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Higher new Census population estimates will affect the employment report
Labor force and employment numbers will be affected by new Census population revisions that account for immigration.
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Policy Proposals
October 13, 2010
The mobility bank: Increasing residential mobility to boost economic mobility
This paper proposes the creation of a “mobility bank” at a government cost of less than $1 billion per year to help finance the residential moves of U.S. worke…
Policy Proposals
October 13, 2010
Retraining displaced workers
Robert LaLonde of the University of Chicago and Daniel Sullivan of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago suggest that retraining through our nation’s community c…
Policy Proposals
October 13, 2010
Bringing jobs to people: How federal policy can target job creation for economically distressed areas
This paper proposes three solutions to bring jobs to distressed areas: customized job training programs for businesses and employees, advice and consulting ser…
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October 8, 2010
New challenges for a nationwide recovery
Today’s release of September’s jobs numbers confirms what we all know: too many American workers remain unemployed. As the government reported, the U.S. econom…
Economic Facts
September 28, 2010
Ten economic facts about immigration
This policy memo explores some of the questions frequently raised around immigration in the United States and provides facts drawn from publicly available data…
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September 3, 2010
The long-term effects of the Great Recession for America’s youth
The August employment numbers reflect the slow pace of the economy’s journey toward recovery. Overall, the U.S. economy continued to shed jobs as employment fe…
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August 6, 2010
The long road back to full employment: How the Great Recession compares to previous US recessions
As expected, July’s employment numbers suggest that the road to recovery will be long. The economy as a whole lost 131,000 jobs as layoffs of temporary Census …
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July 2, 2010
June’s employment numbers highlight America’s increasingly distressed communities
June’s employment numbers highlight that our economic recovery is not yet on solid footing. An analysis by The Hamilton Project digs into the regional distribu…