August 11, 2022
Anna Crockett and Xiaohan Zhang
Understanding which teachers were likelier to leave the industry over the past two years and the factors that could have influenced their decision to leave are at the heart of this study.
August 8, 2022
Xiaohan Zhang and Jason Saving
In many respects, the pandemic has disproportionately harmed low-income workers. Earnings growth, triggered by labor shortages and high turnover rates, could be a rare exception.
July 27, 2022
Jane Santa Cruz and Marycruz De Leon
Like millions of people across the U.S., many residents of Doña Ana County in southern New Mexico struggle to find the internet access they need for school, work and daily life.
May 16, 2022
Anna Crockett and Xiaohan Zhang
When the pandemic first struck and many child care centers closed, ECE worker unemployment spiked. Now that two years have passed since the onset of COVID-19 in the United States, to what extent has the industry recovered?
March 21, 2022
Xiaohan Zhang and Jason Saving
Despite the Earned Income Tax Credit’s many benefits, a large percentage of qualified workers do not claim it.
February 25, 2022
Emily Ryder Perlmeter
As more Texas mortgages exit forbearance, ZIP codes with larger vulnerability will be at particular risk for financial stress.
February 23, 2022
Anna Crockett
Education and employment trends suggest that the number of 16–24-year-olds disconnected from both work and school—known as opportunity youth—has grown during the pandemic.
January 24, 2022
Anna Crockett and Jason Saving
Pandemic-related hardships likely contributed to a surge in the number of young people disconnected from school at both the secondary and postsecondary levels.
January 5, 2022
Fope Idowu
Family Pathways works with parenting students enrolled in high-demand degree programs at Austin Community College to promote economic mobility for lower-income families.
December 9, 2021
Anna Crockett and Jason Saving
Unemployment rates spiked for young adults in the initial months of the COVID recession. Since that time, younger members of this cohort (ages 16-19) have substantially recovered, while older members (ages 20-24) continue to see unemployment rates well above pre-COVID levels.