Economic mobility in America is in crisis. Our new The Brookings Institution report looks at thousands of job transitions to see who’s getting stuck where, and offers targeted solutions that help workers find better jobs. Here are the main findings: Thread 1/10 brook.gs/3csK59k

Undergrads looking for a data-intensive, policy-focused internship for Spring? Come work for me and Marcela Escobari (@marcelaescobari.bsky.social) at the Workforce of the Future Initiative (Brookings): interns-brookings.icims.com/jobs/2717/spri…

With the #GreatResignation & a tight labor market, workers have options & companies have an opportunity to get serious re: worker wellbeing. Our new The Brookings Institution piece offers a streamlined set of #humancapital metrics to promote the “S” in #ESG Thread 1/ brookings.edu/research/6-job…

Because of the O-1 visa for immigrants of extraordinary ability, Alexey Guzey is here in the US building new institutions of science rather than conscripted in the Russian military. We should make it possible for more Alexeys to come here.

I don't understand why this hasn't happened already. Biden can make Ukrainians eligible for TPS & Student Special Relief unilaterally. Doing so would help only Ukrainians already in US—not those newly fleeing— but the least we can do is decide not to send Ukrainians back to war

Today Greg Wright and I argue in The Hill that Congress is making a mistake by letting our longest-standing adjustment program, TAA, expire. We need to be helping more displaced workers adapt to a changing economy- not less! thehill.com/opinion/financ…

What Works in Workforce Development? New Forbes article - with help from Rachel Lipson, @OrrellAEI, Greg Wright, and David Deming: forbes.com/sites/harryhol…

With today's BLS report, we are now 3 years past the start of the pandemic. What has changed in the US labor market? See my new Forbes article: forbes.com/sites/harryhol…

Community Colleges and Workforce Development: Are They Achieving Their Potential? See new AEI paper with Rachel Lipson and Greg Wright: aei.org/research-produ…

Updated time series, Monthly CPS, foreign-born in working age, from our EconoFactOrg with Reem Zaiour. Immigrants continue to catch-up after the drop of 2020-2021. Still 815,000 fewer immigrants in working age relative to the 2010-2019 linear trend.

Interested in how the workforce of the future will evolve in the age of technology? 🗓️ Register now for our 6/12 event featuring Greg Wright, Matthew Yglesias, Simon Johnson, Lant Pritchett, and Rebekah Smith as they discuss putting #PeopleOverRobots: brookings.edu/events/people-…

Missed our discussion this week on technology and the future of work? Hear what Simon Johnson and Labor Mobility Partnerships's Lant Pritchett had to say about AI, automation, immigration and more 👇 #PeopleOverRobots

We are pleased to announce the next Brookings president, Cecilia Rouse! Dr. Rouse joins us from Princeton University and previously served in the White House as the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers. We look forward to welcoming her in January. brookings.edu/news/brookings…

How can we accelerate scientific progress? New piece from me in The Washington Post on how Congress could give NIH and NSF flexibility to fund good ideas more quickly, and how funders could give scientists more flexibility to pursue their most promising ideas. A quick summary…

Jeremy Neufeld and I at IFP teamed up with Greg Wright at The Brookings Institution to develop just the data-driven method that DOL needs. We’re calling it the Help Wanted Index and with it, we show what occupations could be included in Schedule A if it was updated

New report out today from Lindsay Milliken Jeremy Neufeld & Greg Wright on a wonky topic: Schedule A. It’s a little-known tool that would prioritize immigration in occupations for which there are insufficient numbers of U.S. workers to fill jobs.

Today is a red-letter day for @econhist_allday, Rowena Gray & me. Delighted to be able to share the fruits of almost a decade of work. What happened housing prices in the US between 1890 and 2006? Our new work revises substantially the stylized facts of housing prices. Thread 👇

New series for home sales and rental prices constructed from city newspaper listings shed light on housing markets from 1890 to 2006, from Ronan Lyons, @econhist_allday, Rowena Gray, and David N. Agorastos nber.org/papers/w32593

Another way to read this: Border crossings are now lower than they were under Trump’s presidency

What does America get from foreign students? - They subsidize American students' education - They inject life into small towns across America - They do a large portion of America's STEM research noahpinion.blog/p/america-need…