Labor Market Data: Employment and Poverty/Welfare | Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis

Employment
- Employment Data
  - Connecticut Department of Labor Labor Market Information
    - Presents labor statistics statewide and for Connecticut’s nine (9) labor market areas(LMAs) including a montly report on the Labor Situation, with detail by industry, including weekly and hourly earnings for the labor force, and
    - statistics on total employment and the unemployment rate,
    - with an explanatory article and summary of highlights for each Labor Market Area (LMA).
    - to contact LMI Research Office, send email or call (860) 263-6275.
  - Connecticut Department of Labor Research : Benchmarking Growth in Demand-Driven Labor Markets, 2006
    - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
      - Contains National level employment data by Metropolitan Area and by State
        BLS data downloads are optimized to be accessed by “Internet Explorer” (IE);
      - BLS’ Quarterly Labor Underutilization Measures for States;
        includes the Six alternative measures of labor underutilization, prepared by the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey,
        and published by BLS as Table A-15 in their Monthly Employment situation
      - Also publishes consumer price index for urban consumers, under the headingInflation and Prices based on a sample of consumer goods.
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      - Economic Policy Institute’s Income & Poverty charts and tables
- Employment Resources
  - New York City Commission on Human Rights for clear statements on protection on your rights.
Poverty and Welfare
- Poverty and Welfare Data
  - Poverty Data from Connecticut Sources
    - Connecticut Poverty Report, January 2013
    - Child Poverty and Prevention Council Reports, administered by Connecticut’s Office of Policy and Management.
    - Connecticut Permanent Commission on Status of Women, including
      - Basic Economic Security Tables (BEST) for Connecticut, 2012
      - Overlooked and Undercounted: Where Connecticut Stands (June 2007)
        Nearly one in five Connecticut households does not have enough income to meet their basic costs of living. This is almost three times the proportion officially considered poor in Connecticut, according to the Federal Poverty Level. Families with inadequate incomes….”, from CT Permanent Commission on Status of Women.
  - Poverty Data from Federal and National Sources
    - Living Wage Calculator, for Connecticut, 2012,
      collated at MIT, through their Poverty Action Lab Program
    - State of Working America, 12th edition
  - Welfare Data from Federal and National Sources
    - Social Security Administration Office of Research
    - Child Welfare Outcomes from U.S. Health & Human Services
    - ChildStats reference for children’s welfare
- Poverty and Welfare References from Federal and National Sources
  - Health & Human Services Poverty Guidelines
  - Census Poverty Thresholds
  - Census Components of Poverty
  - Consumer Expenditure Survey, includes Quintiles of Income and Expenditures by Income groupings
  - Center for American Progress, on Measuring Poverty
  - HHS Poverty Research Centers

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