scholarly journals What happened to temps? Changes since the Great Recession

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amar Mann ◽  
Tian Luo ◽  
Richard Holden
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Great Recession ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
Industrial Utilization ◽  
Employment Trends ◽  
Key Features ◽  
Temporary Help ◽  
The U.S

The temporary help services (THS) industry has grown in absolute and relative terms since 1990, and also since the Great Recession, from 2008–18, the period covered in this article. The THS employment levels have fluctuated in advance of broader economic changes, providing a method for employers to scale employment up and down to meet changing conditions. As the economy has changed, so too has the deployment of THS employees. Trends in the THS industry follow overall employment trends and also shine a light on changes in the regional, occupational, and industrial utilization of THS employees. These trends in THS employment underscore the key features of the labor market that underlie the overall employment trends. THS employment is, in many ways, a barometer for the employment changes in the U.S. economy.

scholarly journals Post-Pandemic Fertility: Lessons from the Great Recession

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan Seltzer
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Great Recession ◽  
Fertility Decline ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Recovery ◽  
Fertility Rates ◽  
Government Interventions ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
The U.S

In “Beyond the Great Recession: Labor Market Polarization and Ongoing Fertility Decline in the United States,” I investigated the economic reasons for why fertility rates in the United States continued to decrease after the Great Recession. The findings of this research might be informative of how the COVID-19 induced recession that began in March 2020 might influence fertility rates in the U.S. and perhaps other high-income countries. The scenarios presented here are based on (a) different forecasts of the pace and character of economic recovery, and (b) potential government interventions that are put into place to stabilize the economy.

scholarly journals Labor Market Rigidity, Unemployment, and the Great Recession

2011 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murat Tasci ◽  
Mary Zenker
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Labor Markets ◽  
Great Recession ◽  
Short Term ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
Flexible Labor ◽  
Labor Market Policies ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Term Performance ◽  
The U.S

Countries with very flexible institutions and labor market polices, like the U.S., experienced substantial increases in unemployment over the course of the Great Recession, while countries with relatively rigid institutions and strict labor market policies, such as France, fared better. However, this better short-term performance comes with a tradeoff: evidence suggests that flexible labor markets keep unemployment lower in the long run.

scholarly journals Effects of the Great Recession on the U.S. Agricultural Labor Market

2016 ◽  
Vol 98 (4) ◽  
pp. 1146-1157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maoyong Fan ◽  
Anita Alves Pena ◽  
Jeffrey M. Perloff
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Great Recession ◽  
Agricultural Labor ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
The U.S
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