Examining the Pandemic’s Economic Effects on Women

Examining the Pandemic’s Economic Effects on WomenThis issue ofConsumer & Community Context is being released in conjunction with the Federal Reserve Board’s Gender and the Economy Conference. Together, these efforts demonstrate the Federal...

Assessing WOTC: Executive Summary

Assessing WOTC: Executive Summary The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) was created to address the problems of the chronically unemployed and to do so by helping them get jobs. The mechanism behind the program is to give tax credits to employers who hire individuals...

Don’t Blame Covid for the Worker Shortage

Don’t Blame Covid for the Worker Shortage The ranks of American workers are thinning—often because people aged out of the workforce, or never entered it. Their absence could impede the economy’s ability to grow, and make for a less prosperous future. Download...