Explainer Is College Worth It? By Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Cesar Alesi Perez, Vicki Hsieh, Hans Johnson Mar 8, 2023 in 7 days ... During the worst of the COVID-19 recession, the unemployment rate for those with no college experience was 18 percent, compared to 10 ...
Fact Sheet Poverty in California By Caroline Danielson, Patricia Malagon, Sarah Bohn Oct 24, 2022 Oct 26, 2022 ... Poverty rates fell during the pandemic—especially for children—but a considerable share of Californians still live near or under the poverty ...
Explainer Making Sense of California’s Economy By Sarah Bohn, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Julien Lafortune, Vicki Hsieh Oct 24, 2022 After the initial shock of job losses, Californians are back to work and unemployment is low. But continued inflation, interest rate hikes, and a volatile ...
Report Employment Patterns for CalFresh Adults By Tess Thorman, Caroline Danielson Jul 13, 2022 We first describe employment and unemployment among adults newly participating in CalFresh ... The overall high rate of recorded earnings is not surprising, ...
blog post In a Tight Labor Market, Does a College Degree Still Matter for Employment? By Sarah Bohn, Julien Lafortune Jun 16, 2022 Jun 16, 2022 ... The overall employment rate has returned to around pre-pandemic levels ... Given low unemployment rates, meeting the state's workforce needs ...
blog post California’s Unemployment Gaps Have Narrowed during the Pandemic By Sarah Bohn May 19, 2022 May 19, 2022 ... These effects then worsen already-elevated unemployment rates for Black and Latino workers. Differences in sectors of employment, ...
blog post Ukrainian Immigrants in California By Hans Johnson Mar 10, 2022 Mar 10, 2022 ... Unemployment rates are lower (4.6% versus 6.1% over the 2016-2020 time period). Most speak either Russian (58%) or Ukrainian (28%) at home, but ...
blog post How Did California’s Economy Recover from COVID—and What Comes Next? By Sarah Bohn Mar 9, 2022 Mar 9, 2022 ... However, the economic recovery has been relatively rapid. As of December, unemployment was down to 6.5% in California—about 2 percentage points ...
blog post Job Openings Are Harder to Fill in the COVID Recovery By Sarah Bohn, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Julien Lafortune Mar 4, 2022 Mar 4, 2022 ... Rising job openings, falling unemployment, and a smaller workforce ... much higher than the average rate from both 2019 and 2020 (4.4%).
blog post Californians Agree It’s Important for Workers to Organize By Deja Thomas Nov 18, 2021 Nov 18, 2021 ... ... jobs lost in the early months of the pandemic, the state has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country as of September 2021.