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Supply chain shortages hit home
November 29, 2021
With labor shortages and other pandemic-related issues continuing, supply chain problems will likely extend deep into 2022, if not longer.
The ‘great resignation’ is a trend that began before the pandemic — and bosses need to get used to it
November 18, 2021
A record share of workers quit their jobs in September. A human resources scholar explains how this is a trend that predates the pandemic.
UC Berkeley’s David Card wins 2021 Nobel Prize in economics
October 11, 2021
His pioneering studies questioned the prevailing assumptions about the impact of immigration on native-born U.S. workers and the effect of minimum wage increases on domestic job growth.
How the Purdue opioid settlement could help the public understand the roots of the drug crisis
September 2, 2021
The multibillion-dollar settlement will trigger the release of troves of documents that may shine new light on what caused the opioid crisis.
Doctoral candidate’s award-winning research explores life for Latina girls growing up in rural California
August 19, 2021
Roxanna Villalobos shines a light on rural America’s diversity, including in the Central Valley where she was raised.
The cost of California
July 29, 2021
UCLA and UC Santa Barbara economists discuss how California became so pricey.
Very big changes are coming very fast to the American workplace
July 8, 2021
This is a major inflection point in U.S. professional life, scholars say.
Don’t be alarmed by rising prices for homes, cars, and gas
June 24, 2021
Scholars say the inflation surge is likely to be temporary as the economy emerges from the pandemic.
The ongoing urban exodus
June 17, 2021
Could San Francisco and L.A. become affordable again? Possibly, says economist Jan Brueckner.
UC Berkeley will auction NFTs of Nobel Prize-winning inventions to fund research
May 27, 2021
Nonfungible tokens are all the rage, and now UC Berkeley is minting its own to raise money for research and education.