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Labor Market Information on Unemployment in Pennsylvania Tim McElhinny James Martini Center for Workforce Information & Analysis
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Page 1: Labor Market Information on Unemployment in Pennsylvania Tim McElhinny James Martini Center for Workforce Information & Analysis.

Labor Market Information on Unemployment in Pennsylvania

Tim McElhinnyJames MartiniCenter for Workforce Information & Analysis

Page 2: Labor Market Information on Unemployment in Pennsylvania Tim McElhinny James Martini Center for Workforce Information & Analysis.

Unemployment Rate: PA & US

January

, 2007

April, 2007

July, 2007

October,

2007

January

, 2008

April, 2008

July, 2008

October,

2008

January

, 2009

April, 2009

July, 2009

October,

2009

January

, 2010

April, 2010

July, 2010

October,

2010

January

, 2011

April, 2011

July, 2011

October,

2011

January

, 2012

April, 2012

July, 2012

October,

2012

January

, 2013

April, 2013

July, 2013

October,

2013

January

, 2014

April, 2014

July, 2014

October,

20144.0%

5.0%

6.0%

7.0%

8.0%

9.0%

10.0%

11.0%

PA US

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Short- and Long-Term Unemployed

2007 2010 20140

100,000

200,000

300,000

400,000

500,000

600,000

41,598

211,210

116,396

230,980

333,324

248,057

Long-term Short-term

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Labor Force Participation Rate

2007 2010 201461.0%

61.5%

62.0%

62.5%

63.0%

63.5%

64.0%

64.5%

65.0%

64.5%

63.2%

62.4%

Labor Force Participation Rate

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Discouraged Workers

2007 2010 20140

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

35,000

40,000

45,000

14,463

41,823

36,001

Discouraged Workers

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PA Unemployment Rate by Demographic Group

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Select PA Labor Force Characteristics

U6: Total Unemployed, plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force, plus total employed part-time for economic reasons

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PA Unemployment Rate by Educational Group

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UC Exhaustees Quick Facts:

• 64% have a HS diploma or less• 59% made less than $30,000 per year prior to collecting; 84% made less than

$50,000 per year.

• Top Industries prior to collecting by percentage of all exhaustees• Education & Health Services (17%)• Professional & Business Services (17%)• Wholesale & Retail Trade (16%)• Manufacturing (14%)• Construction (11%)

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Exhaustee Counts by County – Available Monthly in PA Fast Facts

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Survey of UC Recipients – Background

• Over 3,000 telephone interviews conducted from a sample drawn from both short-term and long-term UC claimants (long-term claimants included those exhausting all benefits)

• Respondents were asked demographic questions including on race, age, sex, and educational background

• Also asked questions on current employment status, wage levels, training activities, and commuting

• Differences were also examined between respondents from rural counties and urban counties

• Job search activities were also asked about, both in terms of what respondents had done, and what they considered to be most helpful

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Findings from the Survey of UC Recipients

• The average respondent was slightly older, more educated, and more likely to be married the average unemployed individual (based on Current Population Survey data)

• Nearly two-thirds of all respondents indicated that they had received specific training for their occupation prior to collecting UC

• More than half of respondents indicated they had worked for their previous employers for four years or longer; nearly one-quarter said they had been with the same employer for 10 years or longer

• Respondents from rural counties were much more likely than those from urban counties to have worked in a goods-producing industry prior to collecting UC

• Urban respondents were more likely to have stopped receiving UC because their benefits stopped being funded; they were also more likely to not be working but still looking for work

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Findings from the Survey of UC Recipients – continued

• Among individuals working 35 hours or more at a primary job, nearly one fourth were still actively looking for full-time work, indicating dissatisfaction with their employment situation

• More than 55% of all respondents indicated they were unemployed during the week prior to being interviewed; this was higher for short-term claimants than long-term claimants

• Approximately 20% of unemployed respondents indicated they had pursued additional training or education; nearly 60% indicated a willingness to pursue additional training or education

• Over 90% indicated utilizing 3 or more types of job search; 58% stated participating in at least 8 different types of job search activities

• Urban respondents were more likely to employ online resources than rural respondents

• The 2 types of job search activity that were most instrumental in either getting a job or closer to getting a job were networking and searching internet job boards


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