Educational Attainment
Last week I highlighted a somewhat new way of examining underemployment in the labor market and the so-called broken job ladder. In the comments it was suggested you can look at the educational...
View ArticlePortland Polarization Maps
When doing any research project, many interesting parts end up getting left on the cutting room floor. Our office’s Job Polarization in Oregon report is no different. One very intriguing item that was...
View ArticleSalem Polarization Maps
Back by popular demand, and a request from our friends at The Statesman Journal (see the article for more info), below are job polarization maps of the Salem region. Just like the Portland Maps...
View ArticleStructural Unemployment and Underqualified Applicants
Economists worry quite a lot about structural unemployment. Essentially this boils down to unemployed individuals who do not have the skills required for the available jobs, so they remain unemployed...
View ArticleOffice Support Decline Rivals Manufacturing
When it comes to middle-wage job losses, much of the focus is on the blue collar occupations that are generally held by men without college degrees — construction, installation/maintenance/repair,...
View ArticleUrban Wage Premium, Pacific Northwest Edition
New research from MIT’s David Autor has set the economics profession on fire in recent months. The reason is it furthers our understanding of the impacts of job polarization, wage stagnation and the...
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