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The pandemic has led to a broad workforce upheaval not seen since World War II, says Erik Brynjolfsson, SIEPR Senior Fellow and director of the ���˴�Ƭ Digital Economy Lab [...]

As debates continue on the role of the federal government assisting state and local governments, Senior Fellow Joshua Rauh makes the case that it’s time for bond holders to share t

Senior Fellow Andrew Hall discusses the political tensions over voting by mail.

SIEPR Director Mark Duggan makes the case in this op-ed for reforms that can soften the blow of tax hikes needed to finance state unemployment benefits.

SIEPR senior fellow Eric Hanushek writes about the impact of school closures — the subject of his analysis in an OECD report and discussed by education ministers of the G-20.

As policymakers consider economic recovery strategies, Susan Athey tells Congress that worker training is a crucial part of addressing the instability & job loss brought on by AI.

SIEPR’s Nick Bloom thinks the stock market has gotten too far ahead of the economy but he’s optimistic the economy will catch up.

"Anyone can be infected with the virus, but there is a thousandfold difference in the risk of death between the young and the old," SIEPR's Jay Bhattacharya writes in this op-ed.

SIEPR Director Mark Duggan says California is "in for a lot of pain" with unemployment rates over 13 percent.

A SIEPR policy brief on working from home written by Senior Fellow Nicholas Bloom informs this story on the pandemic's effect on the workplace.

Shoshana Vasserman & other researchers have developed a new computer model that uses health & economic data to inform policy decisions on reopening strategies during the pandemic.

For those nearing retirement, SIEPR’s John Shoven advises that it’s crucial to think carefully about your options in these uncertain times.

Nick Bloom warns at the Federal Reserve’s annual meeting that changes to fiscal and monetary policy will likely be less effective because of uncertainty from the COVID pandemic.

SIEPR Senior Fellow Sean Reardon discusses how the pandemic might be affecting parents' decisions of whether to enroll their children in public or private schools.

"The pandemic did not only lay bare the implications of the digital divide, it also created a laboratory for studying how best to bridge the divide," says Greg Rosston.

“There’s a spectrum of possible work relationships. And we want to both protect workers along that spectrum, but also allow some amount of flexibility," says Paul Oyer.

SIEPR Senior Fellow Nicholas Bloom warns that the longer Congress takes to decide on federal pandemic economic relief programs, "there’s less relief bang for the buck."

“What’s happening now is more companies that thought they could survive are giving up,” said Nicholas Bloom. “The most painful time to lose your job may well be coming up.”

Chad Jones, SIEPR Senior Fellow & ���˴�Ƭ GSB prof., posits that natalist policies could mean “the difference between...exponential growth in population & living standards [...]

"There is little data about how the school closings in the spring affected children from different racial or socioeconomic backgrounds," said SIEPR Senior Fellow Sean Reardon.