The Shift Project
@shift-project.bsky.social
National survey data & precarious employment research |
@Kennedy_School & @UCSF(formerly @UCBerkeley) | #Scheduling #ServiceSector #EssentialWorkers #Health
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@Kennedy_School & @UCSF(formerly @UCBerkeley) | #Scheduling #ServiceSector #EssentialWorkers #Health
shift.hks.harvard.edu
1/5 - Current policy debate often assumes workers who lose Medicaid coverage can get employer-sponsored insurance (ESI). A new Shift Project article in JAMA Health Forum shows why this may not be the case for hourly service-sector workers. shift.hks.harvard.edu/employer-spo...
Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance for Workers in the Hourly Service Sector - The Shift Project
Read the Full Article In defending the Medicaid cuts in HR 1, policymakers have argued that Medicaid coverage losses would […]
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November 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
1/5 - Current policy debate often assumes workers who lose Medicaid coverage can get employer-sponsored insurance (ESI). A new Shift Project article in JAMA Health Forum shows why this may not be the case for hourly service-sector workers. shift.hks.harvard.edu/employer-spo...
1/7 Over the past decade, Amazon’s market power has soared. But how do Amazon workers fare relative to their counterparts at UPS & FedEx? A new Shift Project brief offers an inside look into work at one of the world’s biggest companies. shift.hks.harvard.edu/amazon-drive...
Amazon Drives Low Wages: The Unraveling of Workplace Protections for Delivery Drivers - The Shift Project
Read the Full Article Amazon has revolutionized shopping and challenged traditional brick-and-mortar retail. But at the heart of this logistics […]
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October 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
1/7 Over the past decade, Amazon’s market power has soared. But how do Amazon workers fare relative to their counterparts at UPS & FedEx? A new Shift Project brief offers an inside look into work at one of the world’s biggest companies. shift.hks.harvard.edu/amazon-drive...
1/8 - New research from Shift finds that young workers formerly involved in the juvenile carceral and child welfare systems face unsupportive workplaces, negatively impacting their job satisfaction, intent to stay at their job, and their psychological wellbeing shift.hks.harvard.edu/workplace-cl...
(Un)Supportive Workplaces: Experiences of Workplace Climate for Formerly Systems-Involved Young Workers - The Shift Project
Read the Full Report By early adulthood, millions of young people have had early life experiences interacting with the juvenile […]
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August 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
1/8 - New research from Shift finds that young workers formerly involved in the juvenile carceral and child welfare systems face unsupportive workplaces, negatively impacting their job satisfaction, intent to stay at their job, and their psychological wellbeing shift.hks.harvard.edu/workplace-cl...
1/7 - 📊 New research on paid sick leave laws finds positive effects for workers and public health. Study of 68K+ service workers shows state mandates increase PSL access by 14pp and reduce working while sick by 3pp—with no negative spillovers. shift.hks.harvard.edu/estimating-t...
Estimating the Impact of State Paid Sick Leave Laws on Worker Outcomes in the U.S. Service Sector, 2017–2023 - The Shift Project
Read the Full Article In the absence of a federal paid sick leave (PSL) standard, numerous U.S. states have passed […]
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July 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
1/7 - 📊 New research on paid sick leave laws finds positive effects for workers and public health. Study of 68K+ service workers shows state mandates increase PSL access by 14pp and reduce working while sick by 3pp—with no negative spillovers. shift.hks.harvard.edu/estimating-t...
1/5 - The US workforce is aging, and older service sector workers already face tough conditions. Does new workplace tech help or hurt them? Our new paper explores the impact! @dschneider.bsky.social @kristenharknett.bsky.social @leahrabrams.bsky.social shift.hks.harvard.edu/new-technolo...
New Technology, Older Workers: How Workplace Technology is Associated with Indicators of Job Retention - The Shift Project
Read the Full Article Middle-aged and older adults who are employed in precarious, high-strain jobs may face challenges to continued […]
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July 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
1/5 - The US workforce is aging, and older service sector workers already face tough conditions. Does new workplace tech help or hurt them? Our new paper explores the impact! @dschneider.bsky.social @kristenharknett.bsky.social @leahrabrams.bsky.social shift.hks.harvard.edu/new-technolo...
1/8 - 🚨 BREAKING: Summer is coming! New research finds that nearly half of INDOOR retail workers are regularly exposed to dangerous heat levels at work - and most can't even control their own air conditioning.
Heat Exposure in Indoor Service Sector Workplaces - The Shift Project
Read the Full Article A new report from the Shift Project highlights the growing problem of indoor heat exposure among […]
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June 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
1/8 - 🚨 BREAKING: Summer is coming! New research finds that nearly half of INDOOR retail workers are regularly exposed to dangerous heat levels at work - and most can't even control their own air conditioning.
New paper with @CharlotteOHerr @DannyJSchneider @KristenHarknett is out in @JMF_NCFR!
"Between-firm sorting and parenthood wage gaps in the US service sector"
We provide the first estimates of how between-firm sorting drives US parenthood wage.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
"Between-firm sorting and parenthood wage gaps in the US service sector"
We provide the first estimates of how between-firm sorting drives US parenthood wage.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
<em>Journal of Marriage and Family</em> | NCFR Family Science Journal | Wiley Online Library
Objective We assess how the distribution of parents across firms contributes to parenthood wage gaps in a low-wage US labor market and examine the role of understudied compensating differentials rel...
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November 13, 2024 at 4:36 PM
New paper with @CharlotteOHerr @DannyJSchneider @KristenHarknett is out in @JMF_NCFR!
"Between-firm sorting and parenthood wage gaps in the US service sector"
We provide the first estimates of how between-firm sorting drives US parenthood wage.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
"Between-firm sorting and parenthood wage gaps in the US service sector"
We provide the first estimates of how between-firm sorting drives US parenthood wage.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
1/7 - What happened when California raised the minimum wage for Fast Food workers to $20/hour last April? Did worst-case projections come to pass??? #fastfood #minwage #CA
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November 13, 2024 at 4:32 PM