Reading economic data releases from the government
…medical care or education, this release can be a treasure trove of data. Note that there’s data for urban workers and data for wage and clerical workers. The urban workers…
…medical care or education, this release can be a treasure trove of data. Note that there’s data for urban workers and data for wage and clerical workers. The urban workers…
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…did not record declines despite reduction in employment in the sector. Job losses induced by import shocks were concentrated among young workers in the manufacturing sector, and among older workers…
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…the wage rate for illegal workers more than 11%; curbs illegal labor use by approximately 9,000 workers to U.S. agriculture; and decreases U.S.-Mexico commodity trade by an average of $180…
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…of Labor notes that 75% of U.S. agricultural workers are born in Mexico. But since 2007, the influx of immigrants from that country has slowed to near zero, and some…
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…Are Us: Some Economics of Human Replacement,” a group of scholars create a model of the future and conclude that the likely scenario is not altogether positive for workers: There…
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…2013. As a result of this trade imbalance, the Economic Policy Institute estimates that instead of the million new jobs that President Clinton promised, 700,000 U.S. workers ended up being…
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…As we’ve moved from devices that reduce physical effort to those that can replace humans, however, the benefits of technology for individual workers have become less clear, according to a…
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…especially true for younger workers and families living in impoverished areas, the people disproportionately affected by changing labor market conditions and economic downturns. In practice, so much decentralization in the…
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…for Safety in Massachusetts. The scholars compared the driving performance of workers following a night of at least five hours of sleep and the driving performance of workers who had…
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…workers delivering critical healthcare, like vaccines. They show that universal vote-by-mail doesn’t benefit Democratic or Republican candidates. They explore why some voters with mail-in ballots choose to deliver their votes…
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