The U.S. Census Bureau and the Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership in collaboration with the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) and the Labor Market Institute (LMI), welcomes Dylan Schafer as he presents, “A Preliminary Investigation into the Metro Area Job-to-Job Flows and Earnings Data in the Manufacturing Sector.” This presentation will look at hires and separation rates from job-to-job flows and flows from and to persistent non-employment from 2001 to 2017 in the Detroit metropolitan area. Additional insight will be given on origin and destination job earnings, flows into and out of the Detroit metro area, industry sector flows, and analysis on worker age, education, and gender.

Dylan Schafer is an Economic Analyst with the State of Michigan’s Bureau of Labor Market Information and Strategic Initiatives (BLMISI). He began his work under the Bureau’s Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program where he focused on the surveying and analyzing of job vacancy data. Currently he works in the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program where his focus includes the collection and analysis of industry employment and wage data throughout Michigan. He received his B.S. in Economics from Michigan State University.