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The jobless rate is expected to stay unchanged at 4.9%, its lowest level since November 2007. This decline occurred despite a rebound in the participation rate, up 0.5 percentage…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB210237
ISSN: 2633-304X
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March figures continued the 2% growth trend, keeping the unemployment rate close to its lowest level in more than 50 years. The median length of time an individual is unemployed…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB243076
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The US economy faces a period of slow growth and possibly a short and shallow recession, but this is unlikely to cause a significant weakening of labour markets.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275398
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The recovery of the US labour market still lags that of the economy overall, although it mirrors its bifurcation. While the COVID-19 recession has ended for high-wage workers, job…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB265291
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Rates of disability fell from 2010 to early 2020 and rates of drug overdoses began to stabilise as the persistently unemployed were drawn back into employment, particularly…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB254608
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Women, especially those from minorities, are more likely to have dropped out of the labour force or moved to part-time or precarious employment. Jobs recovery has also been slower…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257323
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US employment and wage pressures.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB232147
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Prospects for the US economy in 2016.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB206493
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One of the more troubling features of the economic recovery, for workers and politicians alike, is lagging wage growth. This could indicate a substantial shift in the US economy…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB198439
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The occasion spotlighted that US women are experiencing a slower economic recovery from the pandemic than men, having suffered worse in the first place. Given the long-term…