This annual report highlights leading results from the most recent data analysis of the Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center’s China…
Service sector jobs in the United States are characterized by low pay, few fringe benefits, and limited employee control over scheduled…
The COVID-19 pandemic led to dramatic economic disruptions, including government-imposed restrictions that required millions of American…
In the face of the rapidly evolving coronavirus crisis that demands many urgent decisions but provides few clear-cut cues and requires…
The partial economic shutdown that began in mid-March 2020, along with additional nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) such as social…
The coronavirus outbreak has caused a massive global economic and health shock, which has exacerbated existing social inequalities. Workers…
Against the backdrop of a global health crisis, service-sector workers are newly visible. While millions of American workers have been…
Aligned to the Lancet Migration Global Statement to include migrants and refugees in countries’ response to COVID-19, this update focuses…
We examine a new data set of laws and practices governing public procurement, as well as procurement outcomes, in 187 countries. We measure…
Small samples negatively affect the quality of the information we use when making group-based estimates. Small samples have higher…