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Portland Polarization Maps

When doing any research project, many interesting parts end up getting left on the cutting room floor. Our office’s Job Polarization in Oregon report is no different. One very intriguing item that was...

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Salem Polarization Maps

Back by popular demand, and a request from our friends at The Statesman Journal (see the article for more info), below are job polarization maps of the Salem region. Just like the Portland Maps...

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Structural Unemployment and Underqualified Applicants

Economists worry quite a lot about structural unemployment. Essentially this boils down to unemployed individuals who do not have the skills required for the available jobs, so they remain unemployed...

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Graph of the Week: Unemployment and Job Polarization

Many discussions on the economy revolve around employment (industries, job polarization, etc) or the unemployment rate (with some discussion on short- vs long-term unemployed) but rarely do we put...

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Job Growth Quality, Oregon Edition

Just a quick update on the quality of Oregon’s job growth in recent years. This continues our office’s work on job polarization — the fact that much of the job growth is concentrated in both the high-...

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Manufacturing’s Evolution (Timber- and Tech-Related)

The big piece of news this week, as reported by Mike Rogoway in The Oregonian, is the potential for another big Intel investment as they look to increase capacity and develop the next generation of...

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Oregon and the Chips and Science Act

Included in the recent federal legislation was a big incentive program to increase domestic semiconductor manufacturing. In recent years there have been a handful of large, semiconductor announcements...

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