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Wisconsin’s economic recovery from COVID-19 continued in December with the state adding 6,300 jobs. We have come a long way out of the massive jobs hole created in March 2020. Job growth has not been steady and consistent, so it is good to see these additional jobs. Even so, the state has 3.3% fewer jobs …
Wisconsin’s economic recovery from COVID-19 gained steam in November with the state adding 10,200 jobs. We have come a long way out of the massive jobs hole created in March 2020. Job growth has not been steady and consistent, so it is good to see these additional jobs which leave the state 3.5% behind the …
Wisconsin’s economic recovery is on an unsteady path, with jobs falling slightly in October. We have come a long way out of the jobs deficit we faced March 2020. But progress ground to halt after early summer with job stagnation or loss each month since August. Federal investments in recovery continue to support Wisconsin’s families and …
The number of available Wisconsin workers remains small as people leave the labor force. Interview with Laura Dresser by Erik Gunn in November 19, 2021, Wisconsin Examiner.
The economic recovery continues to sputter. Good news in May-June was interrupted by slower growth later in the summer. Federal investments in recovery continue to support Wisconsin’s families and children. But some of the programs that support the most vulnerable – expanded Unemployment Insurance (UI), eviction moratoriums, etc.— have ended. In August, the Wisconsin economy …
“The pandemic really exacerbated and exposed some underlying issues in these labor markets, and those are issues relating to low wage jobs and gender inequality in the way we think about the distribution of care work,” Laura Dresser, COWS associate director, said last week.
The UW Now Livestream presents Understanding the Labor Shortage Tuesday, October 12, 2021 7p CT Permanent Link Wisconsin Alumni Association YouTube channel The labor market continues to be an obstacle to a full economic recovery, leading many analysts to reduce their growth forecasts for the U.S. economy. There are many potential explanations as to why …
Wisconsin Examiner‘s Erik Gunn covers union expansion in the Milwaukee suburbs. The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 an hour for more than a decade, and activists seeking to raise it have promoted the $15 target for nearly as long. According to calculations from COWS, a University of Wisconsin research and policy center, if the …
In March 2020, the US took dramatic steps to stop the spread of COVID-19. States issued stay-at-home orders, the economy contracted dramatically, jobs plummeted, and unemployment spiked. After the collapse, the economy improved rapidly in early summer 2020. In fall and winter, the recovery sputtered, but in spring 2021 the recovery strengthened. There are some …
WUWM’s Lake Effect interviews Laura Dresser about Wisconsin’s Low Wage Workers & COWS Annual Labor Report.