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Posted: Sat 15:49, 03 Aug 2013 Post subject: Change in unemployment is negatively correlated |
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bachelor's degree).Unemployment does not appear to be related to regional income levels (the correlation between the two is insignificant). And it tends to fall more heavily on regions with higher housing prices (with asignificant positive correlation between the two of 0.1 - perhaps an artifact of the bubble.Interestingly,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], regions with large concentrations of lower-endservice jobs (like food prep, building maintenance, and personalcare services, which are typically seen as the worst and least secure kinds of jobs) are holding up much better than thosewith large working class concentrations. (Change in unemployment is negatively correlated, -0.29, with large concentrations of thesestandardized service jobs).Seems to me, we'd be much better off developing new strategies toimprove wages and working conditions in this sector - by say speedingthe dissemination of better management models and improving innovationand productivity - instead of bemoaning the loss of blue-collar jobs or,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],worse yet, bailing
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