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Martha Gimbel

Martha Gimbel is the Research Director for the Hiring Lab. Previously she was the Research Director and Senior Economist at the Joint Economic Committee on Capitol Hill, a senior policy advisor to the Secretary of Labor, and an economist at the Council of Economic Advisers focusing on labor market issues. She has an undergraduate degree from Brown University, where she studied classics and economics, and a master's degree from the University of California, San Diego in economics.

State of the Labor Market

November Jobs Report: One Month of Solid but Not Spectacular Job Growth Should Not Cause Panic

December 7, 2018 by Martha Gimbel

Adding 155,000 jobs this month is not a disappointment.

State of the Labor Market

2018 US Labor Market Review and Outlook: When and How Will Good Times End?

December 4, 2018 by Martha Gimbel and Jed Kolko

2018 has been a banner year for the job market. A big question for 2019 is whether this long recovery will end during the year. The more important question is whether the end—whenever it comes—will be graceful or ugly.

October Jobs Report: Wage Growth Isn’t the Only Good News

November 2, 2018 by Martha Gimbel

It is astonishing at this point in the recovery that we have had four months this year of job growth at or above 250,000. In addition, we finally saw wage growth pop above 3%.