The Puzzling Decline of Male Employment

Grant Year: 2024

Bruce Meyer and Derek Wu will lead an effort to examine the trajectory of employment rates among working-aged men since the 1960s and identify policy options to increase male employment rates. They will measure the extent to which employment declines are related to demand factors (such as evolving economic conditions) or supply factors (such as the availability of income from public programs, opioid use, or incarceration). The project’s findings will appear in a series of research papers.