Labor Policy & Unemployment

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Charts of the Week: Employment and the workforce

Friday, February 15, 2019

Students board their school bus in a sub-zero temperature.

Seasonally and weather-adjusting the monthly jobs numbers

Jonathan Wright

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Farmer Tom Chino plants Yuchoi Sun transplants on his family farm in Rancho Santa Fe, California March 4, 2013. The gravitational pull of Chino Farm is legendary. Since they don't ship, everyone - whether a top chef or a traveling foodie or a local resident - comes to the farm stand, simply called "Vegetable Shop," on a dusty corner of this affluent San Diego County town, hemmed in by sprawling housing estates. Long before farmers' markets and heirloom vegetables popped up across the country, Tom Chino's parents bought the 45-acre (18.2-hectare) farm after World War Two and forged their independence from wholesalers and supermarkets, setting their prices and cultivating a diverse offering of crops. REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES - Tags: AGRICULTURE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT FOOD)ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 04 OF 23 PICTURES FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY 'FOUR SEASONS OF CHINO FARM'SEARCH 'CHINO FARM' FOR ALL IMAGES - LM2EABO11FQ01

Working longer policies: Framing the issues

Martin Neil Baily and Benjamin H. Harris

Thursday, January 31, 2019

A customer counts his cash at the checkout lane of a Walmart store in the Porter Ranch section of Los Angeles November 26, 2013. This year, Black Friday starts earlier than ever, with some retailers, including Wal-Mart, opening early on Thanksgiving evening. About 140 million people were expected to shop over the four-day weekend, according to the National Retail Federation. REUTERS/Kevork Djansezian (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) - GM1E9BR0HYP01

Enhancing work incentives for older workers: Social Security and Medicare proposals to reduce work disincentives

Robert L. Clark and John B. Shoven

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Nora and Anthony Szeluga sit at the counter of Perison's diner in the Broadway Market in Buffalo, New York April 10, 2011. The city is a part of America's Midwestern "Rust Belt", the heartland of the country and home to big unionized manufacturers like the auto and steel industries. Once a thriving farmer's market, the historic space has managed to survive, and even thrive around holidays like Easter. The couple, who once lived in the neighborhood, only return to the market, where Anthony used to sell produce as a child, twice a year, Easter and Christmas. Picture taken April 10. REUTERS/Eric Thayer (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS FOOD) - GM1E74C0E5G01

Proposals to keep older people in the labor force

Alicia H. Munnell and Abigail N. Walters

Thursday, January 31, 2019

U.S. government furloughed worker Jamie holds a sign for representatives to read, as the government shutdown enters day nine, outside the U.S. Capitol House Chamber in Washington October 9, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS CIVIL UNREST) - GM1E9AA02P701

Furloughed workers are facing an all-too-common problem for many Americans—living paycheck to paycheck

Thursday, January 17, 2019

Receiving and shipping worker Mike Pawloski prepares to ship a newly assembled transformer to a client in the RoMan Manufacturing plant in Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. December 12, 2018. Picture taken December 12, 2018. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook - RC14D0F95D40

Eliminating the anti-competitive effects of occupational licensing

Thursday, January 17, 2019

Retirees Gene Bloczynski (L) and Eric Vannieuwburg fish from a public dock on the Sacramento River in the Sacramento San Joaquin River Delta in Rio Vista, California September 4, 2013. California water officials have proposed redesigning two water diversion tunnels planned for the Delta, away from several small towns along the Sacramento River that Delta residents said would be threatened under the existing plan. Water from the tunnels would flow to urban areas in the Silicon Valley, Los Angeles and San Diego and farmers in the San Joaquin Valley. Picture taken September 4, 2013. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES - Tags: AGRICULTURE ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY) - GM1E99A0DRA01

Help people work longer by phasing retirement

Joshua Gotbaum and Bruce Wolfe

Friday, December 14, 2018

Opportunity industries

Opportunity Industries

Chad Shearer and Isha Shah

December 18, 2018

People wait to be called upon at a Social Security office in New York City, U.S., July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid - RC1F8DDDC390

Disability insurance: A crisis ends, but problems persist

Wednesday, December 12, 2018