The Labor Department has released its first jobs report of the year, covering January 2025. It shows that payrolls grew by 143,000 — somewhat lower than economists’ expectations of 175,000.

We then explore themes related to their labor market decisions, including flows into and out of the labor force, health, working arrangements, and unemployment benefits systems. The differences and ...

We describe and provide examples of how artificial intelligence will affect labor ... 2017. "Robots and Jobs: Evidence from US Labor Markets." NBER Working Paper 23285. Acemoglu, Daron, and Pascual ...

Demand for professional skills has changed significantly since the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022, according to a new study.

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I am an economist specializing in labor markets and policy. Employers added 206,000 payroll jobs in June, according to the new jobs report ...

In the final days of the Biden administration, the FTC and DOJ jointly issued antitrust guidelines on business practices that impact workers ...

In his most recent press conference, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell characterized the labor market as "broadly stable." And in this week's lead-up to the January jobs report, the incoming ...

Tight labor markets have given job seekers more leverage to switch positions for higher pay, while immigration is broadly considered to have allowed the overall economy to grow faster than it ...

For example, then-Commissioner Ferguson issued a withering criticism of an initial proposal to add a Labor Markets section to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) form, stating that there is “nowhere ...