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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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Stylized image representing multiple types of contingent workers.

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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Stylized depiction of a hand putting a pin in a map.

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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Stylistic image of a hand poised over a keyboard with data charts surrounding it

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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Stylistic image of a person walking up a ladder in front of an A/C unit with money blowing out of it

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 BelowTim DeckerLiv Wang

As houses burned and businesses shuttered, the Palisades and Eaton fires also inflicted pain on workers.
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Diagram depicting the structure of ADP skills ontology
Diagram depicting the structure of ADP skills ontology

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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