Research and Analysis Resources
On the outer perimeter of the Green Jobs outlook are facts, figures, quantitative and predictive analytics. It’s not very often that I get to poke around the Internet. Today was different.
- The Best External Web Links On Prediction Markets And On Everything Else, according to Midas Oracle.org.
- TEDTalks coming in February – speaker lineup at the TED website.
- Labor Statistics from StateMaster.com
If you haven’t been to Statemaster.com you might find some of their statistics interesting. For example, according to the American Community Survey, in 2004 70.4% of our workers are ”Private Wage and Salary Workers” meaning, they are “Civilian Employed” as opposed to employed by the government. Does this mean that nearly 30% of our jobs are government jobs in Hawaii?
Only five other states had more folks employed by the government.
Also interesting, 68.4% Percent of “Workers 16 Years and Over Travel to Work by Car, Truck, or Van–Drove Alone” in 2004. Does this indicate a significant opportunty for telecommuting?
Listing of all the rest of the stats for the State of Hawaii.
- Aother view of the U.S. Congress. Increase transparency in the U.S. Congress at Legistorm.com.
- Up on the Roof, New Jobs in Solar Power – a NY Times article
According to the Solar Energy Industries Association, based in Washington, there was a 45 percent increase in installed solar energy systems in 2007 over 2006.
More than 3,400 companies are in the solar energy sector and employ about 25,000 to 35,000 workers, including installers, manufacturers, distributors and project developers and materials suppliers.
“We estimate that will grow to more than 110,000 direct solar jobs by 2016,” said Monique Hanis, a spokeswoman for the organization. - Community Economic Development Hot Report
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- Technorati Profile
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