Employers are increasingly demanding a college education for positions that did not traditionally call for one.
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Degree Inflation? Jobs That Newly Require B.A.’s
Employers are increasingly demanding a college education for positions that did not traditionally call for one.
What Job Openings Tell Us
A drop in the supply of workers, as much as a drop in demand, can explain the high ratio of unemployed to available jobs, an economist writes.
What Job Openings Tell Us
A drop in the supply of workers, as much as a drop in demand, can explain the high ratio of unemployed to available jobs, an economist writes.
The Flawed Case for Fiscal Stimulus
The safety-net programs in the federal stimulus that helped fight the recession came at a cost of weakening incentives to work or hire, an economist writes.
Our Dis-Integrated Economy
Outsourcing continues to grow and hampers job creation in the United States, an economist writes.
Structural Unemployment and Good Jobs
Inadequate demand — rather than mismatches between job requirements and skills — is the major reason for the elevated unemployment rate, an economist writes. But even as the jobless rate declines, skill requirements for good jobs will continue to rise.
Job Growth Isn’t Just a Women’s Issue
Mitt Romney has noted that women’s jobs account for 92.3 percent of the net job loss since President Obama took office. But as a picture of the recession and its aftermath, that number is misleading.
Mean-Spirited, Bad Economics
Punishing the long-term unemployed by refusing to extend benefits is bad economics and cruel social policy, an economist writes.
When Judges Break Their Own Rules
How do you create a rule system when there are no sanctions for breaking the rules?