Cuts by state and local governments have cost the economy about 1 million jobs over the past two years.
Category: Unemployment
Searching for a Silver Lining
Is there any good news in today’s jobs report?
Podcast: Creating Jobs, and Juggling Them
A look at the latest Weekend Business podcast, and a listen.
A Targeted Payroll-Tax Cut
Michael Greenstone, an M.I.T. economist, argues for a payroll-tax cut that benefits only those businesses that add employees.
Making Hiring Cheaper
In the past week, there has been some buzz about creating some similar tax incentives that would subsidize labor, such as allowing employers to forgo paying their share of payroll taxes for any net new hires.
Have German Wages Really Risen?
Not much in the last eight or nine years, but the German labor market has still outperformed the American labor market over this period. How? Jobs.
The Return of the Blue-Collar Downturn
For much of 2010, the slumping economy was affecting white-collar, highly educated workers almost as much as it was affecting less educated and blue-collar workers. That’s no longer the case.
Where the Jobs Were Lost
Higher-income people fared much better on the employment front during the recession than those in lower-paying jobs, an economist writes.
Comparing Recoveries: Job Changes
A look at how far the U.S. economy has to go before it fully recovers from the Great Recession.
A Chart to Explain Confusion on Jobs
Looking at job growth, according to the Labor Department’s two different surveys, back to the start of the recession.