Emilie Jackson
Emilie Jackson is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Michigan State University. Her research is in the fields of public and labor economics and her recent work uses U.S. tax data to explore the implications of the recent growth in gig employment opportunities (e.g. Uber, Lyft, TaskRabbit, etc.) for individuals facing unemployment shocks. She quantifies the take-up of gig work during unemployment and evaluates the ability to smooth income in the short run. Furthermore, she evaluates the long-run implications for workers’ labor supply, skill acquisition, and earnings trajectories.
Max Risch
Max Risch is an Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business. His research addresses topics in public finance and labor economics. He uses novel administrative datasets to analyze the relationship between public policies and the distribution of income. One strand of his research investigates how firm-worker relationships mediate responses to tax policy and how public policies in turn influence the form of firm-worker relationships. See his 2019 paper Independent Contractors in the U.S.: New Trends from 15 years of Administrative Tax Data, co-authored with Katherine Lim, Alicia Miller, and Eleanor Wilking. Another strand of his research analyzes the role of tax evasion and tax enforcement for real and measured income inequality. He received his Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Michigan.
NHQI October 2021
Upjohn Institute New Hires Quality Index for October 2021 continues to hold steady for wages but volume dips; Blacks continue to close gap with Whites
NHQI July 2020
Upjohn Institute New Hires Quality Index for July 2020 nearly unchanged over year and month, plus special Labor Day look at actual real wage growth
NHQI August 2020
Upjohn Institute New Hires Quality Index for August 2020 up 0.3 percent over year and month, back at all-time high, as volume continues to be elevated
NHQI September 2020
Upjohn Institute New Hires Quality Index for September 2020 holds steady near all-time high, and Blacks and Hispanics show resilience in index
NHQI October 2020
Upjohn Institute New Hires Quality Index for October 2020 crests new record high, but few in non-metropolitan areas share in the recovery
NHQI November 2020
Upjohn Institute New Hires Quality Index for November 2020 holds steady, but young workers have not seen much of a hiring recovery
NHQI December 2020
Upjohn Institute New Hires Quality Index for December 2020 reaches another all-time high, even as hiring continues to fall
NHQI January 2021
Upjohn Institute New Hires Quality Index for January 2021 holds near peak, as regions diverge in the speed of their employment recovery
NHQI April 2022
Upjohn Institute New Hires Quality Index for April 2022 holds steady overall, but foreign-born workers edge up even as their hiring volume moderates
NHQI October 2023
Upjohn Institute New Hires Quality Index dips slightly in October, even as volume continues to fall, with slowdown led by full-time workers
NHQI November 2023
Upjohn Institute New Hires Quality Index continues to slide in November even as volume holds steady, with senior citizens flocking to lower-paying occupations
NHQI September 2023
Upjohn Institute New Hires Quality Index holds steady in September, but hiring volume and rates continue to slip for all racial and ethnic groups
NHQI January 2020
Upjohn Institute New Hires Quality Index inches back up in January 2020, up 0.1 percent over the month and the year, as part-time hiring slows
NHQI February 2020
Upjohn Institute New Hires Quality Index drops 0.5 percent in February 2020, as COVID-19 slows hiring
NHQI March 2020
Upjohn Institute New Hires Quality Index essentially unchanged in March 2020, but COVID-19 continues to slow hiring, especially in metro areas
NHQI April 2020
Upjohn Institute New Hires Quality Wage Index edges up 0.9 percent in April 2020, even as hiring volume drops 2.8 percent due to COVID-19
NHQI May 2020
Upjohn Institute New Hires Quality Wage Index slips 0.3 percent from April as hiring rebounds 4.4 percent over the month and 0.8 percent over the year
NHQI June 2020
Upjohn Institute New Hires Quality Wage Index held steady in June, even as hiring continued to rebound to highest level since before Great Recession