Local Productivity, National Impact: The Role of Local Authorities
The Productivity Institute, 2026
Local government's role in tackling the UK’s long-standing productivity problem
The Untold and Underappreciated Outcomes of Biden’s Clean Energy Strategy
Roosevelt Institute, 2026
How federal policy shifted corporate strategy toward strong labor and community practices
Investments in Left-Behind Places Will Take Time to Boost Growth
The Productivity Institute, 2026
Can strategic investment bear fruit within a single election cycle?
The Short-Term Effects of Regional Investment Tax Credits: Early Evidence from Energy Communities
Contemporary Social Science, 2025
On the political economy of industrial policy
Prioritising Skills for Regional and National Growth
NIESR Occasional Paper LXV, 2025
How to match the supply of and demand for higher-level technical skills
Place-Based Industrial Policy: Six Lessons for the UK
The Productivity Institute, 2025
How the government can ensure place is at the heart of its industrial strategy, drawing on recent lessons from the United States and the United Kingdom
What Capacity and Resources Do Strategic Authorities Need to Deliver the Industrial Strategy?
The Productivity Institute, 2025
Lessons for the UK's nations and regions
Implementing and Equitable Industrial Strategy
IPPR Progressive Review, 2024
On impediments to industrial strategy implementation
Why the Labour government should not try to imitate Bidenomics
Harnessing the Inflation Reduction Act
Roosevelt Institute, 2024
Case studies in maximizing the local economic benefits of industrial policy implementation
Labour Must Learn the Right Lessons from Biden’s Green Industrial Strategy
Centre for Progressive Policy, 2024
On positive lessons from US industrial strategy
Bridging the UK's Skills Gaps
Developing UK-specific skills data could improve workforce development, and proactively align workers' skills with emerging opportunities
Response to the Congressional Paid Leave Group
Evidence to the US Congress of the importance of providing access to medical, parental, and caregiving leave
Where is the Low-Wage Workforce?
WorkRise & the Urban Institute, 2023
Where low-wage jobs in the US are concentrated and what industries are most common using Public Use Microdata Areas
Who Comprises the Low-Wage Workforce?
WorkRise & the Urban Institute, 2023
The typical low-wage worker through their demographics, occupation, and income
Worker Voice, Representation, and Power: Priorities for Research
WorkRise & the Urban Institute, 2023
Actionable insights for policymakers, advocates, and practitioners committed to equitably advancing labor market opportunity and economic security for low-wage workers
Search and Matching for Jobseekers: Priorities for Research
WorkRise & the Urban Institute, 2023
A summary of the research framework that informs WorkRise’s thinking about the importance of search and matching for low-wage workers’ labor market mobility
Economic Recovery Leaves Behind Working-Class Women and Mothers
Center for Economic and Policy Research, 2022
Available at: https://cepr.net/publications/financial-struggles-of-working-class-women-reveal-potential-for-more-robust-family-friendly-policy-response/
New Federal Industrial Policy Creates Incentives for High-Quality Jobs
WorkRise & the Urban Institute, 2022
Recent laws can shape the labor market in ways that benefit both workers and employers in industries poised for growth
Young Workers’ Economic Mobility Has Improved Since the Start of the Pandemic, but Work Remains to Solidify These Gains
WorkRise & the Urban Institute, 2023
Almost across the board, young workers have seen gains in their employment prospects and wages
How Unions Can Increase Firm Productivity and Strengthen Economic Growth
WorkRise & the Urban Institute, 2023
Unions have the ability to help businesses operate more efficiently
California’s FAST Act Offers a Window on How Worker Standards Boards Could Improve Job Quality in the Fast Food Industry
WorkRise & the Urban Institute, 2023
The Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery (FAST) Act of 2021 represents an alternative to a traditional labor union
Policymakers Face Trade-offs in Supporting Workers’ Economic Mobility and Protecting Them from Inflation
WorkRise & the Urban Institute, 2022
Mixed signals for the economy in general and low-wage workers in particular
How Can the Forces of Change Be Harnessed to Create an Inclusive and Equitable Labor Market?
WorkRise & the Urban Institute, 2022
The forces of climate change, automation, and digital transformation could widen inequities
A Renewed Urgency to Strengthen Unemployment Insurance’s Automatic Triggers
WorkRise & the Urban Institute, 2021
Special pandemic-era programs were a lifeline and essential to stabilizing households and the economy
Lessons from Unemployment Benefit Expansions during the COVID-19 and Great Recessions
WorkRise & the Urban Institute, 2021
Expanding unemployment insurance benefits in recessions is necessary yet has inherent challenges