Laura Dresser, associate director of the Center on Wisconsin Strategy, a UW-Madison liberal think tank, agreed, adding that limited access to child care has kept many individuals, largely women, from returning to work. “The pandemic …
Month: May 2021
Employment, Unemployment Creep Up In WI As More People Seek Work – The Milwaukee Patch
As vaccination rates increase, Laura Dresser said, more people may enter the labor market in the coming months. But that will probably be gradual because of challenges like lost child care access and the realization …
EPIC Approach to Sustainability, Climate Resilience, and Adaptation to Expand Across Asia
May 25-27, 2021 Representatives from 32 Asian city and university partnerships will participate in a pioneering initiative that matches real-world challenges in cities with local university departments and students. The upcoming virtual EPIC-Asia Workshop event …
Employment, unemployment creep up in Wisconsin as more people seek work – Wisconsin Examiner
“Unemployment grew because more people came into the labor market than were taken out of it by work,” said Laura Dresser, associate director of COWS, a research and policy organization at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. …
Wisconsin Workers and the Economy – Laura Dresser Speaker
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 AFSCME Retirees Subchapter 52 Meeting “Wisconsin Workers and the Economy” Laura Dresser, Speaker 10:30a CT
Workforce shortage challenges reemerge as Wisconsin businesses dig out of the pandemic
Laura Dresser, associate director of COWS, a UW-Madison liberal think tank, agreed, adding that limited access to child care has kept many individuals, largely women, from returning to work. “The pandemic exposed and exacerbated every …