Extreme Heat at Work Report
This report by Urban Institute researchers offers the first nationally representative estimates of how outdoor and indoor workers are affected by extreme heat.
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This report by Urban Institute researchers offers the first nationally representative estimates of how outdoor and indoor workers are affected by extreme heat.
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Led by a cross-sector Leadership Board that is ideologically diverse and representative of often-siloed groups, WorkRise invests in research on policies, programs, and practices that have the potential to accelerate economic security and mobility for low-wage workers. We fund analyses and the creation of data that shed light on labor market barriers, trends, and opportunities. And we engage in strategic partnerships that help advance evidence-based solutions in support of our mission. Learn more about our most recent request for proposals and how you can collaborate with WorkRise.
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Skills and training
Last updated on June 18, 2024How to Expand Access to Good Clean Energy Jobs among Women and People of Color
New research shows women and people of color are underrepresented in the potential workforce for high-quality clean energy jobs. Universities, employers, and unions can play a role in creating a more diverse workforce.
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Skills and training
Last updated on June 04, 2024WorkRise Shorts: Applying AI to Rebuild Middle Class Jobs with David Autor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor David Autor asks what artificial intelligence could enable people to do and who could be enabled by this tool.
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Economic context
Last updated on June 11, 2024Better Local Labor Market Conditions Can Help Reduce the Risk of Reincarceration in the United States
Formerly incarcerated people who face better local labor market conditions when they are released from prison are estimated to face lower likelihoods of being reincarcerated.
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Social determinants of work
June 14, 2023
Research Summary
It’s Not Always What You Know, It’s Who You Know: The Role of Social Capital in Economic Connectedness and Mobility
Recent research analyzed billions of Facebook interactions and found that if children from low-income households grew up in neighborhoods that had social connections similar to children from wealthier households, their incomes would be 20 percent higher during adulthood.
Skills and training
June 21, 2023
Research Summary
Community Colleges Have a Wealth of Strategies to Support Black, Latinx, and Indigenous Student Success
Recent research from the Community College Research Center highlights stackable credentials, social supports to address nonacademic challenges, and culturally relevant curricula as three strategies for supporting adult learners from marginalized communities.
Economic context
May 17, 2023
Research Summary
Amid a Collapsing Labor Market, Pandemic Policy Response Reduced Poverty and Inequality
Research indicates that the robust economic policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic and historically fast employment recovery resulted in reduced poverty and inequality even amid unprecedented pandemic-induced labor market dislocations, according to a recent working paper from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Worker voice, representation, and power
June 01, 2023
Research Summary
Beyond Official Statistics Lies a More Complex Story of Worker Power
Unions are smaller and less powerful than they have been in 5o years but are more popular than they have been at any point in that same period. Recent research suggests a new way of thinking about worker power beyond the topline union membership rate.