Sentences with phrase «higher labor force»

And while refugees ultimately — after a period of six to ten years — have higher labor force participation and employment rates, and have similar welfare participation rates, relative to U.S. - born residents, they often enter the U.S. with low human capital and language skills and have initially poor labor market outcomes and high rates of welfare usage.

And the Council of Economic Advisers announced that policies such as work flexibility «lead to higher labor force participation, greater labor productivity and work engagement, and better allocation of talent across the economy.»

Not exact matches

Faced with labor shortages, the U.S. food system would experience supply constraints that could result in higher prices and force the country to look beyond its own borders for more of its food supply.

High unemployment coupled with a dropping labor force is a powerful one - two punch in the economy's stomach.

Once underway we will expand our scope and take advantage of high - margin new equipment sales and leverage our existing labor force to sell and service those products.

In spite of its comparatively high cost of living and labor expenses, Washington, D.C., counts a young, highly educated work force.

To fully realize the economic benefits of having more women in the labor force, Japan needs to provide incentives for women to seek out more full - time work in high growth areas, he said.

Job growth continues to produce high numbers and the labor force participation rate has improved as jobs are more plentiful.

FYI, the steady unemployment rate was not a function of either higher labor participation (steady at 62.7 percent) or a big gain to the Labor Force (up labor participation (steady at 62.7 percent) or a big gain to the Labor Force (up Labor Force (up 64K).

One of the interesting features of the employment picture is that, after hitting a record high last year, the percentage of Americans in the labor force has begun to decline.

High marginal effective tax rates deter second earners from entering the labor force.

Unemployment, Marginal Attachment and Labor Force Participation in Canada and the United States Stephen Jones, McMaster University Craig Riddell, University of British Columbia Jones and Riddell build on two previous papers: one by David Card and Riddell (originally published in Small Differences that Matter) that studies the reasons for higher rates of unemployment in Canada than the U.S. in the 1980s, the other by Jones and Riddell which uses data from the U.S. Labor Force Survey to study the differences in rates of job creation for people who are counted as unemployed versus those who are counted as out of the labor fLabor Force Participation in Canada and the United States Stephen Jones, McMaster University Craig Riddell, University of British Columbia Jones and Riddell build on two previous papers: one by David Card and Riddell (originally published in Small Differences that Matter) that studies the reasons for higher rates of unemployment in Canada than the U.S. in the 1980s, the other by Jones and Riddell which uses data from the U.S. Labor Force Survey to study the differences in rates of job creation for people who are counted as unemployed versus those who are counted as out of the labor fForce Participation in Canada and the United States Stephen Jones, McMaster University Craig Riddell, University of British Columbia Jones and Riddell build on two previous papers: one by David Card and Riddell (originally published in Small Differences that Matter) that studies the reasons for higher rates of unemployment in Canada than the U.S. in the 1980s, the other by Jones and Riddell which uses data from the U.S. Labor Force Survey to study the differences in rates of job creation for people who are counted as unemployed versus those who are counted as out of the labor fLabor Force Survey to study the differences in rates of job creation for people who are counted as unemployed versus those who are counted as out of the labor fForce Survey to study the differences in rates of job creation for people who are counted as unemployed versus those who are counted as out of the labor flabor forceforce.

«Supply and demand forces in the labor market are pushing wages higher.

The labor force participation rate has moved higher by two - tenths in recent months to 62.9 % and has yet to move above 63.0 % since March 2014.

Their self - destructive real estate bubble has loaded down their labor force with high debt service and housing costs, whilst their giveaway of public infrastructure to insiders (with no price regulation) has led to high basic living costs.

That type of labor force growth tends to generate higher inflation.

Some of these new, lower - paying jobs are being taken by people just entering the labor force, like recent high school and college graduates.

People with disabilities demonstrate the same passion, independence and self - direction as all Americans, and given certain characteristics — including being on average older and less educated — it is not surprising that the rate of self - employment for people with disabilities in the labor force in 2011 was about 50 percent higher than the corresponding rate for people without disabilities -LSB-...]

Other limiting factors are low wage growth, high unemployment, the large numbers of workers who have dropped out of the labor force, declining home prices, higher tax payments and a flattening out of transfer payments.

But as Bernanke noted: «Despite this improvement, the job market remains weak overall: The unemployment rate is still well above its longer - run normal level, rates of long - term unemployment are historically high, and the labor force participation rate has continued to move down.

For example, when the CEI (blue dotted line) is adjusted for growth in population (red dotted line) or the labor force (black dotted line), the stock market's failure to sustainably break out above its Apr 26 high in the S&P 500 index (SPX) at 1220 is understandable, as it has been predictable by our business cycle model explained our email to you four days ago (copied in below).

There are those who look at the high unemployment rates and low labor force participation of low - skill American workers and current residents and see a labor shortage.

Our lowest skill workers already have a relatively low labor force participation rate and high unemployment even six years into the economic recovery.

Flake argues that America needs more low - skill workers — even though America's low - skill workforce has the country's highest unemployment rate and by far the lowest labor - force participation rate.

Low - skill workers are experiencing stagnant wages, family instability, high unemployment, and low labor force participation even as the economy has been growing for six years.

They'd be great for forced labor... but after a while they'd be expensive to feed... I heard that there's this guy in Argentina with blueprints for these high capacity ovens... it's a biofuel... that's green right... MOTHER F'KER is this guy for real?

«In the Middle Ages, colleges like those at Oxford looked like monasteries because the Establishment was theocratic; today, our high schools look like factories and regiment students like the labor force because the Establishment is commercial and industrial» («Listening to Architecture,» 1969, pp. 4 - 5).

(For more on the funding issue, check out school food reformer Dana Woldow «s excellent piece on how the new nutrition requirements will effectively force many districts, especially those in which labor and food costs are high, to start (or continue) dipping into classroom funds to pay for school meals.)

Successful achievers — those of us who have built companies and high - powered careers from the ground up — are especially afraid of being forced to hand over all the fruits of our hard labor and may make the decision never to get involved in a serious relationship again.

The economic downturn in recent years, which led to higher unemployment levels among fathers; the re-entry of mothers into the labor force; a growing number of parents working different schedules; and the escalating costs of child care are all cited as factors that have made fathers» increased child - rearing role more feasible and more necessary.

Exclusive measure of Saratoga County's economic health reveals region's highest median household income and labor force participation; 2 in 3...

«The agreement that we reached today provides a fair and reasonable contract,» said Prendergast, who in recent weeks repeatedly referred to the LIRR's labor force as the highest - paid commuter railroad employees in the country.

Important linkages include training providers and higher education institutions, which provide the labor force with high quality, up - to - date skill sets.

The borough also as has its highest ever labor force participation rate at 619,400 during that same month.

It says higher labor costs will force employers to hire fewer workers and increase prices.

He predicted that others may be forced to raise prices or cut positions to absorb the higher labor costs.

The situation that Spain is experiencing in terms of unemployment is problematic: together with Greece, it has the highest level of unemployment among European countries (23.7 % according to the latest EPA (Encuesta de Población Activa — Labor Force Survey); one out of two young adults under the age of 25 can not find work (52.4 %); and nearly half of the unemployed receive no benefits whatsoever.

In a study of how recent Chinese imports affected the U.S. labor force, the researchers found that counties with higher rates of self - employment suffered fewer negative effects, such as reduced job growth, from increased imports than counties with lower self - employment rates, said Stephan Goetz, professor of agricultural and regional economics, Penn State and director of the Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development.

Beyond the language of the middle - school or high - school text, academic language is the language of the SAT, the college classroom, and the skilled labor force.

A Labor Economics Office NT report (Department of Employment, March, 2015) attributes high teacher turnover to several factors, including the high cost of living in remote areas, and relocation due to spousal employment in industries such as the Defence Force.

The most prominent is a brilliant analysis by Betsey Stevenson that examines the impact of Title IX on girls» participation in high school sports, finding a significant increase in college going and labor force participation.

Not only can the provision of high - quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) facilitate women's participation in the labor force, it can also have a positive effect on their children's educational performance.

Small gains in the education of teachers relative to other workers may not be evidence of declining quality, however; additional years of schooling may be more valuable for teachers because, as highly skilled workers, they face higher opportunity costs of staying out of the labor force.

Forgoing a year in the labor force is much costlier for a college graduate than a high - school dropout because the college graduate has more lucrative job opportunities.

«Technological advances have increased the demand for skilled labor to the point where a high school education serves more as a minimum requirement for entry into the labor force.

Stevenson compared the college - going and labor - force rates between girls who attended high school before the 1972 passage of Title IX and those who attended after.

During most of the last century, steady increases in the proportion of the labor force that had graduated from high school fueled the nation's economic growth and rising incomes.

The goal of the CCSS, the poll notes, is to «establish national standards for learning so that all students, regardless of where they live, leave high school with the skills necessary to enter college or the labor force.»

These indicators are grouped into the following seven categories: student enrollment and demographics; dropout rate and high school completion; student attendance, suspensions and expulsions; elementary and middle school student achievement; high school performance; youth labor force participation; and youth civic engagement.

While preparation is laid for America's highest profile trial ever - and the forces of labor and capital wage hand - to - hand combat in the streets - two other notable figures are swept into the drama: industry - shaping?