Paul E. Harrington
Professor

Areas of Expertise:

Professional Experience

• Drexel University, Goodwin College of Professional Studies
  Director, Center for Labor Markets and Policy (January 2011 – present)
• Drexel University, Goodwin College of Professional Studies, School of Education
  Professor (January 2011 – present)
• Northeastern University
  Associate Director, Center for Labor Market Studies (1985 – present)
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor (Washington, D.C.)
  Labor Economist (1975-80)
  

Current Research

• Health Labor Markets
• Teen and Young Adult Job Access
• College Labor Market
• High School to College Transition
• Drop-Outs
• Vocational Rehabilitation and Job Market Transition
• Disability in the Labor Market
• Older Workers
• Career and Technical Education
• Economic Outlook
• Immigrants in the College Labor Market
• Workforce Development, Planning, and Evaluation
  

Community College Outcomes:

Selected Works:

• “Labor Market Problems Experienced by Teens and Young Adults with Functional Mental Limitations,” Work: Journal of Prevention, Assessment, and Rehabilitation, Forthcoming.
• “The Aging of the American Workforce and Disability: A Widespread Need for Accommodations and Universal Design Strategies,” Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, Special Issue (Forthcoming) January 2012.
• “Rising Mal-Employment and the Great Recession: The Growing Disconnection between Recent College Graduates and the College Labor Market,” Continuing Higher Education Review, Vol. 75, 2011, pp. 51-65.
• “The Collapse of the Labor Market for 16- to 24-Year-Olds,” Cascade: A Community Development Publication of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, No. 78, Fall 2011, pp. 6-7.
• “People with Disabilities in Higher Education and the Labor Market: A Research Summary of the Postsecondary and Labor Market Experiences, Transitions and Outcomes of People with Disabilities,” prepared for the National Institute on Disability Research and Rehabilitation, October 2011.
• “Non Farm Payroll Employment Developments among States during the Great Recession and the Jobless Recovery,” prepared for the National Association of Workforce Boards, Washington DC, August 2011.
• “The Increased Presence of Older Workers in the Massachusetts Labor Market: Implications for Workforce Development Policies, Workplace Accommodation, and Universal Design,” paper prepared for the Commonwealth Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts, July 2011.
• “Rising Demand for Older Workers Despite the Economic Recession: Accommodation and Universal Design for the New American Workforce,”Public Policy and Aging Report, Volume 1, Number 1, pp. 11-17, Winter 2011.
• “The Underemployment of Persons with Disabilities during the Great Recession,” The Rehabilitation Professional, Volume 19, Number 1, 2011, pp. 3-10.

For a complete list of publications, visit The Center for Labor Markets & Policy website.