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When school shooting headlines fade, the trauma doesn't
Maya Rossin-Slater, SIEPR senior fellow, details in the Boston Globe what her research indicates could be "deep and lasting" emotional and economic consequences for the survivors of the Brown U. mass shooting.
December 20, 2025
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Cutting through the AI noise
There’s a lot of speculation about how AI will reshape the U.S. economy. A recent SIEPR Policy Forum convened experts to delve into what’s actually happening and what’s coming next.
December 04, 2025
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ADP rolls out weekly jobs US payrolls after halting data to Fed
Bloomberg reports that, amid the federal government shutdown, ADP will now release weekly jobs data, compiled with SIEPR Senior Fellow Erik Brynjolfsson's Digital Economy Lab.
October 28, 2025
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Measuring the vibecession
SIEPR Distinguished Policy Fellow Jared Bernstein sheds light in Washington Monthly on why there's an affordability crisis despite government data signaling the economy is strong..
October 03, 2025
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It’s jobs Friday without a jobs number: Here’s where to look for alternatives
The Wall Street Journal highlights, given the government shutdown, a monthly jobs report produced by SIEPR Senior Fellow Erik Brynjolfsson's Digital Economy Lab and ADP.
October 03, 2025
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Women’s take-home pay often drops 10 percent during menopause, a study finds
Inc. Magazine features research by SIEPR's Petra Persson measuring the 'menopause penalty' women encounter at work.
September 29, 2025
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A contracting population need not be a catastrophe
The Economist cites work by SIEPR's Chad Jones and Nick Bloom in suggesting that AI could offset one potential downside to a shrinking world: fewer new ideas.
September 11, 2025
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Americans lose faith that hard work leads to economic gains, WSJ-NORC poll finds
SIEPR director Neale Mahoney quoted, and his research with SIEPR chief of staff Ryan Cummings cited, in Wall Street Journal story on the loss of faith in the American dream.
September 01, 2025
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Workers aren't getting what they want from AI
SIEPR's Erik Brynjolfsson talks with American Public Media's Marketplace Tech about the mismatch between AI's capabilities and workers' needs.
August 25, 2025
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Why are some stats too ‘girly’ for the BLS?
SIEPR's Nick Bloom tells Bloomberg Opinion that return-to-office mandates, even if unenforced, may be contributing to recent declines in the number of working moms with young kids.
August 19, 2025
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WFH: An international sensation, with cultural twists
Working from home is a big hit in English-speaking countries. But not so much in Asia, according to a new global survey of employees.
April 22, 2025
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How did the pandemic change work for you?
SIEPR's Nick Bloom is featured on KQED talking about how the pandemic changed the way we work.
April 21, 2025
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Study spotlights a ‘jobs engine’ (that isn’t AI)
New research from SIEPR’s Neale Mahoney measures the huge surge in health care jobs and sets the stage for more on why patterns and policies are panning out as expected, or not.
March 25, 2025
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Study: Women take ‘substantial’ earnings hit during menopause
New research from Stanford economist Petra Persson is one of the first to examine the economic toll of menopause, which affects one-fifth of the nation’s workforce.
March 24, 2025
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Return to office? Not everybody is doing it.
In a new Atlanta Fed survey, Stanford’s Nicholas Bloom and Steven Davis and their collaborators find U.S. executives are strongly set on keeping work-from-home policies.
March 06, 2025
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Contributions of SIEPR scholars in the Economic Report of the President
The 2025 report tapped the work of our scholars in its assessment of pressing economic policy issues ranging from global financial markets to remote work.
February 03, 2025
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Easing the scarring effects of mass layoffs
Research by SIEPR Faculty Fellow Michael Blank sheds light on the impacts of job losses and the trade-offs between unemployment insurance and job retention policies.
January 17, 2025
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Q&A: A new report on “Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work”
The report, requested by Congress and co-chaired by SIEPR’s Erik Brynjolfsson and Carnegie Mellon’s Tom Mitchell, examines workforce implications of AI.
December 13, 2024
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KQED Newscast
A KQED newscast moderated by Rachel Myrow features SIEPR's Mark Duggan in a segment about California unemployment insurance.
December 03, 2024
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How the debate over WFH and RTO mandates has evolved
Bloomberg quotes SIEPR's Nick Bloom on how women place a higher average value on working from home than men.
November 27, 2024