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Boston Globe reports how the accelerating economy and decreasing unemployment rate will be impacted by Omnicron, Dr. Modestino weighs in.

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Professor Alicia Sasser Modestino (Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Economics; Director of Research, Dukakis Center;  WGSS Executive Committee Member) discusses her perspective on the current labor market trends with the Boston Globe. With the decreasing unemployment rate and growing labor force, this may be looking optimistic. According to Dr. Modestino:

“Everything is pointing in the right direction from the point of view of what workers are actually experiencing.”

Read the full article here.

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