September 09, 2021

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WIAC August Meeting Series Update: Recommendations to the Department of Labor

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Features

WIAC August Meeting Series Update:

Recommendations to the Department of Labor

The Workforce Information Advisory Council (WIAC) finalized recommendations to the Biden Administration on August 31, 2021, that, if implemented, would enhance the Workforce and Labor Market Information (WLMI) system. Lesley Hirsch, the New Jersey Department of Labor Assistant Commissioner of Research and Information stated that the WIAC recommendations are of “critical importance to securing the workforce and labor market information infrastructure, advancing the field, and serving the needs of key constituencies.”

Many WIAC members agreed that improving data practices within the Department of Labor could facilitate economic recovery by optimizing decision-making. With the recommendations in development even before the pandemic, the economic disruption caused by COVID 19 has created new opportunities for making progress in moving them forward.

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American Association of Community Colleges – Tackling Workforce Gender Issues  

Bureau of Labor Statistics – Employment Projections 2020 – 2030  

Census Bureau – New Census Bureau Tool Will Now Consistently Update Communities on Their Vulnerable Populations  

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia – Reworked Series: A Conversation on an Inclusive Recovery for Workers  

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond – How Do Employers Recruit New Workers?  

PBS – Broadcast Series: Future of Work  

Pew Research Center – More Americans Now Say They Prefer a Community With Big Houses, Even if Local Amenities Are Farther Away  

Smart Incentives – Incentives for Entrepreneurial Firms  

Washington Post – Millions in U.S. Lose Jobless Benefits as Federal Aid Expires, Thrusting Families and Economy onto Uncertain Path

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American Economic Association – 2021 Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey – Census Invites Comments to OMB on Reinstatement (By 9/24) 

Associated Press – Do We Need Humans for That Job? Automation Booms After COVID 

Bloomberg CityLab – Getting Manufacturers to Help Pay for Recycling

Develop This: Economic and Community Development Podcast – DT #365: 11 Great Economic Development Movies  

Working Nation – Work in Progress Podcast: Investing in People and Closing the Skills Gap in a Changed Economy  

Reports

American Economic Association – Effects of the COVID-19 Recession on the US Labor Market: Occupation, Family, and Gender 

Florida Atlantic University – Top 100 U.S. Housing Markets for Over/Underpricing 

National Bureau of Economic Research – Matching in the Dark? Inequalities in Student to Degree Match 

National Science Foundation – The STEM Labor Force of Today: Scientists, Engineers, and Skilled Technical Workers

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