…from Harvard University sociology professor Bruce Western, “Criminal Background Checks and Employment among Workers with Criminal Records,” suggests that limiting background checks “may have only modest effects on improving employment…
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…employment,” the authors write. But the authors also associate bans with lower employment rates for workers under age 22 and for Black workers, “groups commonly thought to benefit from such…
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…relationship between tax cuts and employment growth is largely driven by tax cuts for lower-income groups and the effect of tax cuts for the top 10 percent on employment growth…
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…and insecure employment has on an individual’s health. A number of studies also have looked at the link between unemployment and crime, with mixed results. Two scholars from Florida State University…
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…the National Employment Law Project (NELP), “The Low-Wage Recovery: Industry Employment and Wages Four Years into the Recovery,” takes a close look at the types of jobs that were lost…
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…Increase on Employment and Family Income,” that explores two scenarios: Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 or to $9.00. The report concludes that there are distinct trade-offs. Under the $10.10…
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…import competition. These include decreased employment and household incomes and increased government benefits program enrollments and transfer payments. Regions with higher exposure to imports suffer declines in manufacturing employment by…
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…the manufacturing sector. Impact fees had a small or insignificant impact on retail employment. The author notes that Florida’s business patterns might slightly skew employment toward service and retail employment…
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…are created equal, however. The choice of major can affect employment prospects and wages, but not always in predictable ways: In 2010 and 2011, the lowest unemployment rates were among…
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…Statistics released its monthly employment situation summary, based on surveys the agency conducted in March. News outlets across the country are taking the 4.4% unemployment rate — up from 3.5%…
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