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In the gig economy, self-employed and contingent workers find work through digital platforms and other avenues. Developing strategies to serve these freelance or gig workers is challenging, and public workforce agencies rely on research about the...

This week, we highlight resources that describe innovative alternative pathways that develop the skills of opportunity youth and adults. The first resource presents a six-pillar career pathways framework that includes enrollment policies,...

Explores the reasoning, process, outcomes, and lessons learned by a workforce policy change in Michigan that shifted away from emphasizing short-term job search and job placement services towards longer-term investment in training for in-demand...

An issue brief that examines the impact of the Great Recession on middle-skill jobs and its effect on rural and urban workers in these jobs.

Provides an overview of labour market trends after the global economic crisis by presenting global trends in employment and unemployment projections and analyzing the structural changes in the labour market at a global level.

Presents data on trends in wages around the world and compares them with trends in global labour productivity in order to analyze their complex political, social, and economic effects on the global economy.

Examines how much innovation is occurring in the green economy, and how it takes place at the regional scale within the State of California.

Provides an examination of the scope of the great recession and policies that focus on recovery.

Presents the results of a survey of green businesses in California, focusing specifically on what makes green businesses unique and how they are innovating and growing at the regional scale.

Explores the crippling labor market for teens and makes a case for developing a comprehensive approach to job creation for this population.