A new study tries to disprove the conventional wisdom about which employers create the most jobs.
Category: jobs
Fewer Jobless Workers Per Opening in June
This may sound encouraging, but the improvement may primarily be because workers are giving up on looking for work.
State and Local Government Jobs Take a Beating
Examining the decline in state and local government jobs, and why they’ve lagged behind layoffs in the private sector.
Comparing This Recession to Previous Ones: Job Changes
Since the downturn began in December 2007, the economy has shed, on net, about 5.6 percent of its nonfarm payroll jobs.
What Friday’s Jobs Report May Hold
The headline number will almost certainly be negative, economists say, but there may be some bright patches between the clouds.
The New New Deal: Public Money for Private Jobs
Call it W.P.A. Lite: a stimulus program that uses taxpayer funds to put 247,000 unemployed people directly into jobs.
Longer Unemployment Equals Worse Re-employment
Compared to people only out of work a short while, people who have been unemployed longer are more likely to say that the new job they eventually find is “worse” than their old one, a survey finds.
Job Openings Ratio Little Changed in May
The number of unemployed workers in May outnumbered job openings in America by a ratio of 4.67 to 1, according to data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Checking In on the Job Creation Tax Credit
It’s still much too early to know whether the job creation tax credit signed into law last March is having any effect on job creation, Treasury Department officials said on Monday.
Don’t Expect a Full Labor-Market Recovery
Job-market growth should keep up with population growth, an economist writes, but don’t expect a whole lot more.