The majority of individuals released from prison face limited employment opportunities and do not successfully … randomized evaluations of employment-focused programs find increases in employment but little impact on recidivism. Recent …

Long-term unemployment can lead to skill attrition and have detrimental effects on future employment prospects …, particularly following periods of economic crises when employment growth is slow and cannot accommodate high levels of unemployment …

The information technology revolution has had dramatic effects on jobs and the labor market. Many routine and manual … tasks, making work in such tasks more productive. These effects have polarized labor markets: While low-skill jobs have … stagnated, there are fewer and lower paid jobs for middle-skill workers, and higher pay for high-skill workers, increasing wage …

tasks, making work in such tasks more productive, and creating new jobs. This has polarized labor markets: while low-skill … jobs stagnated, there are fewer and lower-paid jobs for middle-skill workers, and higher pay for high-skill workers … about future automation of even high-skill jobs. …

employment, especially in sectors exposed to trade and intensive in labor. The limited empirical evidence suggests that the …

might affect employment in different ways. A policy shift toward a low-carbon green economy may create new and additional … crowding out of employment in other sectors. In addition, energy prices may increase owing to feed-in tariffs subsidizing …