scholarly journals US Unemployment Among Younger Adults And Recommendations To Improve Employment Sustainability

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Orlando Rivero
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Unemployment Rate ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
The United States ◽  
United States Bureau ◽  
Younger Adults ◽  
Younger Workers ◽  
Labor Statistics ◽  
Bureau Of Labor Statistics

The United States unemployment rate continues to be a focal point of discussion. Although in July 2012, the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics reported an 8.3% unemployment rate in America, this figure only reflects workers between the ages of 16 and older. With this being said, there is a segment of the population unrepresented within the totality of the United States unemployment rate reported. Younger workers between the ages of 16 to 24 years of age have sustained a much higher unemployment rate as compared to older workers. Unfortunately, 93% of these younger workers do not have a high school diploma and the majority of these workers were supporting families. The purpose of this article is to examine several components of the unemployment rate as it relates to younger workers between the ages of 16 to 24 years of age. Recommendations will be offered in an effort to improve employment sustainability among younger workers, which has been an issue that has been ignored for several years until recently.

easyBLS, a Tool for Querying Nonfatal Injury Information from United States Bureau of Labor Statistics Database

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 955-959
Author(s):  
Rong Huangfu ◽  
Robert Granzow ◽  
Sean Gallagher ◽  
Mark Schall
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Data Visualization ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Occupational Injuries ◽  
Line Graph ◽  
The United States ◽  
United States Bureau ◽  
Labor Statistics ◽  
Bureau Of Labor Statistics ◽  
Nonfatal Injury

Every year, the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) collects and publishes important information on the number and types of occupational injuries and illnesses affecting workers across all industries. Researchers, occupational safety and health professionals, epidemiologists and industry groups rely on this data to make conclusions about past, present, and future injury and illness trends. The data are also very important in determining the root causes of workplace injury and developing effective interventions. The BLS provides two web tools to query nonfatal injury data from the database. However, one of the tools is no longer functioning, while the other has relatively low query efficiency (more than twenty seconds per query) as tested in this study. Furthermore, there is no data visualization tool provided to help display the queried information. easyBLS (Desktop and web version) was developed to query information from the BLS database with relatively high efficiency (less than one second per query). This tool also provides two data visualization tools (line graph and map) to help users to better interpret the queried information. easyBLS web version is available to the public at http://easybls.pythonanywhere.com/ .

scholarly journals Crisis or Transformation? Debates Over Journalistic Work in Canada

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabrina Wilkinson ◽  
Dwayne Winseck
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
The State ◽  
United States Bureau ◽  
The Public ◽  
Labor Statistics ◽  
Statistics Canada ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Bureau Of Labor Statistics ◽  
Difficult Times

Background  There is a broad recognition that journalism is facing difficult times in Canada and internationally. Analysis  This article reviews the literature on the state of journalism and then focuses on one element of the perceived crisis of journalism in the Canadian context: claims that the number of employed journalists has fallen sharply in recent years. Using data from Statistics Canada and the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, the authors find that, unlike the United States, the number of journalists employed in Canada has risen slightly in absolute terms over the past two decades.Conclusions and implications These findings have important implications for how researchers, politicians and the public think about the state of journalism in Canada and what types of policy prescriptions might be more or less appropriate to deal with the real but not necessarily calamitous changes that are taking place.Contexte  On reconnaît généralement que le journalisme est en train de traverser des moments difficiles tant au Canada qu’au niveau international.Analyse  Cet article passe en revue la littérature sur l’état du journalisme, après quoi il se focalise sur un élément particulier de la crise apparente du journalisme au Canada : l’idée que le nombre de journalistes a chuté depuis quelques années. Au moyen de données provenant de Statistique Canada et du United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, les auteurs constatent que, contrairement à ce qui s’est passé aux États-Unis, le nombre de journalistes au Canada a connu une légère augmentation au cours des deux dernières décennies.Conclusion et implications  Ces données ont des implications importantes sur la manière dont les chercheurs, les politiciens et le public perçoivent l’état du journalisme au Canada et sur les types de politiques qui seraient appropriés pour gérer les changements incontestables mais non calamiteux qui sont en train d’avoir lieu.

scholarly journals Cargo Handling By Truckers And Competitive Advantage: Is There A Relationship?

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 87
Author(s):  
Jeff Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Truck Drivers ◽  
Transportation Industry ◽  
Industry Data ◽  
Cargo Handling ◽  
Labor Statistics ◽  
Mode Of Transportation ◽  
Bureau Of Labor Statistics ◽  
New Jobs

The transportation industry is one of the largest employers in the United States. In fact, employment in the transportation industry is expected to increase from 4,205,000 jobs in 2002 to 5,120,000 jobs in 2012, an increase of 914,000 jobs, with truck drivers, including heavy and tractor-trailer drivers adding 337,000 new jobs (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2006 and NAICS Industry Data, 2004). Truck drivers are a valuable and unique resource in today's economy because companies rely on trucks to pick up and deliver merchandise. No other mode of transportation delivers door-to-door. While some goods may travel most of the way by ship, train, or airplane, almost every good is carried by truck at some point en route to its destination. (West, 1-46)

scholarly journals The performance of consumers' cooperatives in America

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
John Pencavel
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
The United States ◽  
Comparable Data ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Labor Statistics ◽  
Bureau Of Labor Statistics ◽  
Methods Of Operation ◽  
The U.S

PurposeThe purpose is to evaluate the performance of consumers' cooperatives in the United States over the last 100 years. This evaluation is based on an overlooked series of surveys undertaken by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics between 1920 and 1950. Where possible, the series are brought up to date.Design/methodology/approachThe surveys did not follow a single consistent organization. Therefore, the observations require rearrangement so that a single meaningful design is achieved.FindingsIn a number of instances, consumers' cooperatives have not merely survived but thrived. Indeed, some of their original and continuing methods of operation have been copied and adopted by firms that are not cooperatives.Originality/valueThe series constructed are original and singular. The author knows of no such comparable data.

Verzerrungen von Konsumentenpreisindices und ihr Einfluss auf das „reale“ Wirtschaftswachstum – dargestellt am Beispiel der USA / Biases in Consumer Price Indices and Their Impact on „Real“ Economic Growth – Illustrated by the Example of the United States

2005 ◽  
Vol 225 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jochen Hartwig ◽  
Bernd Schips
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
The United States ◽  
Price Indices ◽  
Labor Statistics ◽  
Bureau Of Labor Statistics

ZusammenfassungDer Aufsatz gibt einen Überblick über die Quellen von Verzerrungen des US-amerikanischen Konsumentenpreisindexes (CPI) nach oben sowie nach unten und diskutiert die Maßnahmen, die das Bureau of Labor Statistics ergriffen hat, um sie zu beseitigen. Die verbliebenen Verzerrungen werden quantifiziert. Weiterhin wird die Frage aufgeworfen, um wie viel die Veränderungen in der Berechnungsweise des CPI die Wachstumsraten des „realen“ US-Bruttoinlandsprodukts angehoben haben. Es erweist sich, dass die Divergenz in den Wachstumsraten der USA und der EU seit 1997 fast zur Gänze auf unterschiedliche Berechnungsweisen zurückgeführt werden kann.

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