The labor of workers in the retail and food service sector – employed at grocery stores, fast food and casual dining restaurants, in hardware and electronics, in retail and working in warehouses, deli
The bank robber Willie Sutton wasn’t in the business of giving advice to bankers, but that doesn’t mean bankers can’t learn from him.
The COVID-19 pandemic has focused public and policy attention on the acute lack of paid sick leave for service-sector workers in the United States.
Employment rates fell dramatically between March and April 2020 as the initial shock of the Covid-19 pandemic reverberated through the U.S. labor market.
Causal analyses typically focus on average treatment effects. Yet for substantive research on topics like inequality, interest extends to treatments’ distributional consequences.
Located at the intersection of political philosophy, philosophy of technology and political history, this essay reflects on medium and long-term prospects and challenges for democracy that arise from
The use of video surveillance in public spaces--both by government agencies and by private citizens--has attracted considerable attention in recent years, particularly in light of rapid advances in fa
Policy Points Policymakers at federal and state agencies, health systems, payers, and providers need rigorous evidence for strategies to improve health care delivery and population health.
• The early career period is an important time for launching one’s career trajectory. The service sector is a common setting for early career workers.
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