Jobs

Employment is the foundation of the standard of living most Americans will enjoy in their working age and retirement. A healthy job market is one where willing workers can find decent employment in a timely fashion.

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  1. Job creation is a macroeconomic outcome
  2. Zero is not the baseline for job growth
  3. What are today’s jobs like?
  4. Unemployment
  5. Labor force participation: structural and cyclical changes
  6. Beyond the unemployment rate: Other measures of labor market slack
  7. Recovering from the Great Recession
  8. The consequences of job loss and unemployment for workers and their families

Job creation is a macroeconomic outcome

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    Table 5.1 in State of Working America 12th Edition

Zero is not the baseline for job growth

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    Figure 5A in State of Working America 12th Edition

What are today’s jobs like?

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    Figure 5B in State of Working America 12th Edition

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    Figure 5C in State of Working America 12th Edition

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    Figure 5D in State of Working America 12th Edition

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    Figure 5E in State of Working America 12th Edition

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    Figure 5F in State of Working America 12th Edition

Unemployment

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    Figure 5G in State of Working America 12th Edition

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    Table 5.2 in State of Working America 12th Edition

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    Figure 5H in State of Working America 12th Edition

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    Figure 5I in State of Working America 12th Edition

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    Table 5.3 in State of Working America 12th Edition

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    Table 5.4 in State of Working America 12th Edition

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    Figure 5J in State of Working America 12th Edition

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    Figure 5K in State of Working America 12th Edition

Labor force participation: structural and cyclical changes

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    Figure 5L in State of Working America 12th Edition

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    Table 5.5 in State of Working America 12th Edition

Beyond the unemployment rate: Other measures of labor market slack

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    Figure 5M in State of Working America 12th Edition

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    Table 5.6 in State of Working America 12th Edition

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    Figure 5N in State of Working America 12th Edition

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    Figure 5O in State of Working America 12th Edition

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    Table 5.7 in State of Working America 12th Edition

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    Figure 5Q in State of Working America 12th Edition

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    Figure 5R in State of Working America 12th Edition

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    Figure 5P in State of Working America 12th Edition

Recovering from the Great Recession

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    Figure 5S in State of Working America 12th Edition

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    Figure 5T in State of Working America 12th Edition

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    Figure 5U in State of Working America 12th Edition

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    Table 5.8 in State of Working America 12th Edition

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    Figure 5V in State of Working America 12th Edition

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    Figure 5W in State of Working America 12th Edition

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    Figure 5X in State of Working America 12th Edition

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    Figure 5Y in State of Working America 12th Edition

The consequences of job loss and unemployment for workers and their families

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    Figure 5Z in State of Working America 12th Edition

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    Figure 5AA in State of Working America 12th Edition

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