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State of Working Florida 2019
The 16th edition of the State of Working Florida reviews Florida’s economy a decade after the financial crisis that sparked the Great Recession. In 2009, Florida and states across the U.S. began to deal with the aftermath of the worst financial crisis in the country since the Great Depression. Throughout the state, homes were boarded up, credit dried up, jobs were lost, and millions of workers and their families were suffering. This report seeks to answer the question, where are we a decade late
State of Working Florida 2018
The State of Working Florida 2018 finds that as Florida’s economy has become a knowledge-driven economy with an increasingly more diverse workforce, the economic gains have not been spread evenly. A tight labor market and increases in productivity have only led to modest wage gains while historically marginalized groups, like black/African Americans, continue to face disproportionately lower labor market outcomes.
Matters Settled But Not Resolved: Worker Misclassification in the Rideshare Sector
Matters Settled But Not Resolved: Worker Misclassification in the Rideshare Sector
Florida's Workers by the Number
"According to the most recently available government data, 65 percent of Florida workers earn annual salaries below the state average annual salary of $39,099. The position of a worker along the distribution of earnings in Florida is largely dependent on their occupation and is heavily influenced by their sex, race and ethnicity. This brief will present Florida’s occupational structure by annual earnings and the demographics associated with low, middle, and high earning jobs."
"When Matters are Settled but Not Resolved: Misclassification in the Rideshare Sector"
FIU's Research Institute on Social and Economic Policy (RISEP) is excited to co-release, with UCLA's Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, a new research report on the so-called "gig economy". "When Matters are Settled but Not Resolved: Misclassification in the Rideshare Sector" reviews the law and judicial decisions to date on whether Uber and Lyft drivers are employees or independent contractors.
The Increasingly Unequal States of America
While there are plentiful data examining the fortunes of the top 1 percent at the national level, this report by the Economic Analysis and Research Network (EARN) uses the latest available data to examine how the top 1 percent in each state have fared over 1917–2012, with an emphasis on trends over 1928–2012. In so doing, this analysis finds that all 50 states have experienced widening income inequality in recent decades.
Gender and Equity at FIU
This study on gender equity at FIU was commissioned by the United Faculty of Florida at FIU to analyze the most basic indicators of gender equity, numbers of men and women and salaries paid to men and women members of the faculty. The analysis of these factors is based on 2010-11 data provided by FIU’s office of Academic Affairs.
Poverty increases for third straight year in 2010
Since the recession began in 2007, Florida has seen the largest increase in poverty in the nation. Three million Floridians, roughly 1 in 6 people, were living below poverty levels in 2010. In 2010, close to 1 in 4 children in the state were living in poverty.
Economic Update: Job growth slows in June, recent gains mostly in low-wage industries
The last five months have seen steady declines in Florida’s unemployment rate, from 12% in December to 10.6% in May. The improvement leveled off in June, when the unemployment rate was unchanged. Since January 2010 the state has gained 85,500 jobs, according to seasonally adjusted figures, the longest and largest continuous gain since the recession began more than three years ago.
Unemployment for Blacks, Hispanics in Florida saw sharp increase again in 2010
Cuts to unemployment benefit weeks would have disparate impact on workers of color, given the large difference in unemployment rates for Black and Hispanic workers.
