Labor market considerations for a national job guarantee

Despite a relatively strong U.S. economy in late 2018, many workers continue to experience stagnant wages and underemployment. In response, policy interventions like subsidized wages, training and search assistance, expanded public employment, and federal guarantees of employment have all been proposed, but relatively little is known about how a federal job guarantee would function. We therefore discuss a number of relevant labor market considerations: How many people are likely to participate in a job guarantee? What types of work and nonwork activities are the eligible population currently e ... Show more

Authors: Nunn, Ryan; O'Donnell, Jimmy; Shambaugh, Jay

Published: Washington, District of Columbia, Hamilton Project, 2018

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Physical description: 33 p.

Access item: https://www.hamiltonproject.org/papers/labor_market_considerations_for_a_national_job_guarantee

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