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Class of 2018: High school edition
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In 14 states and DC, the African American unemployment rate is at least twice the white unemployment rate: The highest African American unemployment rate is in the District of Columbia at 12.9 percent, while the highest white unemployment rate is in West Virginia at 5.2 percent
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What to Watch on Jobs Day: Keeping a cautiously optimistic eye on wages
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The importance of locking in full employment for the long haul
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Despite overall unemployment under 4 percent, black unemployment exceeds 6 percent in 14 states and D.C.: The highest African American unemployment rate is in the District of Columbia at 12.4 percent, while the highest white unemployment rate is in West Virginia at 5.1 percent
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Job growth slows in the dog days of summer
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What to Watch on Jobs Day: Wringing out every last bit of slack in the labor market
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Does America’s monopoly problem mean that high-pressure labor markets can’t boost wages?
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A long spell of very low unemployment would raise wages—even in the face of employers’ monopsony power
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Why is wage growth so slow? It’s not because low-wage jobs are being added disproportionately
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Why is real wage growth anemic? It’s not because of a skills shortage
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‘Fair workweek’ laws help more than 1.8 million workers: Laws promote workplace flexibility and protect against unfair scheduling practices
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Strong job growth combined with flat wage growth provides little evidence for skills shortages
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What to Watch on Jobs Day: Public sector jobs are threatened by austerity and attacks on collective bargaining
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Social Security data confirm same old pattern: Self-employment headcount has risen but economic impact remains small
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Nonemployer establishments grew in 2016 but their real revenues were stable: This confirms other data on self-employment showing more activity, but little economic impact
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Has self-employment surged? Data on nonemployer establishments confirm other data showing more activity, but not much economic impact
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How big is AI-related employment? Not that big at all—despite what Stanford’s AI Index Annual Report tries to claim
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Class of 2018: High school edition
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The likely economic effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA): Higher incomes for the top, no discernible effect on wage growth for typical American workers
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What to Watch on Jobs Day: Signs of stronger wage growth that will eventually improve Americans’ livings standards
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In 14 states and DC, the African American unemployment rate is at least twice the white unemployment rate: The highest African American unemployment rate is in the District of Columbia at 12.9 percent, while the highest white unemployment rate is in West Virginia at 5.2 percent
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Uber and the labor market: Uber drivers’ compensation, wages, and the scale of Uber and the gig economy
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Class of 2018: College edition
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Minnesota and Wisconsin had similar job growth trajectories leading up to the Great Recession, but not after it
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As Wisconsin’s and Minnesota’s lawmakers took divergent paths, so did their economies: Since 2010, Minnesota’s economy has performed far better for working families than Wisconsin’s
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Unemployment rate hits new low for the recovery, but for the wrong reasons
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What to Watch on Jobs Day: Stronger wage growth as labor market slack continues to decline
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How do our job creation recommendations stack up against a job guarantee?
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Swings in the weather lead to swings in employment