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More Teens Find Summer Jobs and Enjoy the Value of Work
The rate of teen employment has ticked upwards recently. What are the benefits of work in the 16-19 age range? What are the
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Jobs Report Shows Women Leading Growth in Labor Force
Editor's note: This post has been updated since its original publicationThe Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the
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May Jobs Report Shows Strong Economic Growth despite Decline in Labor Force Participation
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) jobs report released today paints a surprising picture of a surging labor market. Job
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BLS Jobs Numbers Analysis, April 2018
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) jobs report released today illustrates a labor market that continues to strengthen
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Spring is Here, but Not for the Labor Market
The Big PictureThe jobs numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) today continued the 9.5 years of previous job
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What We’re Reading: March 9, 2018
Here’s a quick round-up of some of the links shared by Mercatus Center scholars this week:David Beckworth highlighted a
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BLS Jobs Numbers Analysis, January 2018
At first glance this would appear to be a “ho-hum” jobs report that is not very exciting, but this is in large part because
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Jobs Report Reminds Us: Never Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
The economy is providing income earning opportunities for a growing number of workers.
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Part-Time Nation
This week’s chart shows the share of part-time versus full-time job gains since December 2012. Data from the most recent monthly survey of households from the Department of Labor show that the economy added 288,000 full-time jobs since last December. While this full-time jobs number might seem like a lot, it pales in comparison to the 692,000 part-time job gains during this time.
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The Serious Cost of a Slow Economic Recovery
The weakest economic recovery on record seems to be slowing down. Job creation, tepid at best over the past three years, has now fallen back to just 87,000 per month since March. Just 58.3 percent of us have work of any sort, a range we hadn't seen before this recession since the early 1980s, when less than half of women in the United States held a job. The Federal Reserve has been clearly signaling their impatience with the slow recovery and more Fed action may be forthcoming.