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Leaner, More Skilled U.S. Manufacturing Workforce

This report by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York analyzes the long-term upgrading of skills in the U.S. manufacturing workforce since the peak of manufacturing employment in the early 1980s. The authors quantify the growth in high-skill manufacturing jobs and show that skill upgrading has been occurring across industries, even in those experiencing employment losses, and in all parts of the country, even in regions where employment losses have been severe.

Educational Differences in the Migration Responses of Young Workers to Local Labor Market Conditions

The author finds that young college graduates are two to five times more likely than less educated workers to reside in a state with high labor demand at the time they entered the market. Among college graduates, cross-state migration by college graduates equalizes the wage impact of early career labor demand shocks in their home states.

Tribal Trends

The article recounts a variety of statistical trends among the Ninth District Indian Reservations population, with particular focus on Indians living on district reservations. Measurements include population growth, education and income.

Globalization and Offshoring of Software

This study reports on the findings of the Job Migration Task Force established by ACM to examine the issues surrounding the migration of jobs within the computing and information technology field and industry. The authors cited educational policy and investment in research and development as critical elements for countries to stay competitive in todays global environment for Information Technology.

Specialization, Outsourcing and Wages

This paper studies the impact of outsourcing on individual wages. In contrast to the standard approach in the literature, the authors focus on domestic outsourcing as well as foreign outsourcing. They use a panel data set of workers in Danish manufacturing industries to show that domestic and foreign outsourcing affect wages as predicted by the theory.

Homeworking, Telecommuting and Journey to Workplaces - Are Differences Among Genders and Professions Varying Over Space?

The aim of this paper is to assess differences on homeworking and teleworking behaviour among genders considering age groups, professional statuses, household structures and car access. The analysis is based on a sample of more than 30,000 workers responding to the 2001 origin-destination (O-D) survey data in Quebec City (Canada).

Business Employment Dynamics: Tabulations by Employer Size

The authors discuss the alternative statistical methodologies that the BLS considered for creating size class tabulations from the Business Employment Dynamics data. The primary focus is on four methodologies: quarterly base-sizing, annual base-sizing, mean-sizing, and dynamic-sizing. They discuss the evaluation criteria that BLS considered for choosing its official size class methodology.