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CRS – Job Growth During the Recovery

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Job Growth During the Recovery, Linda Levine, Specialist in Labor Economics – October 16, 2012

  • “During the recession, women lost relatively fewer jobs than men in part because the construction and manufacturing industries predominantly employ men. During the recovery, women have gained relatively fewer jobs than men in part because women are a substantial presence in the occupations (e.g., teachers) that account for much of the local and state government workforces. The oldest and youngest workers have fared quite differently since December 2007. Workers aged 55 and older experienced job growth during the recession and recovery. The youngest age group (16- to 19-year olds) experienced the largest percentage declines in employment during the recession and recovery. The employment of Hispanic workers returned fairly quickly to its level at the recession’s start, despite the ethnic group’s concentration in the hard-hit construction industry. Hispanic employment also is concentrated in the leisure and hospitality industry group, which had recouped all its job losses by early 2012. The lower a worker’s educational attainment, the worse they typically fared. As of September 2012, workers with less than 12 years of schooling or with a high school diploma at most did not regain all the jobs they lost since the recession’s onset. In contrast, employment among workers with postsecondary education was higher in September 2012 than in December 2007.”

    • Wired – Google Throws Open Doors to Its Top-Secret Data Center

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    Steven Levy: “Engineering prowess famously catapulted the 14-year-old search giant into its place as one of the world’s most successful, influential, and frighteningly powerful companies. Its constantly refined search algorithm changed the way we all access and even think about information. Its equally complex ad-auction platform is a perpetual money-minting machine. But other, less well-known… Continue Reading

    Military Policy Awareness Links on Cybersecurity

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    MiPAL: Cybersecurity – Compiled by the National Defense University Library [MERLN – the Military Education Research Library Network – is a comprehensive website devoted to international military education outreach. It represents a consortium of military education research libraries that work together to provide access to a variety of unique electronic resources for the use of… Continue Reading

    My District Data

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    “Data matters. It helps us learn about where we live and the challenges we face. It should be handy, simple to understand and relevant. Elected officials — and you and I — ought to have access to good data. Over the next three months, we’ll release a series of online, interactive reports that allow you… Continue Reading

    Report – Military Campaigns: Veterans' Endorsements and Presidential Elections

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    “In Military Campaigns: Veterans’ Endorsements and Presidential Elections, published by the Center for a New American Security, experts Dr. James Golby, Assistant Professor at the United States Military Academy; Kyle Dropp, Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at Stanford University; and Dr. Peter Feaver, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Duke University, examine whether… Continue Reading

    CDC – Hospitalization for Congestive Heart Failure: United States, 2000–2010

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    Hospitalization for Congestive Heart Failure: United States, 2000–2010. Margaret Jean Hall, Ph.D.; Shaleah Levant, M.P.H.; and Carol J. DeFrances, Ph.D. October 2012 “There were 1 million hospitalizations for congestive heart failure (CHF) in 2000 and in 2010. Most CHF hospitalizations were for those aged 65 and over, but the proportion under age 65 increased significantly… Continue Reading

    Federal Reserve Board – Job-to-Job Flows and the Consequences of Job Separations

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    Job-to-Job Flows and the Consequences of Job Separations, Bruce Fallick, John Haltiwanger, and Erika McEntarfer, October 15, 2012 “This paper extends the literature on the earnings losses of displaced workers to provide a more comprehensive picture of the earnings and employment outcomes for workers who separate. First, we compare workers who separate from distressed employers… Continue Reading

    Draft – Digital Literacy, Libraries, and Public Policy

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    DRAFT – Digital Literacy, Libraries, and Public Policy: Report of the American Library Association Digital Literacy Task Force, September 8, 2012 “This report of the Task Force provides a broad overview of libraries and digital literacy. It discusses the current policy context, including digital inclusion, education, life-long learning, and workforce development. The report outlines library-specific… Continue Reading