Read the Full Article In the absence of a federal paid sick leave (PSL) standard, numerous U.S. states have passed…
Read the Full Article A new report from the Shift Project highlights the growing problem of indoor heat exposure among…
Read the Full Article The dignity of workers has long been a central concern of social scientists, with existing research…
COVID-19 precipitated sharp job losses, concentrated in the service sector. Prior research suggests that such shocks would negatively affect health…
We assess how the distribution of parents across firms contributes to parenthood wage gaps in a low-wage US labor market…
By comparing California fast food workers with their counterparts in retail jobs or employed at the same firms outside of…
So called “self-checkout” machines have become one of the most ubiquitous, and one of the most fraught, forms of new…
We draw on new panel data collected from 8600 hourly service sector workers between 2017 and 2022 to estimate short-run…
This report aims to illuminate the state of compliance with California’s core labor standards and the opportunities and barriers to…
This study investigates the relationship between parental exposure to unstable and unpredictable work schedules and child sleep quality.
The labor market is the site of longstanding and persistent inequalities across race and gender groups in hiring, compensation, and…
In this report, we document the scheduling conditions for IKEA co-workers before the launch of the intervention, and describe the…