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Nightly Business Report (video)

Senior economics reporter Steve Liesman discussed The State of American Jobs, a Pew Research Center survey conducted in association with the Markle Foundation, in a…

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Women Are Dominating the Most Important Part of the US Economy

One of the big, long-term trends in the US economy has been the transition from manufacturing to services. In fact, employment in “knowledge-intensive” and service-sector…

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The Biggest Worry We Have About Our Jobs Is Not Immigration, It’s Irrelevance

The biggest worry Americans have about their jobs isn’t immigration; it’s irrelevance. In a new Pew Research report, 80 percent of survey respondents said outsourcing…

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These Are the Skills You Need to Find a Job in America in 2016

American jobs are not what they used to be. U.S. workers cannot rest on their laurels and expect to still be employed in the same…

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Here’s What Millions of Americans Fear Most About Their Jobs

American workers believe the forces of globalization are the biggest threat to their paychecks, but they’re much less worried about the impact of immigration on…

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Knowledge@Wharton Interview with Zoë Baird and Kim Parker: People Staying in Jobs Longer

In this interview with Knowledge@Wharton, Markle CEO and President Zoë Baird and Pew Director of Social Trends Research Kim Parker discuss the findings of the…

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Are You Ready For the Labor Market of the Future?

The workplace of the future may belong to women. The shifting dynamics of the labor market are increasingly rewarding jobs that require social and analytical…

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Americans See Job Outsourcing as Biggest Threat to U.S. Workers

The truth about jobs — a hot-button issue on the campaign trail — seems to be open to interpretation. Donald Trump says foreign labor is…

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Job Market Shift Now Favors Women

The nature of work has changed radically in recent decades, and women have benefitted a Pew study says

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How U.S. Workers Feel About Immigration Now Split Even More Widely by Political Party

Americans are more likely to believe that immigration hurts U.S. workers instead of helping them, and their views are hardening along party lines, new research…

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Americans Aren’t So Worried About Immigrants Taking Their Jobs

The attitude of voters about immigration and jobs is a lot more nuanced than the current election campaign might have you believe. Just ten years…

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What Americans Say Hurts U.S. Workers: Outsourcing, Imports and, Decreasingly, Immigration

At a time of rising populist resentment over globalization, Americans largely agree that foreign trade is costing U.S. jobs, but they also hold an increasingly…