A groundbreaking longitudinal panel study of American workers suffering unemployment and long-term unemployment (workers looking for work for at least six months) during and after the Great Recession. Heldrich Center researchers conducted four surveys asking workers about their unemployment and reemployment experiences from 2008 to 2011. This series went on to win the 2013 American Association for Public Opinion Research Policy Impact Award.

Several nationally representative studies of American adults were conducted during and after the COVID-19 pandemic and 2020 U.S. presidential election, including two surveys conducted before the election and after President Joe Biden was declared the winner.

Heldrich Center Through the Years 1997 - PRESENT1997The Center for Employment Policy and Workforce Development is founded by Carl Van Horn, Professor of Public Policy at the Bloustein School. The Center is initially financed by a donation and endowment from John J....

Work Trends | Chapter 3 Three studies conducted in 2000, 2018 and 2023 explored how workers in the United States think about the impacts of technology on their jobs, the labor market, and the economy.2000Nothing But Net: American Workers and the Information Economy A...

Work TrendsTo better understand the public’s attitudes about work, employers, and the government, and improve workplace practices and policy, the Heldrich Center produces the Work Trends surveys regularly. The surveys poll the public on critical workforce issues...

Work Trends | Chapter 9 A Workplace Divided in 2002 and 2023In 2002 and 2023, the Heldrich Center published two groundbreaking reports about discrimination in the American workplace. The surveys examined how workers perceive and experience discrimination, as well as...

The John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development was founded in 1997 and is one of the nation’s foremost research and policy organizations dedicated to strengthening the American workplace during an era of rapid global economic change.