Publications
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Amazon Drives Low Wages: The Unraveling of Workplace Protections for Delivery Drivers
Read the Full Article Amazon has revolutionized shopping and challenged traditional brick-and-mortar retail. But at the heart of this logistics…
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Don’t Save the Demographics for Last: No Breakoff Penalty for Placing Demographic Items Early in Web-Based Surveys
Read the Full Article Conventional survey methodology wisdom holds that demographic questions should be asked at the end of surveys…
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(Un)Supportive Workplaces: Experiences of Workplace Climate for Formerly Systems-Involved Young Workers
Read the Full Report By early adulthood, millions of young people have had early life experiences interacting with the juvenile…
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Heat Exposure in Indoor Service Sector Workplaces
Read the Full Report A new report from the Shift Project highlights the growing problem of indoor heat exposure among…
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Between-firm sorting and parenthood wage gaps in the US service sector
We assess how the distribution of parents across firms contributes to parenthood wage gaps in a low-wage US labor market…
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Can’t Catch a Break: Intersectional Inequalities at Work
The labor market is the site of longstanding and persistent inequalities across race and gender groups in hiring, compensation, and…
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Mitigating the Impacts of Sexual Harassment: Evidence from a National Survey of Retail and Restaurant Workers
Workplace sexual harassment and violence inflict a variety of costs on survivors, raising important questions about prevention: changing the conditions…
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Dreams Deferred: Downward Mobility and Making Ends Meet in the Service Sector
Nearly one-in-five jobs in the United State are in the service sector, including in retail, grocery, pharmacy, fast food, and…
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Why Are Young Workers Leaving Their Jobs?
The American labor market has experienced dramatic changes since the start of the global COVID-19 pandemic in the early spring…
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The Gender Wage Gap, Between-Firm Inequality, and Devaluation: Testing a New Hypothesis in the Service Sector
Unequal sorting of men and women into higher and lower-wage firms contributes significantly to the gender wage gap according to…
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Mandates Narrow Gender Gaps In Paid Sick Leave Coverage For Low-Wage Workers In The US
Paid sick leave helps workers recover from illness and manage care obligations and protects public health. Yet access to paid…
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Inequalities At Work And The Toll Of COVID-19
Workplaces shape risk for exposure to COVID-19 through on-site safety practices, including the provision and required use of personal protective…