Does the World Cup Create Jobs in Host Cities?
Photo credit: Vienna Reyes In our previous piece, we looked at whether the 2026 World Cup sparked a hiring...
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The World Cup Hiring Boom That Wasn’t
Photo credit: Fauzan Saari With the tournament in its final week, you might be wondering: Does the World Cup...
Stop Freaking Out About the Falling Labor Share
Photo credit: Alexander Grey Well, maybe you weren’t worried about the falling labor share. But some people are —...
Northern Ireland Is Winning Brexit
Photo credit: K. Mitch Hodge While some people are still in denial, there is no doubt that Brexit has...
Job Growth Momentum Hits a Wall
Photo credit: Donnie Rosie After a series of several better-than-expected jobs reports over the spring months, job market growth...
Recruitonomics Roundup — June 2026
First things first! The Recruitonomics team is going to host a Substack live event on Aug. 7 to break...
Australia’s New Supercycle: From Mining to AI?
Photo credit: Photoholgic Australia has become one of the richest advanced economies in the world thanks to a combination...
UK: June 2026 – BoE Keeps Rates Steady Following a Decent Jobs Report
There is no doubt that the U.K. economy and labor market are not in a good spot. However, this...
Wage Pain: Workers Are Losing to Inflation, Again
Photo credit: Markus Winkler The inflationary surge following the pandemic was extremely painful for workers. Wages failed to keep...
Why the Low-Churn Housing Market Is Bad for Workers
Photo credit: Marcus Lenk If you have followed our content on Recruitonomics for a while, you have probably heard...
The Job Market Has Turned a Corner
Photo credit: Diane Picchiottino In the second half of 2025 — in the shadow of tariffs, D.O.G.E. and other...
Recruitonomics Roundup — May 2026
Here are all the pieces that we published in May. Keep reading for data releases coming up this month...
The Collar-Flip: AI’s Unexpected Winners and Losers
Photo credit: Anthony Fomin In our last piece, we modeled the economic implications of a large AI boom. Unsurprisingly,...
What Do Economic Models Say About AI Labor Displacement?
Photo Credit: Stefan Cosma Armageddon or abundance? In recent years, there has been a major debate about how AI...
UK May 2026: Job Losses Accelerate While Pay Gains Erode
The U.K.’s standing as one of the fastest-growing OECD countries in the first quarter is already old news by...
UK April 2026: Employers cut jobs as the Hormuz disruption bites
I went into this year cautiously optimistic because the U.K. labor market was seemingly turning a corner. Sentiment data...
UK Labour Budget, Part 2: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
More than a year ago, I wrote about “The good, the bad, and the ugly” in Labour’s first Budget....
Why Labour’s Employment Rights Bill Is Bad News For Workers
My previous pieces (here and here) discussed the topic of “Eurosclerosis” — how static European labor markets cause economic stagnation. While unemployment has fallen, European labor markets aren’t dynamic. Many workers stay with the same employer...
Whew, The Pre-Shutdown Job Market Wasn’t A Disaster
So that’s a relief! Today we got old news — the September jobs report, a much-delayed release of data from the BLS following...
Eurosclerosis Part 2: Europe’s Enduring Labor Market Malaise
My last piece discussed the various structural problems that caused “Eurosclerosis” — the persistent stagnation of European labor markets. Powerful unions and collective bargaining; strict employment...