Media Coverage of RIWI’s “Second Wave of U.S. Layoffs and Furloughs is Well Under Way” (NPR, NYT, Bloomberg)

A new study in partnership with the U.S. Private Sector Job Quality Index and Cornell Law School Senior Fellow and Adjunct Professor, Daniel Alpert shows that a substantial portion of the reported job growth in the official data (May/June/July 2020) reflected workers put back on payroll due to the U.S. Government’s Paycheck Protection Program, who are […]

CBC: What you need to know about the future of the gig economy

The CBC has highlighted RIWI data in What you need to know about the future of the gig economy — whether you’re in it now or not. The article is based on previous RIWI research (the future of online-enabled ‘gig’ work) and features our Head of Global Research, Danielle Goldfarb. “To complement existing economic measures […]