1. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, January 5 – January 25, 2013
(Matching tags: labor market, inequality, job creation, Social Security, economic recovery)

... Nicole Woo, Janelle Jones and John Schmitt Economic Policy Institute Assessing the job polarization explanation of growing wage inequality Lawrence Mishel, John Schmitt, and Heidi Shierholz Earnings ...

2. As Caracol Industrial Park Progresses, Scrutiny of Problems Grows
(Matching tags: usaid, garment industry, iadb, garment factories, job creation, minimum wage)

... remote rural village without preparing for how the region should eventually look — or absorb the promised jobs. Only now is a zoning plan being developed, but residents and Haiti watchers wonder if it’s ...

3. PDT Survey Looks at Efforts to Improve and Increase Local Procurement
(Matching tags: contractors, usaid, chemonics, ngos, haitian ngos, aid, economy, job creation)

... PDT’s website states that, “its objective is to help create jobs and inspire long-term economic growth and stability in Haiti by encouraging the international community to use locally available goods and ...

4. Investigation Finds Evidence of Violations of Union Rights in Garment Industry
(Matching tags: garment industry, hope ii, paul collier, garment factories, job creation, workers, unions)

On the same day as a high profile event laying the corner stone of “one of the largest and most modern” industrial parks in the Caribbean, an investigation by Better Work Haiti found "evidence of violations ...

5. The Military Spending Fairy
(Matching tags: jobs, unemployment, defense, spending, job creation, military)

... will lead to the loss of more than 1 million jobs over the next decade. Believers in the military spending fairy say things like "the government can't create jobs," but also think that military spending ...