Labor Market
Analysis
September 26, 2011. Brooklyn Labor Market Review -
Fall 2011. Prepared by FPI for the
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce,
the latest issue of the BLMR finds that Brooklyn led all boroughs in
job creation and in new firm creation over the last decade. During this period,
Brooklyn added 50,000 jobs while the while New York City as a whole lost 16,000.
The borough added not only hundreds of restaurants and retail shops but also
health care, business and professional service companies.
June 22, 2011.
Brooklyn Labor Market Review - Spring 2011. Prepared by FPI for the
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce,
the latest issue of the BLMR looks at immigrant entrepreneurs in
Brooklyn by sector. The report finds that there are nearly 14,500 Brooklyn
immigrant small businesses across a range of sectors from construction to
restaurants, grocery stores, child care services and doctors' offices.
January 10, 2011.
Brooklyn Labor Market Review. This study commissioned by the Brooklyn
Chamber of Commerce shows that the borough was a leader citywide in job creation
despite the ongoing recession.
The diversity of Brooklyn's economy coupled with growth in healthcare,
retail, food service, professional services and administrative sectors helped
the borough remain stable in 2009 and gain jobs in 2010. Employment growth
surpassed projections.
September 24, 2009.
Brooklyn Labor Market Review.
Commissioned by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, this review finds that the
devastating blow dealt to New York City by the current recession has been less
painful to Brooklyn. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) dollars are
having an impact in the borough, and Brooklyn has experienced job growth in some
sectors in spite of losses citywide.
Press release,
full report.
September 12, 2008.
Brooklyn Labor Market Review.
Commissioned by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, this review finds that
Brooklyn will experience a weaker labor market, and slower wage and income
growth in 2008 and through the first half of 2009. However - attesting to the
diversity and resiliency of Brooklyn's economic base - the borough's job decline
will be far less than New York City's, just as in the previous slowdown of
2001-03.
Press release,
full report.
April 15, 2007.
The Underground
Economy in New York City's Affordable Housing Construction Industry.
This examination of the affordable housing construction industry
reveals evidence of a huge underground economy in which thousands of workers are
paid off the books or misclassified as independent contractors. The results
include widespread employer evasion of payroll taxes and social insurance
premiums, and the undercutting of wage and benefit standards.
Press release
here. (Please
note the April 15 version of the report contained typographical errors in Tables
4 and 7. In the version now available, these tables have been corrected.)
February 13, 2007.
More Than a Link in the Food Chain: A Study of the Citywide Economic Impact of
Food Manufacturing in New York City. In an effort to understand the impact
of food manufacturing on other sectors in the NYC economy, the Mayor's Office of
Industrial and Manufacturing Businesses commissioned the New York Industrial
Retention Network (NYIRN) to study the sector; NYIRN enlisted FPI to conduct the
formal economic impact analysis.
January 25, 2007, with addendum of February 5, 2007.
New York State
Workers' Compensation: How Big Is the Coverage Shortfall? Between 500,000
and a million New York workers who should have workers' compensation coverage do
not, and the system's revenues are $500 million to $1 billion lower than they
should be. Fragmented responsibility for enforcement has allowed employers to
provide unemployment insurance but not workers' compensation coverage to some
workers; in other cases employers misclassify employees as consultants to keep
them out of both systems.
August 2006.
New York's
Big Picture: A Report to
the New York Film, Television and Commercial Initiative.
FPI worked with researchers from Cornell
University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations and City and Regional
Planning Department on this study of New York's film, television and commercial
production industries. Among the findings: Including direct, indirect and
induced effects, the total value added by these industries in New York was an
estimated $13.1 billion in 2005, considerably higher than previous estimates of
the film sector's impact.
April 2006.
The New York City
Construction Labor Market (PDF). This labor market profile was prepared by
the Fiscal Policy Institute for the NYC Employment and Training Coalition and
NYC Workforce Investment Board. Among the findings: New York City construction
employment, now about 250,000 workers, is likely to expand considerably over the
next five years. Construction workers residing in the city are overwhelmingly
male, and nearly 63 percent of construction workers are non-white. They earn a median
wage of $14.90.
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December 9, 2005.
New York City’s Labor
Market Outlook with a special emphasis on Immigrant Workers.
(PDF)
September 15, 2005.
New National Report Offers Sobering Look at Trends in New York's Early
Childhood Education Workforce.
June 2005.
Prospects for Information
Technology Jobs in New York’s Finance Sector (PDF), prepared for the CUNY
Institute for Software Design and Development.
May 17, 2005.
Taking
Away the Ladder of Opportunity: Hotel Conversions and the Threat Posed to
New York City's Tourism Jobs and Economic Diversity.
March 25, 2004.
Immigrant Workers and the Minimum
Wage in New York City.
(PDF)
January 2004.
Building Jobs: A Blueprint for the "New" New York.
Prepared for the Building Trades Employers' Association of New York and the
Consortium for Worker Education. (PDF)
June 2003.
The Construction Labor Market in New
York City: Trends and Issues.
(PDF)
April 2003.
Security
Guards & Building Services Occupations in New York City: Trends and Issues.
(PDF)
October 2002. Private Social Services (Individual & Family
Services and Job Training/Vocational Rehabilitation Services) in New York City: Trends and Issues.
October 2002. Private Educational Services and Child Day Care
Services in New York City: Trends and Issues.
August 19, 2002.
Labor Market Trends and
Issues in the New York City Non-Profit Social Services Sector.
July 29, 2002.
Labor Market Trends and Issues in the
New York City Securities Industry.
July
18, 2002. Administrative Support and Clerical
Occupations in the New York City Corporate Services Sector: Trends and Issues.
July 18, 2002.
Entry-Level Jobs in the New York City
Information Technology Labor Market.
June 4, 2002.
Health Care Industry: Trends and Issues.
March 8, 2002. The Employment Impact of
the September 11 World Trade Center Attacks: Updated Estimates based on the Benchmarked
Employment Data.
November 5, 2001. World Trade Center Job Impacts Take a Heavy
Toll on Low-Wage Workers: Occupational and Wage Implications of Job Losses Related to the
September 11 World Trade Center Attack.
September 28, 2001.
Economic Impact of the September 11
World Trade Center Attack.
Preliminary Report.
