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Discussion Paper
The Vaccine Boost: An Analysis of the Impact of the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout on Measures of Activity
Several measures of economic activity have shown improvement since the start of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. This note quantifies the impact of the rollout across four main dimensions of activity: spending, mobility, education, and employment.
Discussion Paper
The Ability to Work Remotely: Measures and Implications
At the onset of the COVID-19 recession, a large share of the employed switched to remote work. Individual- and firm-level surveys indicated that the switch affected between 35 and 45 percent of workers.
Working Paper
Are Manufacturing Jobs Still Good Jobs? An Exploration of the Manufacturing Wage Premium
This paper explores the factors behind differences in wages between manufacturing and other sectors. Using data from the Current Population Survey, we find that the manufacturing wage premium--the additional pay a manufacturing worker earns relative to a comparable nonmanufacturing worker--disappeared in recent years and that the erosion of the premium has primarily affected workers employed in production occupations, who experienced a wage decline of 2.5 percentage points since the 1990s relative to other workers in production occupations. While the demographic composition and other worker ...
Discussion Paper
Does the Ability to Work Remotely Alter Labor Force Attachment? An Analysis of Female Labor Force Participation
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a large share of the employed switched to remote work. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)'s Current Population Survey (CPS), almost 40 percent of workers were working remotely in May 2020 because of the pandemic (figure 1, purple line), adding to the evidence from other individual- and firm-level surveys.
Discussion Paper
Tapping the Brakes The Effect of the 2023 United Auto Workers Strike on Economic Activity
The United Auto Workers (UAW) union tapped the brakes and called for a strike against all Detroit Three automakers—General Motors (GM), Ford, and Stellantis—on September 15, 2023, after having failed to reach an agreement with the automakers on a new four-year contract. The strike lasted for about six weeks and was the first strike in history targeting all Detroit Three automakers.
Discussion Paper
Maternity Leave and the Gender Wage Gap : An Analysis of New Jersey Family Leave Insurance
Women, on average, are paid less than men. According to the 2015 report prepared by the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR), female full-time workers in the United States received only 81 cents for every dollar earned by men; this difference amounts to a gender wage gap of 19 percent.