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Economics for Everyone: Job Markets and the Economy

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Overview

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Understanding the job market is key to a successful a job search. Learn how to identify opportunities and leverage labor market data to get ahead in your search for a job.

Syllabus

Overview
  • Welcome
  • The importance of the jobs, jobs data, and the economy
1. Job Market Data
  • Unemployment and joblessness
  • Different measures of unemployment
  • Underemployment
  • Unemployment scarring
  • Wages and job creation
  • The labor force and population
  • Labor force and unemployment
  • Layoff data
  • Online jobs data
2. Historic Issues and Disparities
  • Jobs data and racial disparities
  • Jobs data and gender differences
  • Differences by age group
3. Geographic Differences
  • Unemployment at the state level
  • City (MSA) unemployment rates
  • Global employment and jobs data
Final Thoughts
  • Value of education
  • Takeaways and more resources

Taught by

Jason Schenker

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