Publications by Gad Levanon, PhD

Reports

• Future Occupational Labor Shortages Risk Index 25 March, 2022
• How Employers Combat Labor Shortages 02 December, 2021
• Why Wages Are Growing Rapidly Now–And Will Continue to in the Future 31 August, 2021
• As Economies Reopen, Labor Shortages Follow 13 July, 2021
• Mind the Gap: Factors Driving the Growing Racial Wage Gaps and Solutions to Close Them 14 June, 2021
• The Reimagined Workplace a Year Later: Human Capital Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic 27 May, 2021
• Labor Shortages Are Making a Comeback 25 May, 2021
• Job Satisfaction 2021: Job satisfaction remains high even in the midst of the pandemic and economic chaos 23 April, 2021
• Salary Increase Budgets for 2021: Results of the 2020 Follow-up Survey 30 March, 2021
• COVID-19's Biggest Legacy: Remote Work and Its Implications for the Postpandemic Labor Market in the US 04 March, 2021
• A Tale of Two Economies: US Consumption of Goods versus Services in the COVID-19 Era 14 December, 2020
• Salary Increase Budgets for 2021: A Wage Crunch Is Coming—but It's Delayed 03 November, 2020
• Adapting to the Reimagined Workplace: Human Capital Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic 30 October, 2020
• Job Satisfaction 2020 14 September, 2020
• StraightTalk^® Global Economic Outlook 2020: Getting through and beyond the COVID-19 Recession 29 July, 2020
• From Immediate Responses to Planning for the Reimagined Workplace: Human Capital Responses to COVID-19 28 May, 2020
• US Labor Shortages: Challenges and Solutions 27 January, 2020
• US Salary Increase Budgets for 2020 13 November, 2019
• Job Satisfaction 2019: Satisfaction Continues to Rapidly Increase in a Very Tight Labor Market 29 August, 2019
• Quarterly Labor Market Outlook 12 August, 2019
• Quarterly Global Labor Market Outlook: More Tightening in the Second Half of 2019 12 August, 2019
• Global Labor Market Outlook 2019: No End in Sight to Worker Shortages 13 March, 2019
• Blue-Collar Worker Shortages: Navigating a Business Environment of Higher Labor Costs 13 December, 2018
• Contrary to the Hype: The Real Trends in Nontraditional Work 25 October, 2018
• Job Satisfaction 2018: A Tighter Labor Market Leads to Higher Job Satisfaction (Chartbook) 24 September, 2018
• Job Satisfaction 2018: A Tighter Labor Market Leads to Higher Job Satisfaction 29 August, 2018
• Global Labor Market Outlook 2018: Finding Ways to Counteract Worker Shortages (Executive Summary) 28 March, 2018
• Global Labor Market Outlook 2018: Finding Ways to Counteract Worker Shortages 22 March, 2018
• The Impact of Demographic Trends on US Consumer Spending: Incorporating the Effect of Race/Ethnicity 19 January, 2018
• Job Satisfaction 2017 Edition: More Opportunity and Satisfaction in a Tighter Labor Market 01 September, 2017
• The Impact of Demographic Trends on US Consumer Spending: Methodological Notes 09 February, 2017
• Global Economic Outlook 2017 US: Managing Risks and Opportunities as Slow Growth Lingers 14 November, 2016
• Global Economic Outlook 2016: What Lies Ahead for Corporate Profits in Mature Economies? 06 September, 2016
• Job Satisfaction: 2016 Edition: Tightening Labor Market Means More Opportunity, More Satisfaction 19 July, 2016
• Navigating the New Digital Economy: Driving Digital Growth and Productivity from Installation to Deployment 14 May, 2016
• Navigating the Digital Economy: Capturing the Benefits from Increased Flexibility and Cost Reductions – CFO Implications 14 May, 2016
• Navigating the Digital Economy: Managing Demand and Supply for Digital Jobs and Developing a Tech-Savvy Workforce – CHRO Implications 14 May, 2016
• Navigating the Digital Economy: Driving Digital Growth and Productivity from Installation to Deployment – CEO and CSO Implications 14 May, 2016
• Help Wanted: What Looming Labor Shortages Mean for Your Business - CHRO Implications 18 April, 2016
• Help Wanted: What Looming Labor Shortages Mean for Your Business 15 April, 2016
• International Labor Cost Projections 30 January, 2016
• Global Economic Outlook 2016: The Global Economy in a Holding Pattern 05 November, 2015
• Global Economic Outlook 2016: Anticipating Labor Market Tightness at Times of Slow Global Growth (CHRO Strategic Implications) 05 November, 2015
• Is Short-Term Behavior Jeopardizing the Future Prosperity of Business? 27 October, 2015
• Is Short-Term Behavior Jeopardizing the Future Prosperity of Business? (CLO Strategic Implications) 27 October, 2015
• Is Short-Term Behavior Jeopardizing the Future Prosperity of Business? (CHRO Strategic Implications) 27 October, 2015
• Is Short-Term Behavior Jeopardizing the Future Prosperity of Business? (CFO Strategic Implications) 27 October, 2015
• Is Short-Term Behavior Jeopardizing the Future Prosperity of Business? (CEO Strategic Implications) 27 October, 2015
• The US Labor Supply Problem: Which States Are Most at Risk? 16 September, 2015
• Job Satisfaction: 2015 Edition: A Lot More Jobs—A Little More Satisfaction 08 September, 2015
• Faster Than Expected: The US Labor Market Continues to Tighten 13 July, 2015
• Prioritizing Productivity to Drive Growth Competitiveness and Profitability, Concepts & Definitions 17 June, 2015
• Enhancing Labor’s Contribution to Productivity: Prioritizing Productivity to Drive Growth, Competitiveness, and Profitability (CHRO Summary) 15 June, 2015
• The Profit Equation: Prioritizing Productivity to Drive Growth, Competitiveness, and Profitability (CFO Summary) 15 June, 2015
• Prioritizing Productivity to Drive Growth, Competitiveness, and Profitability 15 June, 2015
• From Not Enough Jobs to Not Enough Workers: CHIEF TALENT/ LEARNING OFFICER Implications 15 October, 2014
• From Not Enough Jobs to Not Enough Workers: CHRO Implications 09 September, 2014
• From Not Enough Jobs to Not Enough Workers: CFO Implications 08 September, 2014
• From Not Enough Jobs to Not Enough Workers: What Retiring Baby Boomers and the Coming Labor Shortage Mean for Your Company 01 September, 2014
• Job Satisfaction: 2014 Edition 18 June, 2014
• From a Buyer's Market to a Seller's Market: Declining Unemployment and Evolving Labor 01 May, 2014
• Job Satisfaction: 2013 Edition 20 June, 2013
• Trapped on the Worker Treadmill? 30 January, 2013
• Projecting Global Growth 13 November, 2012
• The Incredible Disappearing Office: Making Telework Work 29 May, 2012
• The Conference Board Economics Watch^® United States View 21 May, 2012
• Feeling the Pain: Wage Growth in the United States during and after the Great Recession 26 April, 2012
• Recession Aftermath: What the Delayed Retirement of Mature Workers Means for Business 20 March, 2012
• Using the Leading Credit Index^TM to Predict Turning Points in the U.S. Business Cycle 20 December, 2011
• Comprehensive Benchmark Revisions for The Conference Board Leading Economic Index^® for the United States 20 December, 2011
• Projecting Economic Growth with Growth Accounting Techniques: The Conference Board Global Economic Outlook 2012 Sources and Methods 15 November, 2011
• Performance 2011: Productivity, Employment, and Growth in the World's Economies 07 June, 2011
• U.S. Workers Delaying Retirement: What Businesses Can Learn from the Trends of Who, Where, and Why 19 May, 2011
• Where Are the Jobs? 05 May, 2011
• The Great Recession and Household Savings 07 February, 2011
• The 2010 Productivity Brief: Productivity, Employment, and Growth in the World's Economies 13 January, 2010

Articles

• The Conference Board Labor Markets in Review™: Vol. 4, 2014 10 July, 2014
• The Conference Board Labor Markets in Review™: Vol. 3, No. 1, 2013 19 December, 2013
• The Conference Board Labor Markets in Review™: Vol. 2, No. 3, 2012 17 December, 2012
• The Conference Board® Labor Markets in Review™: Vol. 2, No. 2 16 July, 2012
• The Conference Board® Labor Markets in Review™: Vol. 2, No. 1 26 January, 2012
• The Conference Board® Labor Markets in Review™: Vol. 1, No. 1 04 October, 2011

Charts

• Unemployed Finding Work at Above-Average Rate 11 January, 2022
• Early retirement as main reason for leaving labor force 13 December, 2021
• 2022 salary increases will be the highest since 2008 07 December, 2021
• The unemployment rate in computer and mathematical occupations is historically low due to the growing shift to online activity, and increased digital transformation 15 September, 2021
• Much of the acceleration in wages and salaries comes from blue-collar and manual services occupations 05 August, 2021
• Employment in manufacturing is still well below prepandemic levels in many states, with losses especially large in the Northeast, Midwest, and Pacific 29 July, 2021
• The trajectory for low wage workers is very different between states that went beyond the federal minimum wage and states that did not. 30 June, 2021
• Racial wage gaps are large and expanding, primarily due to a growing underrepresentation of Black workers in high-paying jobs. 23 June, 2021
• The number of office and administrative workers, the major target of automation in recent decades, is back to prepandemic levels. In the past two recessions, their number dropped and did not recover. 16 June, 2021
• The US working-age population is projected to grow slowly over the next decades due to aging, limiting the supply of labor unless net migration picks up significantly 26 May, 2021
• Leisure and hospitality workers experienced significant growth in average hourly earnings 26 May, 2021
• Blue-collar industries are experiencing greater recruiting difficulties than other industries. 25 May, 2021
• The US working-age population for those without a BA is shrinking, but projected to grow rapidly for those with at least a BA 24 May, 2021
• From Immediate Responses to Planning for the Reimagined Workplace 09 July, 2020
• Most organizations have reduced workforce costs and many plan to take still more steps in the next 3 months (May through July 2020) 09 June, 2020
• While three-quarters of respondents reported that less than 10% of employees worked primarily from home before COVID-19, this trend will likely reverse after COVID-19 09 June, 2020
• Before returning to the workplace, most organizations are focusing on workforce health and office safety in their transition plans 04 June, 2020
• The Impact of Demographic Trends on U.S. Consumer Spending 09 February, 2017
• Interactive Labor Shortage Charts Dashboard 05 August, 2016

Databases

• Future Occupational Labor Shortages Risk Index (database) 25 March, 2022
• Future Occupational Labor Shortage Index - Education Industry 19 April, 2016
• Future Occupational Labor Shortage Index - Transport Storage Industry 19 April, 2016
• Future Occupational Labor Shortage Index - Trade Industry 19 April, 2016
• Future Occupational Labor Shortage Index - Manufacturing Industry 19 April, 2016
• Future Occupational Labor Shortage Index - Utilities Industry 19 April, 2016
• Future Occupational Labor Shortage Index - Professional, Science & Technical Service Industries 19 April, 2016
• Future Occupational Labor Shortage Index - Mining Industry 19 April, 2016
• Future Occupational Labor Shortage Index - Health Industry 19 April, 2016
• Future Occupational Labor Shortage Index - Financial Services Industry 19 April, 2016
• Future Occupational Labor Shortage Index - Construction Industry 18 April, 2016
• Future Occupational Labor Shortage Index - Information Industry 18 April, 2016
• Industry and Occupation Labor Shortage Risk 18 April, 2016