A Broader Look at the U.S. Employment Situation and the Importance of a Good Education

Autor/inn/en	Greenstone, Michael; Looney, Adam
Institution	Brookings Institution, Hamilton Project
Titel	A Broader Look at the U.S. Employment Situation and the Importance of a Good Education
Quelle	(2011), (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Employment Level; Employment Patterns; Labor; Labor Market; Labor Force; Unemployment; Labor Economics; Trend Analysis; Educational Attainment; Economic Impact; Supply and Demand; Labor Needs; Labor Supply + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Beschäftigungsgrad; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Labour force; Arbeitskraft; Erwerbsbevölkerung; Arbeitslosigkeit; Arbeitsökonomie; Trendanalyse; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Ökonomische Determinanten; Bedarfsplanung; Labour needs; Arbeitskräftebedarf; Labour Supply; Arbeitskräfteangebot
Abstract	The January employment numbers, released today by the U.S. Department of Labor, present mixed evidence about the state of the labor market. While the unemployment rate dropped to 9 percent, payrolls were just better than flat, increasing by only 36,000 jobs last month. Much attention is given to the official unemployment rate, which is certainly an important indicator of our employment situation. But, in fact, the unemployment rate tends to understate the severity of the challenge for American workers in the aftermath of the Great Recession. In this month's posting, The Hamilton Project provides a more comprehensive look at the U.S. employment situation, focusing on a broader measure of the unemployed. In addition, the authors examine the impacts of education on unemployment and the widening gap between the least- and best-educated workers. Finally, they continue their focus on the "jobs gap," or the number of jobs the economy needs in order to return to return to pre-recession employment levels while absorbing the 125,000 people who enter the labor force each month. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10