Jobs and Unemployment
Never before in EPI’s history has our work on jobs and unemployment been more critical, or more widely recognized, than it was over the past two years: a period marked by persistently high unemployment, reduced hours and lost wages. The unemployment rate has been at or above 9% for close to two years and more than 16% of the country’s workers are either unemployed or underemployed.
All work on this topic
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Unemployed Workers Still Far Outnumber Job Openings in Every Major Sector
June 11, 2013 | | Economic Indicators
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I see the future
June 7, 2013 | | Blog
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Today’s jobs report is crystal-clear evidence that we’re in a slog
June 7, 2013 | | Economic Indicators
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The slog continues: At this pace, we’ll have a jobs deficit of 4.6 million in May 2016
June 7, 2013 | | Quick Takes
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Economic expansion versus economic recovery
May 31, 2013 | | Blog
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Ongoing joblessness: A national catastrophe for African American and Latino workers
May 29, 2013 | | Blog
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In one chart: we have a demand problem, not a skills problem
May 22, 2013 | | Blog
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Ongoing joblessness
May 21, 2013 | | Report
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Ongoing disaster evident in too many states
May 17, 2013 | | Economic Indicators
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Ongoing Joblessness in Michigan: Unemployment rate for African Americans tops in nation, more than double the state’s white rate
May 16, 2013 | | Report
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Ongoing Joblessness in Texas: African American and Hispanic unemployment rates far exceed the white unemployment rate in the state
May 16, 2013 | | Report
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Ongoing Joblessness in Mississippi: Unemployment rate for African Americans ninth in nation, more than double the state’s white rate
May 16, 2013 | | Report
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Ongoing Joblessness in New Mexico: Unemployment rate for Hispanics far exceeds the state’s white rate
May 16, 2013 | | Report
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Ongoing Joblessness in North Carolina: Unemployment rate for African Americans fourth in nation, more than double the state’s white rate
May 16, 2013 | | Report
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Job openings and hires fell in March, and there are still 3.1 job seekers for every job opening
May 7, 2013 | | Economic Indicators
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Sequester cuts to Emergency Unemployment Insurance Compensation will likely cost around 30,000 jobs
May 7, 2013 | | Blog
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At a time of persistent economic weakness, today’s jobs report represents an ongoing disaster
May 3, 2013 | | Economic Indicators
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A jobs report that would be fine in good times represents an ongoing disaster now
May 3, 2013 | | Quick Takes
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175,000 jobs a month won’t make us whole until 2020
May 1, 2013 | | Blog
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The missing workers: how many are there and who are they?
April 30, 2013 | | Blog
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Why do so many people want to only pursue the expensive ways to fix job-quality?
April 30, 2013 | | Blog
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How far from full labor market recovery are we? Part I
April 23, 2013 | | Blog
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State economies navigating troubled waters as federal sequestration takes a toll
April 19, 2013 | | Economic Indicators
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Job openings and hiring increased in February, but there are still 3.1 job seekers for every job opening
April 9, 2013 | | Economic Indicators
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How to stomp on promising developments in the economy: Austerity
April 8, 2013 | | Blog
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The unemployment rate is hugely underestimating slack in the labor market
April 5, 2013 | | Economic Indicators
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Kerry drinks the trade Kool-Aid, but trade agreements do NOT create jobs
March 29, 2013 | | Blog
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State policymakers should avoid adding to austerity imposed by sequestration
March 29, 2013 | | Economic Indicators
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Senate Democratic budget overly focused on deficit reduction
March 26, 2013 | | Blog
