issue brief looks at data that contradicts the suggestion that so many people are out of work because they lack skills. …

facing extended, sometimes permanent, spells without work. This report proposes rethinking our understanding of long … complementing the standard measure of long-term unemployment, which reports the share of the unemployed who have been out of work …

Over the last two decades, high – and, in some countries, rising – rates of low-wage work have emerged as a major … political concern. If low-wage jobs act as a stepping stone to higher-paying work, then even a relatively high share of low …-wage work may not be a serious social problem. If, however, as appears to be the case in much of the wealthy world, low …