News
Fox News | Unprecedented Boom Has Jobs Looking for People in North Dakota
While most of the country is still mired in a troubled economy, North Dakota is riding an unprecedented boom that has jobs looking for people, rather than the other way around.
Blogs
Heritage Foundation | Regulation: You Can’t Have Jobs and Eat Them, Too
As Heritage experts James Gattuso and James Sherk point out, “unemployment… has remained high, because job creation has been extremely low.” While certain lawmakers on Capitol Hill claim that regulations have no negative impact on jobs, the facts—and employers—say otherwise...
Coordination Problem | Regime Uncertainty and the Labor Market
Think of it this way: regime uncertainty creates discouraged capital which, given that it is ultimately complementary in turn means we have more discouraged labor.
Calculated Risk | Labor Force Participation Rate: The Kids are Alright
In the long run, more education is a positive for the economy (although I am concerned about the surge in student loans). This increase in education enrollment suggests we should look at the prime working age (25 to 54) for changes in the participation rate and employment-population ratio due to the recent recession.
