-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ryan Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 7:58 AM To: Peer-To-Peer Research List Subject: [p2p-research] Male Labor Force Composition
Sent to you by Ryan via Google Reader: Male <http://earlywarn.blogspot.com/2010/08/male-labor-force-composition.html> Labor Force Composition via Early Warning <http://earlywarn.blogspot.com/> by Stuart Staniford on 20/08/10 <http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_D9-JNTtRKgs/TG59rHYyJ-I/AAAAAAAABN8/IPl-rSb8JVw/s 1600/Picture+278.png> This morning, I have a few graphs of the breakdown of the US male population aged 25-54. The data are quarterly, seasonally adjusted, and from the BLS Current Population Survey. Above shows the basic data - the fraction of that population that is employed, officially unemployed, or just fallen out of the labor force altogether. The following points seem of interest: 1. 1970 was the year when the leading edge of the baby boom turned 25. Note that the size of the population in this age band starts to climb steeply for here. 2. In 2000, the leading edge of the baby boom turned 55, and the size of the population has been growing more slowly since then (or even a little before - heart attacks?). Recently, this population is almost flat. 3. Note that the initial effect of the great recession is initially to boost the size of the unemployed slice (red), but now it's mainly causing people to leave the labor force altogether. Next up is the same data, only showing the breakdown between the three categories. <http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_D9-JNTtRKgs/TG59w7TC6ZI/AAAAAAAABOE/LKBWxGPIwa0/s 1600/Picture+279.png> You can see that while the fraction unemployed shrinks and grows with each boom and bust, the not-in-labor-force category just continues to grow steadily. <https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5235419263414453422-495265811 4220288593?l=earlywarn.blogspot.com> Things you can do from here: * Subscribe <http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fearlywarn.blogspot.co m%2Ffeeds%2Fposts%2Fdefault?source=email> to Early Warning using Google Reader * Get started using <http://www.google.com/reader/?source=email> Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favourite sites
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