Publications

2026

Research Briefs Labor Standards / Wages

What Do Workers Want and Need: Partisan Consensus on What it Takes to Make Ends Meet

Shift Project Research Brief

Research Briefs Labor Standards / Scheduling

How Well is Fair Workweek Working? A Review of Existing Research

Shift Project Research Brief

2024

Research Briefs Job Quality / Labor Standards / Wages

Early Effects of California’s $20 Fast Food Minimum Wage: Large Wage Increases with No Effects on Hours, Scheduling, or Benefits

Shift Project Research Brief

Research Briefs Enforcement / Job Quality / Labor Standards

Compliance and the Complaint Gap: Labor Standards Violations in the California Service Sector

Shift Project Research Brief

2023

Research Briefs Firms / Labor Standards / Paid Sick Leave

Most Hourly Workers at Large Service Sector Firms Still Lack Paid Sick Leave

Shift Project Research Brief

Research Briefs Labor Standards / Scheduling

Working in the Service Sector in Michigan

Shift Project Research Brief

2022

Research Briefs Enforcement / Labor Standards / PFML

Paid Leave in New Jersey

Shift Project Research Brief

Research Briefs Labor Standards / Scheduling

Working in the Service Sector in Colorado

Shift Project Research Brief

2021

Research Briefs Labor Standards / Scheduling

Unstable, Unpredictable, and Insufficient: Work Scheduling in the Service Sector in New England

Research Brief. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

2020

Research Briefs Labor Standards / Paid Sick Leave

Paid Sick Leave in Virginia: Evidence from the Shift Project

Shift Project Research Brief

Research Briefs Job Quality / Labor Standards

Essential Changes Needed for Essential Workers: Job Quality for California’s Service Sectors

Shift Project/Irvine Foundation Brief

Research Briefs Labor Standards / Scheduling

Working in the Service Sector in New Jersey

Shift Project Research Brief

2019

Research Briefs Labor Standards / Scheduling

Working in the Service Sector in Boston

Shift Project Research Brief

2018

Research Briefs Labor Standards / Scheduling

Working in the Service Sector in Washington State

Shift Project Research Brief

Research Briefs Labor Standards / Scheduling

Working in the Service Sector in Connecticut

Shift Project Research Brief

Research Briefs Labor Standards / Scheduling

Working in the Service Sector in Philadelphia

Shift Project Research Brief