Offshoring U.S. Labor Increasing
Offshoring is the movement of jobs and tasks from one country to another, usually from high-cost countries, such as the United States, to low-cost countries where wages are significantly lower.
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Project: IDEA: Informing Decisionmakers to Act
Urban and Rural Disparities Remain Despite Progress in Closing Health and Development Gaps
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To Fix the Care Economy, the United States Should Look Internationally
On this World Population Day, we’re examining the state of the care economy in the United States—and looking abroad for ways to strengthen it.
Project: American Community Survey and Decennial Census Support Services
The Backdrop: Rising Inequality in the U.S.
(2014) Countries around the world are paying more attention to inequality as an indicator of social and economic well-being.
Changing Demographics Reshape Rural America
Trends shaping rural life in America include unprecedented population declines, a growing Hispanic population, a disproportionate share of military veterans, and a sharp increase in “deaths of despair”—related to suicide, alcohol abuse, and drug overdose.
Infographic. U.S. Regional Population Losses Linked to High Unemployment
(2009) High unemployment rates are not just creating a drag on the U.S. economy, but are also linked to lagging population growth in economically distressed areas, according to a PRB analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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The Backdrop: Rising Inequality in the U.S.
(2014) Countries around the world are paying more attention to inequality as an indicator of social and economic well-being.
Migration of Workers Affects Supply of Scientists and Engineers in U.S.
(2007) States increasingly consider science and technology resources to be an asset in developing a strong economic advantage. As a result, strategies for training, attracting and retaining scientists and engineers have become more important state and national public policy issues.
Patterns of Poverty in America
(2002) New data from the U.S. Census Bureau show that 12.4 percent of the U.S. population — about 34 million people — were below the poverty level in 1999.* The data, which include the first information available from the 2000 Census long form, show wide disparities in poverty levels among states and local areas.