El inform dela Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales, conocido como JOLTS, apunta que la demanda de trabajadores se ha contraído a un ritmo mensual récord en marzo (813,000 ofertas de empleo retiradas). Las contrataciones también han caído y lo único que sube, como se ha visto en las cifras de desempleo es la destrucción de puestos de trabajo. En el Economic Policy Institute califican a estos datos de “catastróficos”.
La Opinion
May 18, 2020
Heidi Shierholz, policy director at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, noted that 24 million American have filed new claims for unemployment benefits since the end of March, tweeting that Friday’s data “only shows the beginning of the devastation.”
“The human suffering and lost productive potential represented by these numbers is immeasurable,” she continued.
The Hill
May 18, 2020
D.C.’s Economic Policy Institute reported that one in six workers, or about 36.5 million Americans, have filed for Unemployment Insurance since the COVID-19 pandemic began. From March 28 to April 28, “for every 10 people who said they successfully filed for unemployment benefits, three to four additional people tried to apply but could not get through the system to make a claim.”
The Cheyenne Post
May 18, 2020
Heidi Shierholz, policy director at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, noted that 24 million American have filed new claims for unemployment benefits since the end of March, tweeting that Friday’s data “only shows the beginning of the devastation.”
“The human suffering and lost productive potential represented by these numbers is immeasurable,” she continued.
The Hill
May 18, 2020
D.C.’s Economic Policy Institute reported that one in six workers, or about 36.5 million Americans, have filed for Unemployment Insurance since the COVID-19 pandemic began. From March 28 to April 28, “for every 10 people who said they successfully filed for unemployment benefits, three to four additional people tried to apply but could not get through the system to make a claim.”
The Cheyenne Post
May 18, 2020
But that would require a more complex calculation by state unemployment insurance agencies — one they might be unwilling or unable to implement. “In a perfect world, I would prefer to give people a percentage of their income,”said Heidi Shierholz, a senior economist at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. “But we might not be set up to do it.” Many state unemployment insurance agencies are still using decades-old computer systems, for example, presenting potential technical challenges if Congress asked them to change the benefits formula. And Daniel Zeitlin, the director of policy at Washington state’s unemployment office, said that while he didn’t think it was impossible, any change would be difficult for a system already under tremendous stress.
FiveThirtyEight
May 15, 2020
Rising unemployment is also magnifying labor inequality. Research is finding that people of color, women, people with disabilities, hourly and younger workers are disproportionately being displaced from their jobs. Many of those groups were still recovering from the 2007 Great Recession, according to the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute.
HR Dive
May 15, 2020
More than 36 million people have reportedly filed for unemployment in the US over the past few months due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. A survey from the Economic Policy Institute published last month estimates that an additional 14 million people would’ve filed if the process were easier.
CNET
May 15, 2020
Heidi Shierholz, a labor economist with the Economic Policy Institute, said the impending crisis of mass unemployment among state and local governments is preventable if the federal government steps in. State and local governments have balanced budget requirements, restrictions the federal government doesn’t have.
“The fact that we’re not doing it now is just unconscionable,” Sheirholz said. “It’s a huge unforced error.”
NJ.com
May 15, 2020