Bureau of Labor Statistics

Employment of 25-54 yrs vs 55 and over: 2004-2008

by Catherine Mulbrandon

Building on Employment of Young vs Old graph, this week I am comparing of the number of employed 25-54 year olds to number of workers above 55. The top graph is the ratio of 25-54 year olds employed for everyone over 55 employed. The second graph shows just the total number employed by age.

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Data from Bureau of Labor Statistics

[tags]United States, Unemployment[/tags]

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Employment of Young vs Old: 2004-2008

by Catherine Mulbrandon

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Inspired by last week’s graph on Job Loss by Age, I created this 5 year comparison of the number of employed 16-17 year olds to number of workers above 75. There are two methods for measuring 16-17 year olds: not seasonally adjusted and seasonally adjusted which removes the effects of events like summer employment that follow a more or less regular pattern each year.

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Data from Bureau of Labor Statistics

[tags]United States, Unemployment[/tags]

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Job Loss by Age: 2007-2008 (NYTimes)

by Catherine Mulbrandon

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New York Times article and graphic describing how job loss has affected younger people while older workers have gained jobs from 2007 to 2008.

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Data from Bureau of Labor Statistics

[tags]United States, Unemployment[/tags]

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Two Methods to Measure Unemployment: 1948 – Nov 2008

by Catherine Mulbrandon

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Two unemployment series: U-3 the official unemployment rate in blue and U-6 the broadest definition of unemployment (includes marginally attached workers and people employed part-time for economic reasons) in orange.

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