Labour economics examines the allocation of work effort and the functioning of labour markets, analysing how wages, employment and worker well-being are determined. It explores the supply of ...

Introduction : the labor question in the late nineteenth century -- The Cant of economy : narratives of depression in the 1870s -- Meat versus rice : anti-Chinese rhetoric and the problem of wage work ...

State-level unemployment claims can provide a real-time measure of national labor market conditions and the overall state of the economy. A rapid and widespread buildup of stress in state labor ...

A majority of the nation’s 36 million workers ages 25 to 34 have not completed a four-year college degree. In 2023, there were 19 million young workers who had some college or less education, ...

Female labour force participation is both a marker and a driver of economic development. Over recent decades, participation rates have varied globally, reflecting the interplay of cultural norms, ...