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U.S. Job Polarization Persists
Job polarization has existed before, during, and since the Great Recession.
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College degrees: why aren't more people making the investment?
The benefits of a college diploma are many, including higher pay, lower unemployment, maybe even better health. Yet many high school graduates still do not pursue a college degree. This article examines several key reasons why more people aren?t making this investment in themselves.
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Why Are Women Leaving the Labor Force?
The female labor force participation (LFP) rate has dropped steadily since 2000, especially among single women. At the same time, the percentage of single women has grown as a share of the female population, a trend that has increased the impact of the single women's LFP rate on the aggregate women's LFP rate. An analysis of data from the Current Population Survey shows that a growing percentage of single women who are not in the labor force are going to school. Meanwhile, an increasing share of married women list retirement as the reason for no longer participating in the labor force.
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Aging and the Economy: The Japanese Experience
Because of its unusually high percentage of older people, Japan is heavily analyzed by other developed economies for studying the impact of aging on a macroeconomy. Does a large older population affect such things as output, inflation and labor force participation?
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District Overview: Track Records for District, Nation Differ on Startups, Which Are an Important Driver of Job Growth
While the Eighth District?s track record on business startups is less impressive than that of the nation since 2006, the District performed better than the nation over the same time period in regard to business shutdowns.
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Understanding the Gender Earnings Gap: Hours Worked, Occupational Sorting, and Labor Market Experience
This article documents life-cycle gender differences in labor market outcomes using longitudinal data of a cohort of individuals from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979. As in other datasets, the gender earnings gap increases with age. We find that hours worked and labor market experience are the most substantial observable variables in explaining the gender pay gap. We also focus on patterns in occupational changes over the life cycle, as a large part of pay growth occurs when workers change jobs. We find that college-educated men, on average, move into occupations with higher ...
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Gender Pay Gap May Be Linked to Flexible and Irregular Hours
The gender pay gap persists, even within occupations and even though women?s educational attainments are surpassing men?s. Is it because women tend to choose jobs with hours that are more irregular than those taken by men?
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Firm Size and Employment Dynamics
Large firms have been creating a significantly higher fraction of jobs since the Great Recession.
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The mismatch between job openings and job seekers
Today's high unemployment rate is often linked to a structural imbalance?a mismatch between the skills and location required to fill vacant jobs and the skills and geographical preferences of the unemployed. But the evidence downplays the role of this mismatch.