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New WorkRise grantee research models an expansion of the public child care subsidy program so more parents can use subsidies to pay for child care when they are in school or training.
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New WorkRise grantee research models an expansion of the public child care subsidy program so more parents can use subsidies to pay for child care when they are in school or training.
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Grantmaking and Partnerships
Led by a cross-sector Leadership Board that is ideologically diverse and representative of often-siloed groups, WorkRise invests in research on policies, programs, and practices that have the potential to accelerate economic security and mobility for low-wage workers. We fund analyses and the creation of data that shed light on labor market barriers, trends, and opportunities. And we engage in strategic partnerships that help advance evidence-based solutions in support of our mission. Learn more about our most recent request for proposals and how you can collaborate with WorkRise.
Working Knowledge
The Latest
Demographic disparities
May 26, 2022
New Student Research Builds Evidence on Different Dimensions of Inequality
WorkRise grantee, the Opportunity Lab at the University of California, Berkeley, hosted a convening where student researchers shared new work examining historical roots and international examples of labor market inequality.
Economic context
May 26, 2022
New and Noteworthy: Research on inflation’s impact on low-income families, parental labor force attachment, and more
This month’s column shares a new analysis showing recent wage gains by low-income households could not keep up with rising prices. Plus: new studies tracking parents’ employment during the pandemic and recovery and a new measure of systemic discrimination.
Economic context
April 26, 2022
New and Noteworthy: New research on labor market competition, degree resets in job posting, and more
This month’s column highlights a new US Treasury report that finds an insufficiently competitive labor market has given employers market power to lower workers’ earnings.
Skills and training
April 08, 2022
How Randomized Evaluations Build Evidence to Inform Workforce Program Design, Policy, and Investment
Four takeaways from J-PAL North America and WorkRise joint panel on the power of randomized controlled trials in generating evidence to inform and guide decisionmaking and investment in workforce training.
Research
Federal policy
March 29, 2022
Income Inequality, Race, and the EITC
New grantee research finds the 1993 expansion of the earned income tax credit reduced income inequality among Black and white households in the lower half of the income distribution through a significant employment response among Black households.
Supportive services
March 15, 2022
Expanding Child Care Subsidies to Parents in Education and Training
A fact sheet summarizes findings from a new WorkRise report that models a hypothetical policy scenario where more parents in education and training were eligible for and received public child care subsidies.
Supportive services
March 15, 2022
Implications of Providing Child Care Assistance to Parents In Education and Training
New WorkRise research uses microsimulation to model a hypothetical policy scenario where more parents in education and training were eligible for and received public child care subsidies.
Employer practices
July 01, 2021
Skills, Degrees, and Labor Market Inequality
In a National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, researchers demonstrate that workers with college degrees have dramatically better access to higher-wage occupations where the skill requirements exceed the workers’ observed skill compared to workers without degrees.