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IRS Migration Data Shows Increased Movement in 2020 August 16, 2022
New IRS data on taxpayer migration during the first year of the pandemic shows an uptick of movement between California and other states, as well as within California.
Exploring Recent Trends in California Births August 30, 2021
In 2020, CA births dropped 6%, the biggest one-year decline since 1972. This post offers some observations on this trend.
Net Taxpayer Outmigration Increased During 2017-2019 July 6, 2021
New IRS data show that the state had higher net losses of income tax filers during 2017-2019 than the prior five years.
COVID-19 and the Labor Market: Which Workers Have Been Hardest Hit by the Pandemic? December 8, 2020
The California labor market collapsed in late March and early April due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In response to COVID-19, state and local officials took steps to limit the spread of the disease. The Governor issued a statewide stay-at-home order on March 19. Since that time, public health officials have issued various directives limiting daily activities. These efforts, as well as health concerns, depressed economic activity across the state. As a result, many employers cut jobs. In this post, we take a closer look at how the pandemic has affected different industries and different types of workers in California.
COVID-19 and the Labor Market: Who Are California's Frontline and Remote Workers? December 8, 2020
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has upended the way many Californians work. As we described in the first post in this series, many workers have lost their jobs due to the pandemic and job losses have disproportionately affected women, younger workers, less educated workers, and Latino workers. Other workers have had to change the way they work, either by taking extra precautions in how they interact with customers and colleagues or by temporarily working from home instead of the office or job site. In this post, we take a closer look at this group: people whose jobs entail frequent person-to-person contact (frontline workers) and those who likely have been able to work from home (remote workers).
A Look at County Level Domestic Migration March 5, 2018
This post explores migration between California's 15 most populous counties and other states.
California Losing Residents Via Domestic Migration February 21, 2018
This post explores trends in migration between California and other states.
California's New Minimum Wage: Who are California's Low-Wage Workers? December 6, 2016
We discuss various characteristics of California's low-wage workers.
Lower-Income Households Moving to Inland California from Coast September 16, 2015
A look at American Communtiy Survey data shows notable movement of lower-income households from California's expensive coastal metro areas to the state's inland metro regions.
Placer, Bay Area, Riverside Lead in Net In-Migration March 26, 2015
New Census data show that Bay Area counties are among those in the state with the most robust in-migration in recent years.
California's Changing Population December 5, 2014
California's population is changing. The 65-and-over age group is the state's fastest-growing one. Also, at some point before 2020, Hispanics are expected to become a plurality of the state's population for the first time.