News
Bloomberg | Employment Forecast Raised by U.S. Business Economists in Fillip to Growth
Payrolls will rise 170,000 a month on average in 2012, up from a November projection of 127,000, according to the results of a survey by the National Association for Business Economics issued today in Washington.
Econ Comments & Analysis
Washington Times | Disabling employment
The Labor Department is about to make it harder for the disabled to find a job. The new policy is a painful reminder why it is important to get away fast when the government says it is trying to help you.
NBER | Labor Supply of Politicians
We examine the labor supply of politicians using data on Members of the European Parliament (MEPs).
Blogs
National Review | Your Taxpayer Dollars at Work: Crony Green-Jobs Edition
A new Wall Street Journal investigative report shows that once again there are discrepancies between the number of jobs claimed to have been created by the stimulus money and the actual number of jobs created.
Neighborhood Effects | It Isn’t Easy to Count Stimulus Jobs
The 1603 program gave $10.7 billion to 5,098 businesses for 31,540 projects, according to the Treasury Department. Recipients were generally reimbursed 30% of their costs after projects were finished.
Greg Mankiw | Abbott and Costello explain unemployment
(COSTELLO): The unemployment just goes down because you don't look for work? (ABBOTT): Absolutely it goes down. That's how you get to 9%. Otherwise it would be 16%. You don't want to read about 16% unemployment do ya?
