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November 25, 2025
A silver twist on the gig economy
The federal government’s delayed September employment report, released last week, showed that the economy added 119,000 jobs that month, better than economists had predicted.
But for self-employed workers, the news wasn’t as good.
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November 20, 2025
The gig economy: A tale of two labor markets
by Łukasz Below
Contingent work goes well beyond the stereotypes. And we found one group of on-demand entrepreneurs who do far better than others when it comes to pay and opportunities.
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November 6, 2025
The democratization of long-distance work
by Issi Romem, Ph.D. • Łukasz Below
What once was mostly a big-company edge is now a broader market norm.
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October 30, 2025
How representative is ADP employment data?
by Erik Brynjolfsson, Ph.D. and Nela Richardson, Ph.D.
Private-sector data is taking on greater importance as a measure of the economy. As its influence grows, it’s essential to understand the size, scope, and representation of these data sets.
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October 9, 2025
Are teams getting bigger?
by Ben Hanowell
Despite recent talk of managerial staffing cuts, the average team size hasn’t grown much, even in tech.
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September 10, 2025
Bias in data
by Tim Decker
Bias is found wherever measurements are made and wherever people apply judgments. It’s an intrinsic part of the data landscape.
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September 9, 2025
The building trades: Five new facts
by Jeff Nezaj
When ADP Research examined five-year trends in demand, employment growth, pay, and demographics for the skilled builder trades, we came away with five important findings.
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February 13, 2025
LA wildfires: Lost hours and fewer paychecks
by Issi Romem, Ph.D. • Łukasz Below • Tim Decker • Liv Wang
As houses burned and businesses shuttered, the Palisades and Eaton fires also inflicted pain on workers.
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February 6, 2025
What’s in a name?
by Tim Decker
If it’s a job title, a lot. We built a tool that plumbs the deep reservoir of skills connected to thousands of job titles.
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