Job Hunting in the COVID Economy
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Citizenship for unauthorized immigrants could add $1.5 trillion to economy over next 10 years
A UCLA report analyzes the potential economic impact of granting citizenship to immigrants who are already in the U.S. labor force.
‘Informal workers’ across the globe face a stacked deck, but labor organizing has led to wins
UCLA-led study examined conditions faced by construction and domestic workers in six countries.
UCLA Anderson Forecast anticipates near-record growth as economic recovery continues
Mass COVID-19 vaccinations will help boost the U.S. and local economies and usher in a new post-pandemic norm, economists predict.
2020 stimulus program failed to reach California’s most economically vulnerable districts
The UCLA report is a call to action for policymakers amid the continuing economic recovery plans.
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UCLA Anderson Forecast expects robust economic recovery to begin in spring 2021
The report assumes that mass vaccinations will clear a path toward a new, productive normalcy for many industries.
Anderson School of Management announces 2020 Loeb Award winners in business journalism
The live virtual event honored the work of journalists whose contributions illuminate the worlds of business, finance and the economy.
UCLA-led research proposes strategies to control pandemic with fewer restrictions on the economy
Researchers tested the approach by designing a computer model based on Sierra Madre, California, a suburb of Pasadena.
Employers, schools should do more to support working college students, report says
UCLA Labor Center researchers found that COVID-19 has exacerbated difficulties for a population that so often works in the service jobs that have disappeared.
Millions of Latinos at risk of job displacement by automation
A new UCLA report recommends that state and local officials develop plans to retrain members of the Latino workforce for jobs in the digital economy.
UCLA Anderson Forecast cautiously projects ‘better than expected outcome’
Economists say the positive outlook is partly due to consumers and businesses quickly adapting to virtual commerce.
1 in 5 tenants in L.A. has struggled to pay rent during pandemic, study finds
With a statewide moratorium on evictions set to expire, thousands of renters are at risk of losing their housing.
Excluding undocumented immigrants from stimulus funds cost $10 billion in economic activity
UCLA’s Raul Hinojosa said that their reduced purchasing power amid a looming recession is a public health and economic crisis.
Black, Latino renters far more likely to be facing housing displacement during pandemic
Systemic racial inequalities underlie the difficulties many people of color have paying rent, according to new UCLA research.
Report shows major effects of COVID-19 on Asian American labor force
The analysis used data from California and New York to better understand the nature and magnitude of the economic disruption.
Uncertainty clouds California economy, state’s recovery will mirror that of the nation
The UCLA Anderson Forecast team writes that the economy is in a “Depression-like crisis.”
Job hunting during COVID-19? For Bruins, a little help can go a long way
UCLA’s Career Center and Alumni Association continue to offer programs and services to help students and graduates through the crisis.
Opinions about quality of life in L.A. vary sharply across generations
UCLA's Quality of Life Index found that the young and economically stressed are far less optimistic about their opportunities.
Students lead drive to help unemployed workers collect benefits
The local union members lost their jobs in the hospitality and restaurant industries as a result of the COVID-19 crisis.
UCLA Anderson Forecast updates views, given economy’s rapid rate of decline
The update is the second revision to the regular quarterly spring forecast, which was published on March 12.
Anxiety about coronavirus is widespread in L.A. County
A new survey shows that despite deep concern, most Angelenos trust the response of local officials to the COVID-19 pandemic.
With record unemployment filings, federal stimulus will help, but more is needed
Till von Wachter, director of the California Policy Lab, says that even with the CARES Act prolonged large-scale unemployment may still be hard to reverse.
UCLA Anderson Forecast announces arrival of 2020 recession in revision of earlier forecast
The escalating effects of the coronavirus pandemic have reduced the first-quarter 2020 forecast of GDP growth to 0.4%.
UCLA Anderson Forecast downgrades outlook for nation and California as coronavirus takes toll
Senior economist David Shulman writes that the pandemic is “both a supply shock and a demand shock on the economy.”