(The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
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Education and training
- Young adults at school and work (02/10/2012)
- Educational attainment of women in the labor force, 1970–2010 (12/29/2011)
- Educational attainment and unemployment among Asians in the United States (12/14/2011)
- Median usual weekly earnings, by race, ethnicity, and education, second quarter, 2011 (07/21/2011)
- High school grads not enrolled in college more likely to be in the labor force (04/12/2011)
- Youth at college and work (02/14/2011)
- Demographics of the self-employed (10/22/2010)
- Demographics of Gulf War-era II veterans (08/05/2010)
- Summertime school enrollment and employment among teens (06/02/2010)
- College enrollment up among 2009 high school grads (04/28/2010)
- Youth at college and work (02/19/2010)
- Education and usual weekly earnings for women and men, second quarter 2009 (07/17/2009)
- 2008 high school grads and college enrollment (04/29/2009)
- Foreign-born labor force and educational attainment in 2008 (04/03/2009)
- Education levels and unemployment at end of 2008 (04/01/2009)
- Employment of 20- and 21-year-olds not enrolled in school (02/04/2009)
- School status at age 21 (01/27/2009)
- Earnings and education, fourth quarter 2008 (01/23/2009)
- Not-for-profit sector and employment (12/31/2008)
- Mixed-education occupations, 2006-16 (10/22/2008)
- Working poor and education in 2006 (09/04/2008)
- Earnings of bachelor’s degree recipients 10 years after graduation (07/22/2008)
- Earnings and education in the second quarter of 2008 (07/21/2008)
- Education and time spent in primary care of children (07/09/2008)
- Working at home in 2007 (07/02/2008)
- More school, more play (05/28/2008)
- Unemployment rate 26.9 percent among recent dropouts (04/30/2008)
- Recent high school graduates and labor force participation, October 2007 (04/29/2008)
- 2007 high school grads and college enrollment (04/28/2008)
- Educational attainment of foreign born labor force (04/01/2008)
- School status at age 20 (01/31/2008)
- Education and volunteering (01/30/2008)
- Differences in women's earnings by educational level, 2006 (12/04/2007)
- Usual weekly earnings by educational attainment and sex (10/19/2007)
- Working at home in 2006 (07/13/2007)
- College students and time use, 2003-2005 (06/01/2007)
- Recent high school graduates and labor force participation (05/02/2007)
- 2006 high school grads and college enrollment (04/27/2007)
- Educational attainment at age 19 (04/03/2007)
- Employment of 18- and 19-year-olds not enrolled in school (03/28/2007)
- Earnings and education in the fourth quarter of 2006 (01/29/2007)
- Large increase in women’s educational attainment (12/08/2006)
- Differences in women's earnings by educational level, 2005 (11/29/2006)
- Occupations with the most job openings for college graduates, 2004-14 (09/28/2006)
- Working poor and education in 2004 (06/21/2006)
- Foreign born and earnings in 2005 (04/26/2006)
- Educational attainment of foreign-born labor force, 2005 (04/24/2006)
- Recent high school graduates and the work force (03/29/2006)
- Unemployment rate 32.9 percent among recent dropouts (03/28/2006)
- College enrollment of 2005 high school grads (03/27/2006)
- Enlistment of youth in the Armed Forces (02/27/2006)
- Daily time use of high school students (10/27/2005)
- Education and earnings in 2004 (10/20/2005)
- Contingent workers and education (07/28/2005)
- Earnings and educational attainment: second quarter of 2005 (07/21/2005)
- Differences in women's earnings by educational level (05/12/2005)
- Employment of high school students rises by grade (04/28/2005)
- Unemployment rate 39.9 percent among recent dropouts (04/06/2005)
- Recent high school graduates in college and in the work force (03/30/2005)
- College enrollment of 2004 high school grads (03/29/2005)
- Education and duration of employment relationships (03/10/2005)
- Frequency and nature of worker training (03/03/2005)
- Transition from school to work quicker as education increases (03/02/2005)
- Educational attainment of foreign-born workers, 2003 (12/02/2004)
- Earnings and educational level in 2003 (10/29/2004)
- School enrollment and labor force participation (07/26/2004)
- 2003 high school graduates and college enrollment (05/04/2004)
- Earnings and education in the first quarter of 2004 (04/20/2004)
- Education levels and unemployment at end of 2003 (04/13/2004)
- Projected employment in high-paying occupations requiring a bachelor’s or graduate degree (03/17/2004)
- Projected employment in high-paying occupations requiring less than a bachelor’s degree (03/15/2004)
- Earnings by educational attainment and sex, 1979 and 2002 (10/23/2003)
- Employment and wages in elementary and secondary schools (08/20/2003)
- Earnings and educational attainment: second quarter of 2003 (07/18/2003)
- Working poor and education in 2001 (07/01/2003)
- Unemployment rate 29.8 percent among recent dropouts (06/30/2003)
- 2002 high school graduates and college enrollment (06/26/2003)
- All education levels affected by recent unemployment rise (03/19/2003)
- Advantages from an associate degree (03/06/2003)
- Most doctoral grads work outside of academia (02/25/2003)
- More school, less labor (10/28/2002)
- Most IT workers have college degrees (10/23/2002)
- Apprenticeships (07/16/2002)
- Women’s earnings and education in 2001 (06/26/2002)
- Unemployment rate 35.9 percent among dropouts (05/20/2002)
- College enrollment of 2001 high school graduates (05/15/2002)
- Median weekly earnings in 2001 (04/05/2002)
- Are youths working more now than in the past? (10/05/2001)
- Low earnings of female high school dropouts (08/29/2001)
- Education pays (06/27/2001)
- Recent immigrants and educational attainment (06/22/2001)
- Most of last year's high school graduates in labor force (04/23/2001)
- College enrollment of last year's high school graduates (04/16/2001)
- Internet use highest for most educated (01/09/2001)
- Dropouts most likely to be working poor (09/27/2000)
- Decline in college enrollment rate (05/18/2000)
- College grads have biggest wage increase in 1999 (04/21/2000)
- Industries with highest percentages of college grads (04/03/2000)
- Education requirements and job growth (12/07/1999)
- Variation in earnings of college grads (10/25/1999)
- Education and second job entrepreneurs (10/07/1999)
- Most hours in private sector now supplied by those with more than a high school education (09/29/1999)
- Change in percent of persons working full-time year round varies by sex and education (09/24/1999)
- Increasing skill levels now account for over a quarter of labor productivity growth (09/20/1999)
- High earnings without a college degree? (08/30/1999)
- Educational and health services employment most extensive in Northeast (08/16/1999)
- Majority of college students work for pay (07/20/1999)
- Unemployment and the newest high school dropouts (07/12/1999)
- Young women enroll in college in greater numbers than young men (06/30/1999)
- Unemployment rate drops with additional education (03/11/1999)
- Black women report highest earnings premium for additional education (02/03/1999)
- Education has positive impact on labor market activity of severely disabled (11/12/1998)
- About 1 in 6 college graduates earns less than high school graduates (10/30/1998)
- Earnings increase substantially with additional education (10/23/1998)
- More high school graduates enrolling in college (10/19/1998)
- Large employers provide more training for employees (10/14/1998)
- Jobs requiring low levels of educational attainment grow faster in U.S. than in Japan or Europe (10/01/1998)
Of interest
Spotlight on Statistics: The Recession of 2007–2009
The most recent recession in the United States began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009, though many of the statistics that describe the U.S. economy have yet to return to their pre-recession values. In this Spotlight, we present BLS data that compare the recent recession to previous recessions.
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