Under Headlines: Services Workers Are Now Eligible for Trade Adjustment Assistance, the article discusses the expansion of the TAA program to include service industry workers and its renewal. In this question, you will be asked to analyze the TAA data to determine which states have had the most trade-related job losses.
The source of the data is the United States Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, and it is available The US Department of Labor, Employment. To access the data:
1. Just above the map of the United States, select “National aggregate data.”
2. At the bottom of the page, select “Download to Excel.”
3. Just above the map of the United States, select “State-by-state statistics for all states.”
4. At the bottom of the page, select “Download to Excel.”
5. You may also look at individual states by clicking on the state of interest on the United States map.
Now you will utilize the FY2010 data from the Department of Labor to determine “Entered Employment Rate,” using the map of the United States, which is available The US Department of Labor, Employment. Hover over each state to see the data value for “Entered Employment Rate.”
Comparing the data from the first question on TAA participants and the data from the previous question, the data in Figure 3-6, and what we know about unemployment in the specific-factors model, choose the best answer.