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32 posts on "labor market"
March 29, 2012

Skills Mismatch, Construction Workers, and the Labor Market

Richard K. Crump and Ayşegül Şahin

Recessions and recoveries typically have been times of substantial reallocation in the economy and the labor market, and the current cycle does not appear to be an exception.

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Posted at 7:00 am in Labor Market, Macroeconomics, Unemployment | Permalink | Comments (2)
March 26, 2012

Prospects for the U.S. Labor Market

The unemployment rate in the United States fell from 9.1 percent in the summer of 2011 to 8.3 percent in February.

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Posted at 7:00 am in Labor Market, Macroeconomics, Unemployment | Permalink | Comments (3)
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