic Distress after the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Workforce Development and Unemployment

• 5 Questions on Workforce Development
• Improving Education and Employment for Disadvantaged Young Men: Proven and Promising Strategies
• Expanding Apprenticeship: A Way to Enhance Skills and Careers
• Strong Students, Strong Workers: Models for Student Success through Workforce Development and Community College Partnerships
• Training Tomorrow's Workforce
  Community College and Apprenticeship as Collaborative Routes to Rewarding