Worker retraining and transitions in a dynamic economy

Hardly Working with Brent Orrell

Helping workers transition to new careers has taken on new importance during the COVID-19 recovery. This has led to special attention being given to worker transition systems and the existing inadequacies in our current programs, especially when compared to those from other countries.

Rachel Lipson and David Deming recently wrote an AEI report that provides an overview of what we know about the opportunities and challenges in reforming worker transition programs. I was pleased to invite them and Visiting Fellow Mason Bishop for a discussion about these issues and where policymakers should go from here. This episode of “Hardly Working” is a recording of that discussion.

Show notes:

The search for stability: A review of worker transitions

Alienated America: Why Some Places Thrive While Others Collapse

Men Without Work: America's Invisible Crisis

Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism

Rachel Lipson’s website

David Deming’s website

Rachel Lipson’s presentation