Impacts of the world recession and economic crisis on tourism: North America
…decline has been at twice the rate as real GDP has fallen.” Tourism employment peaked at nearly 6 million jobs in the first quarter of 2008. From then through the…
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Implications of immigration policies for U.S. farm sector and workforce
…million. “Heightened border enforcements reduce the employment of undocumented workers and commodity production, which causes U.S. agricultural exports to Mexico to decline by an average of 5%.” Reductions in the…
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Constrained after college: Student loans and early-career occupational choices
…school. A related study in Education Economics, while based on older data, also concludes that loan burdens influence subsequent life and career choices. Tags: youth, employment, student loans, higher education…
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The state of the nation’s housing, 2012
…demographic cohort known as Millennials or “echo boomers” — the children of Baby Boomers ages 17 to 31 — to secure stable, steady employment and start households. Tags: economy, municipal…
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New views on urban communities and poverty in the United States
…In such areas, unemployment, teen births and violence remain troublingly high. Recent efforts to ameliorate these problems, such as the Moving to Opportunity for Fair Housing Demonstration Program, which experimented…
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Tax policy, economic growth and deficit solutions: Research roundup
…finds that, should the government fail to reach a deal, the economy could be pushed back into recession and unemployment could rise to 9.1%. Of course, America’s ballooning national debt…
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The “creative class” and the financial crisis
…has a more positive impact on an individual’s employment status in the metropolitan areas suffering from higher unemployment rates than those with much lower rates. The authors conclude that these…
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Labor unions and life satisfaction: Evidence from new data
…of employment by eliminating that obligatory fee. Supporters of “right to work” legislation, currently active in 24 states throughout the country, claim that it makes United States manufacturing more profitable…
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Combat-incurred limb loss: A comparison of Afghanistan and Iraq to the Vietnam war
…and Iraq/Afghanistan groups; 100% from the Vietnam group and 85.7% from the Iraq/Afghanistan group responded: “I am satisfied with my prosthesis.” The employment rate of the Vietnam veterans was 77.3%,…
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U.S. residents, how they commute and what it costs
…get to their place of employment. A 2011 Brookings Institution report found that only 30% of jobs in metropolitan areas can be reached by transit within 90 minutes. Access varies…
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