Look beyond the headlines.
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For a more nuanced view, dig beneath the numbers that make the news.
Hundreds protested peacefully in Immokalee, Fla., against a state law enacted in 2023 that imposes restrictions on undocumented immigrants.
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Despite widespread fears about immigrants being a burden, even those arriving as asylum applicants are more likely to work than the US-born population.
Is strong hiring fanning the flames of inflation?
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The Fed has been trying to tame employment and wages to keep inflation in check. It ain’t working.
The reduction in foreign-born workers is weighing on the economy.
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The immigration decline over the first two years of the coronavirus pandemic led to an annual 1.1% GDP reduction, an economist estimates.
Rates are spiking in most comparable countries.
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Labor market disruptions, supply chain strains and the war in Ukraine have taken a toll everywhere.
Plenty of places hiring, and more people looking for jobs.
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While the uptick in the unemployment rate in January may seem like bad news, the reason it rose actually shows the labor market returning to normal.
Dealing with customers every day can put significant stress on hospitality workers.
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New research shines light on what is driving hospitality workers – like waiters and hotel workers – to abandon the industry as part of the ‘great resignation.’
Flipping jobs?
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The job market continued to improve in December, but a stagnating labor pool will pose more challenges for employers in 2022.
Turn that frown upside down.
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Governments use a variety of labor market policies to support workers who lose their jobs – each with a different impact on a country’s well-being.
Some economists support policies that invest in communities and towns as the best way to offset job losses.
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When manufacturing jobs disappear, what are the best ways to help unemployed workers?
Replacing an employee means taking time and resources to train someone new.
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As more and more Americans are laid off, employers have to consider the cost of letting their staff go.
Jobs could be hard to keep or find for quite a while.
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The economic fallout from COVID-19 will likely harm new workers in distinct ways with long-term effects, three economists say.
If you don’t ask for a higher grade you won’t get one.
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An economics professor investigates why college men are more likely to push back when they don’t get the grades they want.
Men make more money in women-dominated fields, such as teaching.
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Men who work in female-dominated fields tend to get more prestige and higher wages.