Apr 7, 2021

Job quality is getting worse during COVID

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A survey by Gallup released today finds that the pandemic, for many, has eroded the quality of jobs you get if you have a job. And, the worsening-jobs effect is most pronounced for low-income workers. Plus, data on a universal basic income experiment suggests that the free money does not discourage work.

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40% of workers have experienced worsening job quality since start of pandemic, new report finds

The report uses the 2020 Great Jobs Survey, a partnership between Gallup, Omidyar Network and the Bill & Melinda Gates and Lumina Foundations. Marketplace’s Nova Safo has more.

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Does universal basic income discourage work? Maybe not, new data says.

by David Brancaccio , Erika Soderstrom and Rose Conlon

Apr 7, 2021

We're learning more about what happens when the government gives people money without conditions.

New data from the first year of a universal basic income program in Stockton, California, suggests worries over work incentives might be overblown.

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