Older Workers Report
Older Workers Know They Face An Unfriendly Labor Market
2019 Q4 Status Of Older Workers Report
by Rick McGahey, SCEPA Faculty Fellow
April 2015 Unemployment Report for Workers Over 55
March 2015 Unemployment Report for Workers Over 55
February 2015 Unemployment Report for Workers Over 55
by Rick McGahey, SCEPA Faculty Fellow
by Rick McGahey, SCEPA Faculty Fellow
Employment for the first month of 2015 continued the steady growth from last year. 257,000 new jobs were added, and although the unemployment rate ticked up one-tenth of a percent to 5.7, that resulted from people entering the labor force to look for jobs—what economists call "labor force participation." Participation in December was at an historic low, so there's a long way to go to restore healthy levels there.
Average hourly wages in...
