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Barriers to Participation in the Labor Force: A Primer
Structural barriers make it harder to join the labor force. Addressing these barriers could create opportunities for vulnerable groups and grow the economy.
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Where Are Labor Markets the Tightest? A Tale of the 100 Largest US Cities
How does labor market tightness vary across the US, and how have labor markets changed since the pandemic? The vacancy-to-unemployment ratio is a common measure.
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Labor Market Opportunities for Black Men: How Good Is the News?
An analysis uses employment-to-population ratio, a more inclusive metric than labor force participation, to examine labor market conditions for Black men.
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Despite a Tight Labor Market, Job Opportunities Lag for Eighth District Out-of-School Young Adults
Out-of-school young adults in the Eighth District have made employment gains in a tight labor market but continue to encounter barriers to finding jobs.
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The weak jobs recovery: whatever happened to \\"the great American jobs machine\\"?
Authors Freeman and Rodgers find that the current recovery, which started in 2001, has been the worst in recent history in terms of job creation. They determine that the slow employment growth of the recovery is not attributable to the poor performance of a particular sector, nor is it concentrated in certain geographic areas. ; The authors conclude that the weak jobs recovery represents a major shift in the link between the labor market and the economy over the business cycle. They also find that the slow job growth has disproportionate effects on groups especially sensitive to business ...
Economic Sentiment and Indicators of Household Financial Wellness
An analysis looks at inflation, household income and consumer debt during recent economic expansions to understand U.S. consumer sentiment since COVID-19.
Economic Sentiment and the Role of the Labor Market
An analysis looks at labor share, wages and price growth during recent economic expansions to understand U.S. consumer sentiment since COVID-19.
How Have U.S. Workers Fared in a Labor Market Reshaped by the Pandemic?
Shocks from the COVID-19 pandemic led to an exceptionally tight U.S. labor market from 2022 to mid-2024. Did all workers benefit from these conditions?
Young Adults and the Softening U.S. Labor Market: A Warning Sign?
Fewer job openings in a softening U.S. labor market have disproportionately increased unemployment among young adults—with or without college degrees.
Beyond Young Adults: How Are Other Groups of U.S. Workers Faring?
An analysis looks at which factors—for example, job openings—might explain recent increases in unemployment for different groups of workers.