Professor Kerwin Charles Discusses New Research Showing Effects of Manufacturing Job Losses

Harris Public Policy Professor Kerwin Charles was recently featured in an article in the Washington Examiner, discussing the long-run effects of manufacturing job losses on opioid addiction.

"University of Chicago social scientists found that the decline of jobs in the sector during the 2000s could explain up to one-third of the decline in employment for working-age people since 2000," the article says. "They also found that manufacturing job losses were associated with higher opioid overdose deaths."

Full coverage available at the Washington Examiner.