Posts Tagged: Nicole Smith

The Real Education Crisis: Are 35% of all College Degrees in New England Unnecessary?

Posted November 30th, 2010 by John O. Harney & filed under Analysis, Commentary, Economy, The Journal.

The notion of the "college labor market" as a fixed set of occupations is remarkably static. In contrast, we assume that job and skill requirements are dynamic. (This lively debate over future demand of college-educated workers will continue in our Forum.) Northeastern University economists Paul E. Harrington and Andrew M. Sum argue that in our recent report Help Wanted, we “radically over...

More than 2 Million Job Vacancies Forecast for NE by 2018 … But Do Our Workers Have What it Takes to Fill Them?

Posted September 10th, 2010 by Shoshana Akins & filed under Journal Type, The Journal, Topic.

The New England states, like the rest of the nation, are finally starting to show signs of a recovery from the Great Recession of 2008, albeit at different paces. Three of the states, however, still have unemployment rates that are about four percentage points above where they were before the recession began in 2007 (Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut). The smaller increases in unemploym...