Unemployment rates have made headlines since the great recession hit. News headlines generally focus on a single unemployment rate for the country, or sometimes to differences by race and ethnicity. Another way to look at unemployment is by the educational attainment of workers. The figure below presents historical unemployment rates by education. The figure makes…
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A report by the GAO on the effects of the recession on the income of older adults (age 55 and over) finds that while the unemployment rate of older adults is lower than for younger workers, the rate doubled during the recession.
A New York Times feature shows the changes in unemployment rates across the nation. The highest unemployment rates are now concentrated in the South and the West.
Research on US programs for the needy (i.e., welfare, unemployment, housing assistance, Food Stamps and health insurance), published by the New York Times, reveals that as millions of people seek aid, they are finding a complex system that reaches some and rejects others.
This link opens a New York Times article on the effects of drought in California’s Central Valley.