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April 2019
Recent trends in employment and wages in New York City’s finance and insurance sector
This article analyzes the evolution of employment and wages in New York City’s finance and insurance sector since 2000.
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Opting out of isolated studies on mothers in the labor force
This book examines how occupation, race, ethnicity, and age determine which women opt out of the labor force after the birth of a child.
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Want more workers? Improve parental leave policies
U.S. labor force participation is declining among men and women between the prime ages of 25 and 54.
Does increased opioid use lead to declines in labor market participation?
The kids are alright: millennials and the economy
A new report suggests that, contrary to popular opinion, millennials are not hurting the economy; in fact, the economy is hurting them.
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Producer prices mixed in 2018, energy prices retreat from 2017 highs
Is the U.S. labor market for truck drivers broken?
Collecting union status for the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries: a Massachusetts case study
Balancing college and kids: estimating time allocation differences for college students with and without children
Racial and ethnic disparities in access to and use of paid family and medical leave: evidence from four nationally representative datasets
Declining labor turnover in the United States: evidence and implications from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics
Flashback
A March 2003 article looks at how spending for healthcare and prescription drugs among seniors increased over the 1980–97 period.
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