Tag: Unemployment
Getting poorer while working harder: The ‘cliff effect’
Susan R. Crandall, University of Massachusetts Boston
Forty percent of all working-age Americans sometimes struggle to pay their monthly bills.
There is no place in...
Amazon and other ‘superstar’ companies could give all American workers a...
Carolin Schellhorn, St. Joseph's University
The latest employment data, released on Oct. 5, point to a persistent economic puzzle: The unemployment rate is the lowest...
Why the unemployment rate will never get to zero percent –...
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University
The U.S. Labor Department continues to release wonderful news for U.S. workers.
Just this week, on Sept. 20, the agency said...
What is full employment? An economist explains the latest jobs data
Jay L. Zagorsky, The Ohio State University
The latest jobs report has gotten a lot of analysts, policymakers and talking heads once again asking whether...
Why the Republican tax plan can help put American youths back...
Randall Olsen, The Ohio State University
Republican lawmakers are set to vote this week on their tax plan after reconciling differences between the Senate and...
Why Detroit exploded in the summer of 1967
Jeffrey Horner, Wayne State University
When most people see the movie “Detroit,” it’ll likely be their first encounter with the events of July 1967, when...
Employment helps white men’s health more than women and blacks
Shervin Assari, University of Michigan
Employment can be a big boost to health, conferring up to 10 extra years of life, but not if you...
Trump’s immigration policy would push legal US workers down the occupational...
Peter Dixon, Victoria University and Maureen Rimmer, Victoria University
US President-elect Donald Trump has proposed deporting millions of undocumented immigrants, which proved appealing to large...
EXPLORING NATURE
Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...
Mark Axelrod, Michigan State University
To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common...
