The American economic historian and labor economist is the third woman to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences Elysse Bell is a finance and business writer for Investopedia. She writes ...

Explore skilled vs. unskilled labor distinctions, training needs, wage impacts, and future trends, helping you understand ...

(The Center Square) – Last week’s jobs report wasn’t a “good” report, but it wasn’t a collapse either. Payrolls are still growing modestly, and the unemployment rate hasn’t spiked. Even so, the ...

(JTA) — Claudia Goldin, a Jewish scholar at Harvard University, won the Nobel Prize for Economics for her work tracking the disparity in earnings for women in the labor market. “Claudia Goldin has ...

The labor market recovered quickly from the massive Covid-19 pandemic-induced downturn in early 2020. The labor market regained its prepandemic strength within a few short years. Moreover, it stayed ...

How much is the skilled labor shortage costing us? A recent survey says that modest increases in the plumbing labor supply alone would save the U.S. an estimated $1.27 billion annually. LIXIL Corp., ...

As the dust begins to settle on the Covid-fueled economic tumult of the last few years, one pandemic-era trend appears to be on its way out: The Great Resignation. Almost 50 million people quit their ...

The government shutdown delayed the Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report, “arguably the most important piece of information” for the Federal Reserve to review before its meeting at the end of the ...

The delayed release of the BLS report has led to fearmongering about the economy's ability to function. Leila Fadel, host of NPR's Up First, said on Friday that "businesses and policymakers are flying ...

Immigrants make up nearly a quarter of Texas' labor force, contributing billions of dollars to the state's economy and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Stuart Anderson writes about immigration, business and globalization. A decline in the foreign-born labor force has not improved ...