21. Labor Market Policy Research Reports May 18 - 25, 2012
(Matching tags: health care, recession, jobs, labor market, unemployment, unions, paid time off)

... Employment Law Project Letter to USDOL: Changes to Florida Unemployment Program Cause Serious Decline in Access to Benefits Christine Ownes  ...

22. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, May 7 - 11, 2012
(Matching tags: health care, labor market, unemployment, Social Security, work sharing, reform, budget)

... Assistance Policy before the House Committee on Agriculture’s Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture National Employment Law Project Modernizing Unemployment Insurance: Federal Incentives Pave ...

23. Should We Cut Cancer Research to Pay for More Bombers?
(Matching tags: economy, recession, jobs, unemployment, defense, budget)

... roughly 10 percent. There are good economic reasons for questioning the wisdom of cutting the federal budget while the economy is still saddled with high rates of unemployment and large amounts of excess ...

24. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, April 30 – May 4, 2012
(Matching tags: health care, economy, jobs, labor market, unemployment, education, taxes, minimum wage, gender, social services, public sector workers)

Here is this week's roundup of labor-market policy research reports: Center for American Progress Women and Obamacare: What’s at Stake for Women if the Supreme Court Strikes Down the Affordable Care ...

25. April Jobs Numbers Continue Slowing Trend
(Matching tags: economy, jobs, unemployment)

... the 252,000 average for the prior three months. The economy needs 100,000 jobs a month to keep pace with labor force growth.  In spite of the slower job growth, the unemployment rate edged ...

26. Austerity, the Path to Prosperity?
(Matching tags: economy, unemployment, spending, stimulus, austerity, budget, deficit)

Rep. Paul Ryan sat down with Steve Forbes recently to have a "very serious" conversation about the U.S. economy. The architect of the House budget plan, Ryan stated in the interview that what America needs ...

27. Jobs Day
(Matching tags: economy, jobs, unemployment)

Justin Wolfers correctly tweets this morning that: “As unemployment falls, so will long-term joblessness.” But, it could still take a very long time. The labor-market categories that Janelle Jones ...

28. And the Struggle Continues…
(Matching tags: economy, jobs, unemployment)

... recovery began in 2009, the unemployment rate, and especially the U-6 rate, which adds in the discouraged, marginally attached, and part-time for economic reasons, has remained stubbornly high. The persistence ...

29. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, Feb. 13 – 17, 2012
(Matching tags: jobs, labor market, inequality, unemployment)

... Richard Kogan and Paul N. Van de Water Economic Policy Institute No Relief in 2012 from High Unemployment for African Americans and Latinos Algernon Austin Institute for Women's Policy Research ...

30. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, Feb. 6-10, 2012
(Matching tags: jobs, labor market, unemployment, Social Security, medicare, public-sector workers)

This week, the LMPRR features reports from: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Contrary To “Entitlement Society” Rhetoric, Over Nine-Tenths of Entitlement Benefits Go To Elderly, Disabled, or Working ...

31. Strong January Jobs Numbers Result in Drop to Unemployment
(Matching tags: jobs, unemployment)

Unemployment fell to 8.3 percent in January, bringing its drop over the last year to 0.8 percentage points, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics employment report. The establishment survey ...

32. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, January 16 – 20, 2012
(Matching tags: economy, labor market, unemployment, wages)

... Skilled Workforce Louis Soares and Stephen Steigleder Center on Budget and Policy Priorities House republican proposal would undermine foundation of unemployment insurance system Hannah Shaw and Chad ...

33. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, Jan. 7 – 13, 2011
(Matching tags: jobs, labor market, unemployment)

...  National Employment Law Project Sticking to Principles: Congress Should Oppose Barriers to Unemployment Insurance And Instead Provide Meaningful Reemployment Tools  ...

34. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, January 2-6, 2011
(Matching tags: jobs, labor market, unemployment, unions)

... Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Hundreds of Thousands of Lower-Wage Workers, Many of Whom Worked for Decades, Would Be Denied Unemployment Insurance Under Provision Now Under Consideration Robert ...

35. Washington Post to Host Q&A with Dean Baker on Jobs Numbers
(Matching tags: jobs, labor market, unemployment)

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' latest employment report, the unemployment rate fell to 8.5 percent in December, the lowest level since February 2009, when Congress approved the stimulus package. ...

36. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, Dec. 5 – 16, 2011
(Matching tags: economy, jobs, labor market, unemployment)

Recently released reports from CBPP, EPI, NELP, and PERI: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities House Unemployment Insurance Proposal Would Harm Jobless Workers, Weaken Economy, and Undermine UI ...

37. “Take Back the Capitol”
(Matching tags: Wall Street, jobs, OccupyWallSt, unemployment, unions)

... recently ordering evictions of #ows camps, Take Back the Capitol’s short term stay is a smart tactic. The movement has great timing - unemployment insurance extensions are up for difficult debate on the ...

38. Unemployment Drops Following Decline in Labor Force
(Matching tags: economy, jobs, unemployment)

According to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics' employment report, 315,000 people left the labor market in October. This move pushed the unemployment rate down by 0.4 percentage points to 8.6 percent. ...

39. Are Government Regulations Destroying Jobs?
(Matching tags: recession, jobs, regulation, unemployment)

Many conservatives argue that “excessive” government regulations are “a big wet blanket” smothering the economic recovery. But, mass layoffs data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) suggest otherwise.  ...

40. Stuff Casey Mulligan Doesn't Like: Social Insurance
(Matching tags: poverty, jobs, inequality, unemployment, social insurance)

... the Recovery Act (specifically, three tax credit provisions, two unemployment insurance expansions, and an expansion of Supplemental Nutritional Assistance). Both Sherman and I think this helps show ...