Posts Tagged ‘unemployment’
Higher Education and the Economy: The View from the Boston Fed Chief
by Eric S. Rosengren
November 8, 2011
NEBHE convened approximately 400 leaders of business, education and government at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston on Nov. 7, 2011 for a conference titled “New England Works” Summit on Bridging Higher Education and the Workforce. Following are keynote remarks from Boston Fed President and CEO Eric Rosengren. To download the figures, click here.
Other speakers ...
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A Labor Market Mismatch in New England
by David Mabe
December 13, 2010
A mismatch is brewing between the supply of skilled workers in New England and the increasing demand for such workers, according to a new report by the New England Public Policy Center at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
The study by senior economist Alicia Sasser Modestino shows that, over the next 10 years, New England ...
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College Labor Shortages in 2018? Part Deux
by Paul E. Harrington and Andrew M. Sum
December 7, 2010
(This lively debate on the future demand for college-educated workers will continue in our Forum.)
“About every two years someone comes up with this story. There is absolutely nothing to it—it's simply not true,” Peter Capelli, Professor, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, commenting on the Georgetown's college labor supply shortage forecast.
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The Real Education Crisis: Are 35% of all College Degrees in New England Unnecessary?
by Anthony P. Carnevale, Nicole Smith and Jeff Strohl
November 30, 2010
The notion of the "college labor market" as a fixed set of occupations is remarkably static. In contrast, we assume that job and skill requirements are dynamic.
(This lively debate over future demand of college-educated workers will continue in our Forum.)
Northeastern University economists Paul E. Harrington and Andrew M. Sum argue that in our ...
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Does a 4.5% Unemployment Rate Among College Grads Constitute “Full Employment”?
by Neeta P. Fogg and Paul E. Harrington
August 12, 2010
Last week, a banker asked us a thoughtful question about the relatively low unemployment rate among adult bachelor’s degree holders (25 years and older) we had written about in The New England Journal of Higher Education. Noting that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) release this month shows those age 25 or older with ...
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Today’s Grim Jobs Report
by Neeta P. Fogg and Paul E. Harrington
August 6, 2010
June 2009 is seen by many as the end of the Great Recession. Strong growth in GDP following massive monetary and fiscal responses to the collapse in housing and financial markets meant that the economy was on the mend. Yet a year later, 1.1 million fewer people are working, and the unemployment rate is stuck ...
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Learning to Do During High Unemployment
by Michelle Rhee-Weise and Michael B. Horn
March 4, 2013
Even as the economy appears to have turned a corner, high unemployment persists. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the national unemployment rate teetered at 7.9% in January 2013, and New England’s was 7.3% in December 2012.
Strangely, as millions nationwide struggle to find work, there are millions of jobs that remain unfilled. The ...
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