21. Back to Full Employment
(Matching tags: economy, recession, jobs, labor market, unemployment, recovery)

By the conventional “peak to trough” measure, the recession that began in December 2007 ended 18 months later, in June 2009. But you’d be hard-pressed to find much evidence of “recovery” in the labor market.  ...

22. Labor Market Policy Research Reports - December 15, 2012 - January 4, 2013
(Matching tags: economy, labor market, paid sick days, work sharing, education)

Here’s a collection of labor market policy research reports released over the past two weeks: Center for Law and Social Policy Seizing the Moment: A Guide to Adopting State Work Sharing Legislation ...

23. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, December 8 – 14, 2012
(Matching tags: retirement, labor market, Social Security, taxes, right to work)

Here’s a roundup of labor market research reports released over the past week: Center for American Progress Michigan ‘Right-to-Work’ Bill Is the Wrong Economics for the Middle Class Adam Hersh, Heather ...

24. 'Choosing' to Work Part-Time
(Matching tags: labor market, women, part-time employment, gender inequality)

... part-time at nearly double the rate of men. As the figure below demonstrates, the main reason for higher part-time rates among women is that they “choose” part-time jobs for what the Bureau of Labor ...

25. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, December 1 – 7, 2012
(Matching tags: health, jobs, labor market, low-wage jobs)

Here’s a roundup of labor market research reports released over the past week: Employment Policy Institute Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Coverage Continues to Decline in a New Decade Elise ...

26. Young, Educated and Jobless in America?
(Matching tags: economy, jobs, labor market, education, europe, wages, college, unionization)

... labor-market challenges facing Europe and the United States. The story focuses on the plight of young, college graduates in France (and several other European countries) who have been unable to find work ...

27. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, November 17 – 30, 2012
(Matching tags: debt, jobs, retirement, labor market, paid family leave, environment, wages, deficit)

Here's a roundup of labor market research reports released over the past two weeks: Center for American Progress Workers Deserve Equal Access to Paid Leave and Workplace Flexibility Sarah Jane Glynn ...

28. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, October 27 – November 2, 2012
(Matching tags: health care, poverty, labor market, inequality, workers, paid family leave, education, medical leave, public policy)

Here’s a roundup of labor market research reports released in the past week: Center for American Progress The Many Benefits of Paid Family and Medical Leave Heather Boushey and Sarah Jane Glynn  ...

29. Katrina and Sandy
(Matching tags: jobs, labor market, unemployment, weather)

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the two states impacted the most, Louisiana and Mississippi, both had huge spikes in unemployment. The graph below shows the monthly unemployment rates of all 50 ...

30. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, October 19 – 26, 2012
(Matching tags: labor market, inequality, unemployment)

Here’s a roundup of labor market research reports released in the past week: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities A Guide to Statistics on Historical Trends in Income Inequality Chad Stone, Danilo ...

31. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, October 13 – 18, 2012
(Matching tags: immigration, labor market, paid sick days, workers, business)

Here’s a roundup of labor market research reports released in the past week: Economic Policy Institute Paid Sick Days: Measuring the Small Cost to New York City Businesses Elise Gould and Doug Hall ...

32. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, October 6 – 12, 2012
(Matching tags: economy, labor market, education, women)

Here’s a roundup of labor market research reports released in the past week: Economic Policy Institute Counting up to Green: Assessing the Green Economy and Its Implications for Growth and Equity ...

33. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, September 29 – October 5, 2012
(Matching tags: jobs, labor market, public-sector workers, unemploment)

Here’s a roundup of labor market research reports released in the past week: Center for Economic Policy and Research The Problem With Structural Unemployment in the U.S. Dean Baker National Employment ...

34. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, September 22 – 28, 2012
(Matching tags: health care, labor market, Social Security, unions, paid family leave, collective bargaining)

Here’s a roundup of labor market research reports released in the past week:   Center for American Progress Social Security Cares: Why America is Ready for Paid Family and Medical Leave Ann ...

35. (Employer Opposition to) Forming Unions in the United States and Canada
(Matching tags: labor market, unions, wages, worker rights)

My colleague John Schmitt provided an excellent overview of my recent paper about organized labor in the United States and Canada, “Protecting Fundamental Labor Rights: Lessons from Canada for the United ...

36. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, August 27 – 31
(Matching tags: labor market, inequality, unions, wages, private equity, discrimination, public sector workers)

Here’s a roundup of labor market research reports released in the past week: Center for American Progress Gay and Transgender Discrimination in the Public Sector Crosby Burns, Kate Childs Graham, ...

37. Obtaining a Contract after Unionization in the United States and Canada
(Matching tags: labor market, unions, wages, worker rights)

Last week, I highlighted what I see as one of the two key labor policy differences between the United States and Canada – the process by which unions are formed.  Today, I’d like to look at the other ...

38. Labor Market Policy Research Reports August 17 – 24, 2012
(Matching tags: jobs, labor market, education, minimum wage, China, women, trade deficit)

Here’s a roundup of labor market research reports released in the past week: Center for American Progress The Competition that Really Matters Donna Cooper, Adam Hersh, and Ann O’Leary Demos Florida’s ...

39. Labor Day Lessons From Canada
(Matching tags: labor market, workers, unions, labor, canada)

My CEPR colleague, Kris Warner, has a new paper on what we can learn about labor law here in the United States from the experience of our neighbors in Canada. The whole paper is worth a ...

40. Where Have all the Good Jobs Gone? Infographic Edition
(Matching tags: health, jobs, retirement, labor market, education, employment, good jobs)

... expect given gains in labor productivity and educational attainment over the same span.  The share of men at this threshold, by contrast, falls—from about 57.5 percent in 1979 to about 54.5 percent ...