Ikea Lost $5,000 When Each Worker Quit. So It Began Paying More

Parental Exposure to Work Schedule Instability and Child Sleep Quality

This study investigates the relationship between parental exposure to unstable and unpredictable work schedules and child sleep quality.

IKEA Self-Scheduling Intervention: Baseline Report

In this report, we document the scheduling conditions for IKEA co-workers before the launch of the intervention, and describe the new self-scheduling features. Next, we describe the research design for the planned evaluation of the intervention. We end with discussions of future directions, including the future evaluation report that will describe implementation and the effects of the Self-Scheduling Intervention.

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 fulfillment, but there are countervailing views on who works these jobs and to what end.
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