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Some Good News on April Job Growth

May 3, 2013, Gary Burtless

Bad News in March: Tepid Job Gains and a Shrinking Workforce

April 5, 2013, Gary Burtless

Do Budget Commitments to the Old Shortchange the Young?

March 26, 2013, Gary Burtless

The number of unemployed continues to shrink, and job gains entirely in the private sector continue to be fast enough so that we can be whittling down the problem of both long-term unemployment and regular unemployment.

March 9, 2013, Gary Burtless, National Public Radio

Sizeable Job Gains, but a Long Way from Good Health

March 8, 2013, Gary Burtless

Upward Revisions Offer Brighter Picture of Job Growth

February 1, 2013, Gary Burtless

The Psychological Toll and Economic Fallout of High Unemployment

January 8, 2013, Gary Burtless

Slow but Steady: Job Market Improves in December

January 4, 2013, Gary Burtless

Slow Recovery in the Job Market

December 26, 2012, Gary Burtless

Can Working Longer Solve Our Budget Problems?

December 7, 2012

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Another Heartening Report on Job Market Progress

November 2, 2012, Gary Burtless

Life Expectancy and Rising Income Inequality: Why the Connection Matters for Fixing Entitlements

October 23, 2012, Gary Burtless

An Upbeat Household Survey and Revisions in Old Payroll Statistics Paint a Brighter Picture of the Job Market

October 5, 2012, Gary Burtless

There are a lot of steps between when the raw data are collected and we end up with estimates of the unemployment rate, where either mistakes or purposeful manipulation could affect things. But the people in the Bureau of Labor Statistics are much more loyal to their professional duties than they are to the person who happens to be holding office at the time, and who may not be there in six month’s time.

October 5, 2012, Gary Burtless, National Public Radio

Growth in Health Consumption and Its Implications for Financing OASDI: An International Perspective

September 2012, Barry P. Bosworth and Gary Burtless

Disappointing Numbers on Income and Poverty: What's Wrong With This Story?

September 17, 2012, Gary Burtless

Poverty and Income in 2011: A Look at the New Census Data and What the Numbers Mean

September 12, 2012

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The Job Market Has a Case of the Blahs

September 7, 2012, Gary Burtless

Presidents, governors, and mayors can have an impact on job creation during their terms in office. Almost always, however, the impact is small in relation to the effects of events and trends over which elected officials have little control, especially in their first few years on the job. A recession that is underway or begins soon after a president or governor takes office is in no way the fault of the new officeholder.

September 4, 2012, Gary Burtless, PolitFact

The college diploma does give people some immunity [from joblessness]. It’s not 100 percent, but it does give them some immunity from the worst consequences of the terrible job market.

August 30, 2012, Gary Burtless, National Journal

With Health Care Costs, the U.S. Is a Huge Outlier

August 7, 2012, Gary Burtless

Employment Gains Keep Pace with Population Growth, but Leave Job Deficit Unchanged

August 3, 2012, Gary Burtless

Growth in Health Consumption and Its Implications for the Financing of the OASDI Program: An International Perspective

August 3, 2012, Barry P. Bosworth and Gary Burtless

Long-Term Unemployment: Anatomy of the Scourge

Third Quarter 2012, Gary Burtless

A lot of these [Republican proposals] are laughable in terms of a jobs plan that would produce noticeable improvements across the country in the availability of employment in the next four or five years.

July 24, 2012, Gary Burtless, msnbc.com