Labour market disruption
Policy
A roadmap for immigration reform: identifying weak links in the labor supply chain
The authors of this report begin by describing the current U.S. labor market context, noting the important distortions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and their relationship to the immigrant workforce. They also present their detailed framework - the Occupational Opportunity Network, and offer some practical policy applications.
Report
2023 State of the future of work
This is the first report from the Work Futures Hallmark Research Initiative, a team of interdisciplinary researchers from the University of Melbourne. The report focuses on the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on work futures.
Working paper
Did labour market concentration lower wages growth pre-COVID?
Prior to COVID-19, wages growth in Australia was somewhat lower than was expected based on historical determinants. This paper examines concentration in Australian labour markets and its impacts on wages using a large and representative database derived from administrative tax data.
Working paper
Teleworking through the gender looking glass: facts and gaps
This paper takes stock of existing data and research on the gendered dimension of teleworking, to foster efficient data collection and evidence-based monitoring of the phenomenon in the future.
Working paper
Work and meaning in the age of AI
It is often said that work is not only a source of income, but also of meaning. In this paper, the author explores the theoretical and empirical literature that addresses the relationship between work and meaning. The author explores the challenge that the age of AI presents for an important feature of liberal political theory...