…A 2014 research brief looks at the distress felt by displaced American workers and examines criticisms of unemployment benefits and social insurance. Keywords: jobs, workers, unemployment, economy, Great Recession…
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…making funding decisions based at least partly on the employment rates and salaries of recent graduates. A May 2015 study from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce suggests that college…
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…the entire economy, import competition actually reduced the U.S. unemployment rate very slightly, argue Lorenzo Coliendo of Yale University and colleagues in a 2015 working paper for the National Bureau…
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…ability to communicate may have benefits for children irrespective of whether the parents’ romantic relationship remains intact.” A 2005 study in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, “Declining Employment…
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…data on employment and revenue figures and controls for the personal characteristics of the business owners. Key takeaways: Compared to a service-disabled, veteran-owned business, an 8(a)-participating firm is more likely…
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…waiting list. Other research: We have profiled a wide range of research on immigration. We’ve looked at the effects of skilled immigration on U.S. employment and on prices, at the…
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…eligibility. I find DACA increases the likelihood of working by increasing labor force participation and decreasing the unemployment rate for DACA-eligible immigrants. I also find DACA increases the income of…
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…Of course, the problem is not new. Of the 90,000 allegations of discrimination the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) received in 2015, nearly one-third were harassment complaints, the Commission…
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…language arts scores did not decline. Journalists can look to academic research to better understand how school closings, parent unemployment and other pandemic-related disruptions have impacted student learning over the…
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…Conditions,” the Beige Book comes out eight times yearly. Each district summary includes write-ups on nationally important topics, like employment and wage conditions, prices, consumer spending and manufacturing. Some districts…
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