EARN 101:

Data resources and tools for analysis

Jessica Schieder

Economic Policy Institute/ Economic Analysis and Research Network
Thursday, October 4, 2018

Overview of resources

• EARN website “Member Resources” sections
• Jobs Day releases

JobWatch

• How does State Jobs Day look at EPI?
• Accessing data by state within the workbook
• Sample Jobs Reports

SWXX

• Accessing the workbooks and log-in process
• EARN member pages
• Sample SWXX reports

Additional EARN resources

• Periodic calls and webinars with EPI’s experts
• SWXX microdata
• EARN technical support

State Jobs Day at EPI

• State unemployment and jobs data is released
  • State unemployment
  • Regional unemployment
  • State jobs data
• State and local government jobs data is released
  • LAUS search function
• State population numbers released
• Updating rankings, RecessionWatch, and maps
• JobsWatch email sent out to list

Accessing data by state within the workbook

• Tabs are organized as follows:
  • Headline
    • Jobs deficit
    • State and Local jobs deficit
    • Rankings
    • Recent Trends
    • Unemployment Rate
    • Job Numbers
    • Labor force
    • Industry Trends
  • LF
    • Unemployment rate, and labor force level
  • Jobs
    • Total nonfarm
    • Construction; manufacturing; trade, transportation, and utilities; financial; professional business services; education and health; leisure and hospitality; government (total, state, local, and combined state and local)
  • Monthly Population
  • Reference Sheet

Best practices: State Jobs Day

State of Working XX (SWXX)

Data Workbooks:

• Jobs
  • Total nonfarm employment
  • Employment by industry
• Labor Force
  • Unemployment
  • Labor force participation
  • Part-time employment for economic reasons
  • Employment-to-population ratio
• Wages
  • Wages by decile
  • Wages by gender
  • Wages by race and ethnicity
• Immigration
  • Foreign-born share of work force
  • Count of prime-age working people by immigration status
• Miscellaneous
  • Median family income
  • Median household income
  • Poverty rates
  • Health insurance coverage

 Best practices: State of Working X

Additional EARN resources

• NEW landing page for State Jobs Day (with maps)
• EPI Data Library
• Family Budget Calculator (including county level)
• State unemployment by quarter
• Periodic calls and webinars with EPI’s experts
• SWXX microdata
• EARN technical support

Thank you!

Economic Policy Institute: epi.org