Unpacking Unemployment Data

Michael Mandel at BusinessWeek writes frequently about how different segments of the labor market--college-educated, people with high school diplomas, etc.--are faring in the recession we've experienced over the last 18 months. Check out his latest post called Which Educated Workers Are Unemployed? to get a sense for how this data can be used. We did a trial run using similar unemployment data for Travis County with Workforce Solutions Capital Area recently. Later this summer we'll be exploring ways to provide that information on a monthly basis.