Workforce Development: Peer Reviewed Publications
- No Longer Qualified? Changes in the Supply and Demand for Skills within Occupations. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
- Noting significant changes in job requirements after the Great Recession, this publication investigates the causes of these changes and their implications. Researching three sectors, high-, medium-, and low-skill work, this study found that upskilling occurred in all three, potentially slowing recovery from the 2008 Recession.
- The Childcare Industry in New England. Global Resilience Institute.
- This report investigates the impact that Covid-19 had on the childcare industry in New England. It finds that not only did the pandemic cause major closures for childcare providers around the country, but it created lasting uncertainty for working parents who need childcare to maintain an income. It offers several policy recommendations, such as directing PPP loan dollars towards the childcare industry.
- Exploring augmented reality for worker assistance versus training. Advanced Engineering Informatics.
- This paper explores how augmented reality (AR) could be used in workplace training, as well as in supporting both manual and semi-automatic manufacturing tasks. It finds that overall, the use of AR leads to a significant decrease in error compared to typical instruction.
- Upskilling: Do Employers Demand Greater Skill When Workers Are Plentiful? Review of Economics and Statistics.
- By utilizing a database of online job postings, this study finds that greater skill was demanded of workers during the Great Recession, especially in states where the supply of available workers was more plentiful. The study finds 18% to 25% of the increase in skill requirements between 2007 and 2010 can be accounted for by the increase of worker availability during the Great Recession.
- Downskilling: Changes in Employer Skill Requirements Over the Business Cycle. Labour Economics.
- This study explains how employer skill requirements fell in the job market between 2010 and 2014 due to an improving labor market after the Great Recession.