Technology and Innovation Perceptions of US Labor Market Trends: A Snapshot Colombe Ladrei shares her findings from a survey exploring Americans’ perceptions of how the labor market is evolving over time.
Immigration If You Extend It, They Will Come: The Effects of the STEM OPT Extension Economist Pauline Khoo considers how the OPT extension affects the schooling decisions of international students.
Technology and Innovation Tech-Enabled Gig Jobs: Policy Solutions for the Future of Work In this paper, CGO’s Megan Jenkins, Brian Isom, and Christopher Koopman explore the changing nature of work.
Immigration Are College Graduate Immigrants on Work Visas Cheaper than Natives? Companies hire workers outside the US for positions in the country. Omid Bagheri examines if immigrants are a cheaper workforce than natives.
Technology and Innovation Willingness to Be Paid: Who Trains for Tech Jobs? In this paper, author Joy Buchanan provides the first controlled study of what factors affect the decision to pursue a career in tech.
Regulation Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act The Department of Labor (DOL) recently proposed a rule change determining how an independent contractor (IC) classification is made.
Technology and Innovation Barriers to Portable Benefits Solutions for Gig Economy Workers Public policy hasn't adapted to the gig economy, categorizing workers into groups that don't align with the modern American workplace.
Immigration Looking for the Best and Brightest This research paper examines how US employers use the H-1B visa program to find workers. Learn more about H-1B visas in the US.
Technology and Innovation Universal Savings Accounts: A Flexible Financial Tool to Support the Gig Economy This paper explores how reforming the U.S. tax code allows gig economy workers greater financial security through USAs.
COVID A Contingent Wage Subsidy for V-Shaped Recovery A contingent wage subsidy would cover all new labor costs contingent on less than a certain number of workers being hired.
Immigration Lessons on Immigration During COVID-19 Examples that highlight the key role immigrants play in western countries and provide several important lessons for policy.
Immigration Immigration as a Tool to Boost U.S. Economic Growth and Prosperity The United States should be a beacon of opportunity that welcomes talented, hard-working people, not one that closes its doors to foreigners.
Immigration Students, Skilled Immigration and Our Path to Recovery Economic integration and openness to foreign talent are a stronger path for long-term success as a country.
Immigration The Ethics of Immigration and Economic Recovery One of the dangers of a crisis is that measures are initially put in place as temporary yet remain thereafter. It’s happened before.
Immigration Immigrant Entrepreneurs The importance of immigrant entrepreneurs as firm founders and job creators has grown significantly over the last few decades.
Immigration Openness Is as Important Now as It Has Ever Been Despite their distinct contributions to the economy during the pandemic, many immigrants have been largely excluded from CARES protections.
Immigration How Immigrants Can Help the “Transition to a Great Economy” after COVID-19 COVID-19 risks are generating fear and uncertainty, which may trigger further aversion to immigration and even more restrictive policies.
Immigration Refugees and Asylum Seekers Can Help us Rebuild after COVID-19 As we consider reforms to our immigration system, we should not be pushing away the very people who are saving lives.
Immigration Immigrants Truly Make America Great (And Without Them, That Greatness is at Risk) America has been unique in being both the best country in the world to start a business and being relatively open to aspiring entrepreneurs.
COVID U.S. Labor Market Policy Should Take a Page Out of Europe’s Book Salary guarantees and work sharing would enhance the U.S. safety net and enable the economy to better cope with demand shocks.
COVID Accelerating Remote Work After COVID-19 Increasing remote work would result in economic growth from the substantially greater scale enabled by digital technologies.
Federal Policy What Can Be Done to Address Rising Student Debt? This Research in Focus summarizes the data and existing research on student debt and possible policy reforms.
Federal Policy A Primer on the Past, Present, and Future of Higher Education This policy paper examines ongoing changes in the cost of attending college, and debt financing of college over the past few decades.
Regulation How Does Occupational Licensing Affect U.S. Consumers and Workers? Licensing requirements raise pay for licensed workers, but with a cost: reduced employment and higher consumer prices.