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Revival of tourism industry boosts living-wages in areas hit hardest by COVID-19 Driven by high-tech and aerospace sectors, the "Space Coast" of Florida saw the biggest living-wage job growth in 2021 while supply chain issues caused the…
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Inflation's impact, with stagnant wage growth, may contribute to worker disillusion While a drop in the percentage of Americans in the workforce classified as "functionally unemployed" appears to be a good indication of a recovering…
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More Black Workers Returning to Workforce, but Unable to Find Living-Wage Jobs After nearly a year of improvement in the ability of Americans to find full-time, living-wage jobs, the percentage of workers classified as "functionally…
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Racial Gap Narrows as Gender Gap Grows, According to Ludwig Institute Report For the fourth consecutive month a higher percentage of Black workers are finding living-wage jobs, according to the October True Rate of Unemployment (TRU)…
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More Americans are finding living-wage jobs than prior to the pandemic, signaling an ongoing economic recovery, according to an analysis by the Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity (LISEP). Yet the percentage of "functionally…
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More than one-fourth of American workers remain without a job that lifts them above the poverty level, presenting a major challenge for the new Congress and the Biden Administration, according to the latest analysis of the country's…
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The opportunity for Americans to find a living wage job during the month of October remains stagnant in spite of improving unemployment data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), according to an analysis by the Ludwig…
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A new economic indicator launched today by the Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity (LISEP) reveals a True Rate of Unemployment (TRU) of 26.1 percent for September, compared to the accurate but misleading 7.9 percent reported by…
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