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September 2020
Exploring changes in real average hourly earnings, June 2009 to December 2019
This article examines trends in real average hourly earnings (1982–84 dollars) for all employees from June 2009 to December 2019. It looks at real earnings at the total private and major industry levels, with more detailed analysis for select industries.
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Baking a bigger pie and eating it, too: the false tradeoff between innovation and equality
This book explains how smart policy decisions can foster both innovation and equality, with no tradeoff between those two goals.
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How did the 2005 hurricanes affect individuals’ long-term earnings?
Using linked survey and administrative data, researchers find that the effects of hurricanes may increase earnings over the long term but with varied outcomes.
COVID-19, educational attainment, and the impact on American workers
How does COVID-19 effect American workers with different levels of education?
COVID-19 recession is tougher on women
The economic downturn from COVID-19 has hit women harder than men.
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Comparing characteristics and selected expenditures of dual- and single-income households with children
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food price indexes and data collection
Geographic impact of COVID-19 in BLS surveys by industry
Measuring the substitution effect in Producer Price Index goods data: 2002–16
Making volunteer work visible: supplementary measures of work in labor force statistics
Examining industry composition effects in state employment
Flashback
As we celebrate the heritage of Hispanic Americans this month, let us also read about their diversity in the labor force between 1980 and 1993.
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