Webinar: Then and Now

Researchers, policymakers, and practitioners are invited to join authors Nyerere Hodge, Stuart Andreason, Ph.D., and Carl Van Horn, Ph.D., as they discuss their analysis of the 21st century labor market featured in the three-part series Then and Now.

The webinar was held on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. (ET). It covered measures of economic mobility and resilience such as earnings and education gaps, student loans, medical insurance, and retirement benefits with an eye toward informing strategies to improve economic mobility.

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Nyerere Hodge is a Policy Specialist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta; Stuart Andreason, Ph.D. is the Executive Director of Programs at the Burning Glass Institute; and Carl Van Horn, Ph.D. is Director of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development and Distinguished Professor of Public Policy at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

Check out the Then and Now series:

• Then and Now: Key Trends and Transformations in the 21st Century Labor Market
• Then and Now: The Evolution of Key Worker Support Systems in the 21st Century
• Then and Now: The Changing Landscape of Education Outcomes and Funding in the 21st Century

The webinar is hosted by the Heldrich Center in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and the Burning Glass Institute. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta or the Federal Reserve System.