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Job Journal
February 26, 2006
Michael Kinsman |
Quest for the Young and Restless The most sought-after people in the workforce today have been dubbed "the young and the restless" -- college-educated 25- to 34-year-olds. Here's why.   |
Global Services
November 29, 2007 |
The Future of Offshore Wages Globally, offshore wages are changing dramatically as supply and demand reconcile differences. By 2010, the most noticeable change will be the redistribution of arbitrage from a few global hotspots to a broader base of tier-2 cities and newly emerged countries around the world. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2007
Bloom & Khanna |
The Urban Revolution Rapid urbanization may prove a blessing, provided the world takes notice and plans accordingly. |
Finance & Development
September 2010
Ceyda Oner |
Back to Basics: What Constitutes Unemployment? Earlier this year, the International Labor Office announced that global unemployment last year reached the highest level on record. More than 200 million people, 7 percent of the global workforce, were looking for jobs in 2009. |
Finance & Development
March 2009
Lipschitz et al. |
The Domestic Solution Can China's growth be sustained through good-neighbor policies? |
BusinessWeek
February 19, 2007
James Mehring |
The Housing Drag Casts A Long Shadow During 2006, productivity growth was the weakest in nine years, while the labor cost required to produce a given unit of a good or service surged. But don't fret too much: The data on productivity and unit labor costs are being skewed by the housing downturn. |
AskMen.com
Tyson Lowrie |
The Most Expensive Cities To Buy A House The Demographia International Housing Affordability annual survey just came out, and has revealed some of the world's most expensive cities to live. |
CIO
February 1, 2007
Margaret Locher |
Eastern Europe New Outsourcing Hot Spot A new study says Eastern Europe has the potential to be the next outsourcing hotspot. |
U.S. Banker
August 2010 |
Start Fresh One way Rust Belt cities like Detroit and Buffalo are dealing with an oversupply of housing stock is by demolishing blocks of vacant homes in blighted neighborhoods. |
Reason
November 2005
Kerry Howley |
Data: Whose Living Wage? A study by a nonpartisan think tank, suggests that while living wage laws in America do tend to reduce overall poverty, they hurt those who can least afford it. |
National Real Estate Investor
April 1, 2003
Anthony Downs |
Powerful Effects of Elasticity Many real estate markets are affected by an aspect of consumer behavior -- and sometimes supplier behavior -- that involves people making rapid, often unexpected, responses to situations they want to avoid. The "elastic adjustment factor" affects what people do in housing and office markets. |
Reason
June 2006
Samuel R. Staley |
Healthy City Living Urban Sprawl and Public Health: Designing, Planning, and Building for Healthy Communities, by Howard Frumkin, Lawrence Frank, and Richard Jackson, poses the question: are suburbs making us sick? |
IDB America
February 2003
Charo Quesada |
Housing for everyone? New approaches to low-income housing could help to solve the long-standing needs of the urban poor. |
BusinessWeek
March 3, 2011
Leung & Kennedy |
Global Inflation Starts with Chinese Workers Government support and a tight labor supply are boosting wages in China. Over the next decade that will put inflationary pressure on the global economy |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2007 |
What is the Biggest Challenge in Managing Large Cities? Economists generally agree that urbanization, if handled well, holds great promise for higher growth and a better quality of life. But the flip side is also true. Here are three expert points of view on different ways to manage things well. |
U.S. Banker
October 2002
John Adams |
Of Housing and Helium Is the housing market a bubble waiting to pop? |
BusinessWeek
March 12, 2009 |
Theories on the Economic Crisis: The Extremes Two brief theories and solutions are presented about the troubled economy. |
National Real Estate Investor
March 1, 2005
Doug Bibby |
Why Apartment Owners Should Be Optimistic Fed up with long commutes and bedroom towns with no sense of place, the new American families want more vibrant communities where housing, jobs, retail and entertainment are all interwoven. |
The Motley Fool
November 2, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Know Your Numbers: Employment Cost Index The quarterly BLS release of the employment cost index provides a look at what employers have to pay in order to obtain the labor they need. By observing changes in the index, you can potentially anticipate economic trends that may affect the companies in which you invest. |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 15, 2012
Lisa Chase |
Funding the Design of Livable Cities As a burgeoning global population migrates to the world's urban centers, it's crucial to design livable cities that function with scarce natural resources. The critical connection between real estate financing and innovative design in the built environment is discussed. |
BusinessWeek
April 19, 2004
Michael J. Mandel |
Where Wealth Lives The productivity boom has made asset owners rich -- and left many wage-earners behind. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
It's Boom Time in the Housing Market, But for How Long? Following several years of rapid home price appreciation, real estate experts say current housing prices in the U.S. are based on solid foundations and are not purely a speculative bubble. However, they also say that certain regional markets are vulnerable to a downturn. |
BusinessWeek
October 27, 2003
Aaron Bernstein |
An Inner-City Renaissance The nation's ghettos are making surprising strides. Will the gains last? |
Reason
February 2005
Town & O'Toole |
Crime-Friendly Neighborhoods How "New Urbanist" planners sacrifice safety in the name of "openness" and "accessibility." |
Reason
February 2001
Sam Staley |
Room to Grow What's so bad about the suburbs? |
Job Journal
June 2, 2013
John A. Challenger |
Career Pros: Labor Shortage Looms While Millions Jobless How can we have staffing shortages when millions are unemployed? A multitude of mismatches are to blame. |
TIME Asia
June 27, 2011
Bill Powell |
The End of Cheap Labor in China In what is supposed to be a land of unlimited cheap labor -- a nation of 1.3 billion people, whose extraordinary 20-year economic rise has been built first and foremost on the backs of low-priced workers -- the game has changed. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2007
Jaumotte & Tytell |
Globalization of Labor Globalization is a vital force sustaining world growth, but policymakers need to ensure that all people benefit by strengthening access to education and training, adopting adequate social safety nets, and improving the functioning of labor markets. |
Reason
March 2003
Brian Doherty |
Do You Know the Cost of San Jose? The high cost of low growth |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2006
Anthony Annett |
Reform in Europe: What Went Right? Successful economic and social reformers can offer valuable lessons for the rest of the EU. |
BusinessWeek
September 24, 2009
Peter Coy |
Why Paychecks Could Shrink High unemployment and low inflation may lead to a decline in pay -- and that could slow the recovery. |
Entrepreneur
May 2002
Mark Henricks |
Flexin' the City Think you know the face of urban America? The U.S. city is in for a workout... |
Smithsonian
August 2006
Erica Ryberg |
Building Sustainable Cities Sustainable practices are on the rise in cities all over the United States. The 227-city U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement is just the beginning. |
The Motley Fool
December 7, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
The Best Small Cap for 2007: Labor Ready This company that specializes in providing temporary labor has strong growth and value -- at a very nice price. Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek
February 20, 2006
James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Low Unemployment Raises An Old Inflation Debate Should the Federal Reserve keep hiking rates in the face of a tighter labor market? |
BusinessWeek
September 24, 2007
James Mehring |
Credit-Card Balances Are Ballooning Relying on plastic could place more stress on consumer finances, which ultimately could lead to a pullback in spending. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2001
James V. DeLong |
Old law vs. the new economy How New Deal-era regulations stifle flexible work arrangements... |
BusinessWeek
March 27, 2006
Dexter Roberts |
How Rising Wages Are Changing The Game In China A labor shortage in China has pay soaring. That is sure to send ripples around the globe. |
FDIC FYI
February 10, 2005
Cynthia Angell |
U.S. Home Prices: Does Bust Always Follow Boom? Examines the historical movement of home prices at the metro level to gain insight into the outlook for U.S. home prices. |
BusinessWeek
April 11, 2005 |
Housing: Don't Panic Yet Soaring home prices are the last remaining problem of the tech boom. The extremely low interest rates that were needed to revive the economy after the bust set the stage for a rally in housing that's now reaching extremes. |
U.S. Banker
June 2011
Mark R. Pawlak |
Sizing Up the Labor Force A drop in unemployment is typically associated with growth in the labor force. But in the current market, that's not happening, which makes the Fed's job more difficult. |
BusinessWeek
July 19, 2004
Coy & Miller |
Is A Housing Bubble About To Burst? As rising rates in the U.S. send mortgage payments higher, demand may cool. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2006
Dorothea Schmidt |
Globalization at Work The world economy has been expanding strongly... In 2005, the world's labor force ages 15 and older... The global unemployment rate in 2005 was 6.3%... Almost half of the world's unemployed are under 25... etc. |
The Motley Fool
April 24, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Labor Ready Is Ready for Action The temp agency surprises even itself, but investors should watch out for wage increases. |
BusinessWeek
November 20, 2006
James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Strong Labor Markets Put The Fed On The Spot Weak productivity and rising labor costs could force more rate hikes. |
Entrepreneur
March 2005
Edwards & Edwards |
What's Your Problem? 03/05 It is possible to start a business in a small community. |
BusinessWeek
June 20, 2005
Michael J. Mandel |
The End Of Upward Mobility? Not On Your Life Bleak stories aside, both rich and poor advanced over the past decade. |
The Motley Fool
October 16, 2007
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Labor Ready to Report In advance of earnings reports, analysts expect blue-collar temp agency Labor Ready to turn in another consensus-beating quarter. |
BusinessWeek
March 22, 2004 |
Productivity: Who Wins, Who Loses The U.S. is reaping big -- but uneven -- gains from its highly efficient workforce |
Reason
July 2006
Joel Miller |
The Politics of Sky-High House Prices How American government jacks up the price of owning your home. |
