Publications by Frank Steemers

Charts

• Early retirement as main reason for leaving labor force 13 December, 2021
• The unemployment rate in computer and mathematical occupations is historically low due to the growing shift to online activity, and increased digital transformation 15 September, 2021
• Much of the acceleration in wages and salaries comes from blue-collar and manual services occupations 05 August, 2021
• Employment in manufacturing is still well below prepandemic levels in many states, with losses especially large in the Northeast, Midwest, and Pacific 29 July, 2021
• Wage pressures vary widely across the globe 22 July, 2021
• The trajectory for low wage workers is very different between states that went beyond the federal minimum wage and states that did not. 30 June, 2021
• Factors driving growing racial wage gaps and solutions to close them 24 June, 2021
• Racial wage gaps are large and expanding, primarily due to a growing underrepresentation of Black workers in high-paying jobs. 23 June, 2021
• The number of office and administrative workers, the major target of automation in recent decades, is back to prepandemic levels. In the past two recessions, their number dropped and did not recover. 16 June, 2021
• The US working-age population is projected to grow slowly over the next decades due to aging, limiting the supply of labor unless net migration picks up significantly 26 May, 2021
• Leisure and hospitality workers experienced significant growth in average hourly earnings 26 May, 2021
• A workforce crunch awaits mature economies 26 May, 2021
• Blue-collar industries are experiencing greater recruiting difficulties than other industries. 25 May, 2021
• The US working-age population for those without a BA is shrinking, but projected to grow rapidly for those with at least a BA 24 May, 2021
• From Immediate Responses to Planning for the Reimagined Workplace 09 July, 2020
• Most organizations have reduced workforce costs and many plan to take still more steps in the next 3 months (May through July 2020) 09 June, 2020
• While three-quarters of respondents reported that less than 10% of employees worked primarily from home before COVID-19, this trend will likely reverse after COVID-19 09 June, 2020
• Before returning to the workplace, most organizations are focusing on workforce health and office safety in their transition plans 04 June, 2020
• The Impact of Demographic Trends on U.S. Consumer Spending 09 February, 2017
• Interactive Labor Shortage Charts Dashboard 05 August, 2016

Databases

• Job Loss Risk Index 05 April, 2023
• Future Occupational Labor Shortages Risk Index (database) 25 March, 2022

Reports

• Job Loss Risk Index: Which Industries Will Suffer the Greatest Layoffs? 29 March, 2023
• How High Will US Unemployment Go? 31 October, 2022
• US Salary Increase Budgets 2022-2023 28 September, 2022
• Future Occupational Labor Shortages Risk Index 25 March, 2022
• How Employers Combat Labor Shortages 02 December, 2021
• Why Wages Are Growing Rapidly Now–And Will Continue to in the Future 31 August, 2021
• As Economies Reopen, Labor Shortages Follow 13 July, 2021
• Mind the Gap: Factors Driving the Growing Racial Wage Gaps and Solutions to Close Them 14 June, 2021
• The Reimagined Workplace a Year Later: Human Capital Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic 27 May, 2021
• Salary Increase Budgets for 2021: Results of the 2020 Follow-up Survey 30 March, 2021
• COVID-19's Biggest Legacy: Remote Work and Its Implications for the Postpandemic Labor Market in the US 04 March, 2021
• Salary Increase Budgets for 2021: A Wage Crunch Is Coming—but It's Delayed 03 November, 2020
• Adapting to the Reimagined Workplace: Human Capital Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic 30 October, 2020
• From Immediate Responses to Planning for the Reimagined Workplace: Human Capital Responses to COVID-19 28 May, 2020
• US Labor Shortages: Challenges and Solutions 27 January, 2020
• US Salary Increase Budgets for 2020 13 November, 2019
• The Conference Board Economics Watch^® United States View 11 September, 2019
• The Conference Board Economics Watch^® United States View 14 August, 2019
• Quarterly Global Labor Market Outlook: More Tightening in the Second Half of 2019 12 August, 2019
• The Conference Board Economics Watch^® United States View 10 July, 2019
• Global Labor Market Outlook 2019: No End in Sight to Worker Shortages 13 March, 2019
• Blue-Collar Worker Shortages: Navigating a Business Environment of Higher Labor Costs 13 December, 2018
• Global Labor Market Outlook 2018: Finding Ways to Counteract Worker Shortages (Executive Summary) 28 March, 2018
• Global Labor Market Outlook 2018: Finding Ways to Counteract Worker Shortages 22 March, 2018
• The Impact of Demographic Trends on US Consumer Spending: Incorporating the Effect of Race/Ethnicity 19 January, 2018
• The Impact of Demographic Trends on US Consumer Spending: Methodological Notes 09 February, 2017
• Help Wanted: What Looming Labor Shortages Mean for Your Business 15 April, 2016
• International Labor Cost Projections 30 January, 2016