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Precarious Work Schedules and Population Health

Unstable and unpredictable work schedules are associated with poor health outcomes in adults, complexity and informality in child care arrangements, and behavioral problems in young children.

Unemployed Without a Net: Few Unemployed Service Sector Workers Received UI and Many Experienced Hardships

The effect of the coronavirus outbreak on the U.S. labor market has been profound.

Estimates of Workers Who Lack Access to Paid Sick Leave at 91 Large Service Sector Employers

The current health and economic crisis caused by the novel coronavirus COVID-19 is unfolding rapidly. Workers in the retail and food service sectors have been particularly hard hit.

Essential and Unprotected: While CA Leads the Way, America's Grocery, Retail and Food Service Workers Still Lack Paid Sick Leave Amid Pandemic

COVID-19 Safety Measures Update

COVID-19 has made service sector jobs much more dangerous.

Precarious and Unequal: Job Quality in the Bay Area. Taking Count Survey Report, Tipping Point Community

Tipping Point Community partnered with sociologists and political scientists from the University of California, Berkeley, and the Othering & Belonging Institute for a year-long study to get a holi

Paid Sick Leave in Virginia: Evidence from the Shift Project

The COVID-19 pandemic has cast a bright light on the difficult working conditions faced by many workers in the service sector.

Presidential Address: Aspirations, Social Norms, and Development

I study the role of aspirations in economic development drawing on the existing theoretical and empirical literature and provide some new empirical findings using individual level data on aspirations

Does One Medicare Fit All? The Economics of Uniform Health Insurance Benefits

There is increasing interest in expanding Medicare health insurance coverage in the U.S., but it is not clear whether the current program is the right foundation on which to build.

State Capabilities for Problem-Oriented Governance

Governments around the world are increasingly recognizing the power of problem-oriented governance as a way to address complex public problems.