Education, Demand, and Unemployment in Metropolitan America

Education, Demand, and Unemployment in Metropolitan America – Jonathan Rothwell and Alan Berube

  • “Inadequate demand and inadequate education, relative to available occupations, are both ham­pering economic recovery in U.S. metropolitan areas. With a still weakened private sector, stra­tegic public investment and regional economic diversification can help address the first problem. Yet even when the economy recovers, longer-term “structural unemployment” will linger in some metropolitan areas because of mismatches between the supply of, and demand for, educated workers. Solutions to that problem include boosting educational attainment, enhancing the skills of workers, and increasing demand for less educated workers by providing public goods needed by industries like manufacturing and the “green” economy.”
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