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Contract Jobs Dominated Job Growth Since 2005

Small Business Labs

job growth since 2005 has been in contracting gigs  covers a study by two noted academic economists that found all net employment growth in the U.S. economy since 2005 appears to have occurred in alternative work arrangements. in 2005 to 15.8% million in February 2005 to 23.6 million (66.5%) from 14.2

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It’s International Coworking Day — Learn About Its History, Plus Ways To Celebrate

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Software engineer Brad Neuberg is credited as the person who kicked off not just Coworking Day, but the whole coworking movement itself, when he blogged about the idea on August 9, 2005 : . Even today, the essence of coworking remains remarkably true to Brad’s 2005 vision:? . Where will you be working on August 9? .

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Academic Studies Show Gig Economy Larger Than Government Data Suggests

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The Federal Reserve itself, in their 2017 Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. The BLS 2017 Alternative Employment Arrangement Survey results even showed the share of U.S. workforce had declined since 2005.  These finding are not surprising. This study was also based on SHED data. gig/contract workers in the U.S.

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Vanity Fair Covers the Contingent Worker Supplement to the Current Population Survey

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Vanity Fair's The Obama Administration Is Finally Getting Serious About the On-Demand Economy covers the plan by the Department of Labor and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to run the contingent worker supplement as part of the May 2017 current population survey.    In the forecasting world, we call this a signal.

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Poor air quality affects chess players, and it might be affecting you too

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The researchers studied the performance of 121 chess players across three separate tournaments between 2017 and 2019. Analysis of daily air pollution data in China revealed a negative relationship between air quality and stock returns from 2005 to 2014. The World Bank estimates this cost to be US$8.1 trillion (£6.7 trillion) each year.

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How Immersive Art Has Transformed the Ways People Experience Creativity??????????

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Dale Chiluly, COV “Finland Glass Boat” Nuutajarvi, Finland.

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How Immersive Art Has Transformed the Ways People Experience Creativity??????????

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Dale Chiluly, COV “Finland Glass Boat” Nuutajarvi, Finland.

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