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How Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected the U.S. Labor Market?
Recent analyses look at different unemployment measures and breakdowns of employment by age, industry and occupation.
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U.S. farm subsidies
Why should the average American care about the 2008 Farm Bill and farm subsidies? Farm subsidies can affect the price of food and can influence the amount of taxes we pay. This month's Liber8 newsletter explains why farm subsidies were originally used, spotlights the debate about their continued use, and points out some changes to the 2008 Farm Bill.
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Look who's still working now
Interested in Tracking the U.S. Labor Market? Here Are Some Key Indicators
There are thousands of data series related to employment and unemployment. Read about some key indicators that can help you track the U.S. labor market.
How Does the COVID-19 Crisis Differ from Other Shocks to the Economy?
Learn how the COVID-19 crisis is different from others that have affected economic activity, including the Great Recession, Great Depression and natural disasters.
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Regional aggregation in forecasting: an application to the Federal Reserve’s Eighth District
Hernndez-Murillo and Owyang (2006) showed that accounting for spatial correlations in regional data can improve forecasts of national employment. This paper considers whether the predictive advantage of disaggregate models remains when forecasting subnational data. The authors conduct horse races among several forecasting models in which the objective is to forecast regional- or state-level employment. For some models, the objective is to forecast using the sum of further disaggregated employment (i.e., forecasts of metropolitan statistical area [MSA]-level data are summed to yield ...
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So much for that merit raise: the link between wages and appearance
If you've long suspected that the boss rewards not just hard work but good looks, you're right, based on research into the impact of beauty, weight and height on wages.
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Keep your résumé current
Workers are switching jobs more often than in the past. Among the reasons are changes in technology, changes in demographics and changes in such institutions as unions and international trade.
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Not your father's oil shock
Factors other than changes in oil supply may cause changes in oil prices.
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Your current job probably won't be your last