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Labor market analysis and data from Instawork.
Labor market analysis and data from Instawork.
This weekly insight from Instawork Economic Research tracks the effects of football season on labor markets in stadiums.
This weekly insight from Instawork Economic Research examines the trends in labor demand at hotels in major metropolitan areas.
This weekly insight from Instawork Economic Research offers an update on staffing in light industrial work, including warehousing, and the rest of the supply chain.
This weekly insight from Instawork Economic Research offers an update on staffing in retail trade and sales, where there is still a gap in employment to fill.
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Daniel leads Instawork's Economic Research Division and is an expert on local labor markets, especially for in-person hourly work. After completing his doctorate in economics at Harvard, he wrote commentary on the staffs of The New York Times and The Economist, served as an economic advisor in the British government, taught on the faculty of New York University's Stern School of Business, and was the first head of strategy at Kaplan-Levien Sports Group and the first director of thought leadership at Dalberg. Daniel is a frequent speaker and writer on the labor market and the economy at large.
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