Improvements in medical treatment have contributed to rising health spending. Yet there is relatively little evidence on whether the…
Nearly a thousand officer-involved killings occur each year in the United States. This paper documents the large, racially-disparate…
Service sector jobs in the United States are characterized by low pay, few fringe benefits, and limited employee control over scheduled…
Against the backdrop of a global health crisis, service-sector workers are newly visible. While millions of American workers have been…
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The coronavirus outbreak has had a massive impact on public health and the economy. In the United States, the 25 million workers employed…
Tipping Point Community partnered with sociologists and political scientists from the University of California, Berkeley, and the Othering…
Staying home sick is a luxury that America’s retail and food service workers simply can’t afford, a situation that will only make the…
The modern regulatory world is crowded with ideas about different regulatory approaches including, among others: performance-based…
Unstable and unpredictable work schedules are associated with poor health outcomes in adults, complexity and informality in child care…
The current health and economic crisis caused by the novel coronavirus COVID-19 is unfolding rapidly. Workers in the retail and food…