February 15, 2012

Where the Jobs Are: Employment Trends and Analysis

10:15 a.m.
Rayburn House Office Building
Room 2123
45 Independence Ave, SW
Washington, D.C.

The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held the first in its series of hearings entitled “Where the Jobs Are.” The hearing focused on “Employment Trends and Analysis." Participants giving testimony included:

• John Abowd, Edmund Ezra Day Professor of Economics and director of the Labor Dynamics Institute at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations.
• John Berlau, director of the Center for Investors and Entrepreneurs at the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
• Harold Sirkin, managing director at Boston Consulting Group, Inc.
• John Schmitt, senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

A video of the testimony can be found below or after the jump.