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US / A new labor market indicator: the threshold of initial jobless claims
The paper introduces a new labor market indicator, referred to as the threshold of initial jobless claims, that serves as a benchmark of comparison for the weekly reporting of initial jobless claims. The presented threshold is an improvement over a commonly used rule of thumb in relating initial claims to the upcoming employment report Continue reading
Entrepreneur / 60% Less Likely To Get a Job after Unsuccessful Stratup
A study shows that employees who leave their jobs with regular pay to start a business have a higher risk of not being able to resume their employee status if their business venture became unsuccessful
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US Jobs Gap / States are closely mirroring the nation in terms of pace of recovery
Somewhat surprisingly, in contrast with past cycles a state’s job-growth performance in the recovery to date appears largely uncorrelated to its rate of job loss in the 2008 downturn. The job-growth rates in the ensuing recovery are clustered in a fairly tight range around the 4.8 percent U.S. average, suggesting that states are closely mirroring the nation in terms of pace of recovery Continue reading
US Highly-Skilled Immigration / Some Myths
We’re not seeing the full picture around highly-skilled immigration. To get there, we need to better understand and debunk myths around three key issues: labor mobility, wages, and the rate of invention. Continue reading
Yes, Unemployment Benefits may rise Unemployment But … writes Krugman
A reader writes in, having just heard somebody or other claim that the current unemployment rate would be much lower if unemployment benefits were even less generous, and asks whether this can be true. And the answer is no. People who say things like this are fundamentally confused about what the economic research actually means. … Continue reading
Moms / Do babies matter to academic careers?
It’s a question three researchers have spent a decade answering, and their findings are now available in what may be the most comprehensive look at gender, family and academe ever published. (Spoiler alert: the answer is “yes.”) The book, Do Babies Matter? Gender and Family in the Ivory Tower, out this month from Rutgers University … Continue reading
US Census / Are Big City Growth Coming Back ?
Big cities could be making a growth comeback after a rocky decade. Their growth rates are rising and, for the second year in a row, they are growing faster than their surrounding suburbs. The Census Bureau’s new release of population estimates for cities through July 2012 offer some surprises in light of recent trends. After … Continue reading
Wisconsin / Study finds no Skills Gap
Wisconsin’s labor market shows no evidence of an existing or impending general “skills gaps,” according to a new analysis by a team of graduate students at UW-Madison’s La Follette School of Public Affairs. The students analyzed the supply and demand for labor by building projections for both overall levels of educational attainment and specific occupations … Continue reading
Greece / Entering the worst jobs climate in Europe after the exams
Greece’s school exam season has arrived. But for many now facing the final-year tests known as the Panhellenics, the stress is twofold: last-minute cramming and the knowledge that they’ll soon enter the worst jobs climate in Europe. At 64.2%, youth unemployment in Greece is the highest in the continent. Those between the ages of 16 … Continue reading
Europe / Five Myths About Youth Unemployment Crisis
MYTH 1: Nearly one in four young people in the EU is looking for work and can’t find it. REALITY: As in the U.S., the unemployment rate counts the unemployed as a share of only those who are in the labor force. It thereby excludes 15- to 24-year-olds who are enrolled in school or in training … Continue reading
Tech Gadgets Contributing to Decline in Workplace Etiquette survey finds
Technology is one of the most effective ways to bring people together at work, but it may also be causing a digital divide, a new Robert Half Technology survey of chief information officers (CIOs) suggests. Sixty-four percent of CIOs said higher use of mobile gadgets such as cellphones and tablets have led to more breaches … Continue reading
The Dirtiest Jobs (Infographic)
Source: The World’s Dirtiest Jobs infographic. Visit Master Cleaners website
Bullying Statistics / Before workplace bullying
Statistics on bullying collated from government reports and research. 38% of young people have been affected by cyber-bullying. 31,599 children called ChildLine in 2011/12 about bullying. Almost half (46%) of children and young people say they have been bullied at school at some point in their lives. 38% of disabled children worried about being bullied. … Continue reading
US / Estimates of the unemployment rate in December 2013 and December 2014
The following table is an estimate of the unemployment rate in December 2013 and December 2014 assuming the LFPR stays close to the current level of 63.3% (I looked at 63.0%, 63.3% and 63.6%). The current unemployment rate is 7.5%. Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor via Calculated Risk: Labor Force Participation Rate Sensitivity. Related … Continue reading
China in Picture / Working in a mine
Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor China’s Coal Mines [Photos] – Business Insider.
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