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Your source is for full-time employment. Part-time jobs surged after 2008[1] and haven't returned to pre 2008 levels. [1] http://blog.indeed.com/the-role-of-pa
by adrenalinelol 11y ago
Your source is for full-time employment. Part-time jobs surged after 2008[1] and haven't returned to pre 2008 levels.
[1] http://blog.indeed.com/the-role-of-part-time-jobs/ http://blog.indeed.com/the-role-of-part-time-jobs/
- praxulus 11y agoHere's a more up-to-date graph of "part-time for economic reaons": https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/LNS12032194 https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/LNS12032194 We're down to June 2008 levels, but have a ways to go before we hit December 2007 levels.
- forgetsusername 11y ago>Your source is for full-time employment. Number of people employed part-time, not by choice...falling: https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/LNS12032196 https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/LNS12032196 U6 Unemployment rate...falling: https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/U6RATE https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/U6RATE
- rfrank 11y agoFrom those same charts, unemployed part-time not by choice is rising since Oct '15. U6 is constant in that period as well.