Articles and Research Papers Using MXP Data

External Research

The BLS Restricted Data Access Program grants external researchers access to confidential microdata for approved statistical analysis. The results are reviewed by BLS to assure confidentiality and are published in academic journals and working papers.

Papers Using U.S. Import and Export Price Survey Microdata

Internal Articles and Research

Additional articles and research papers are written within BLS to provide significant insight focusing on interesting topics within the import/export price indexes. These publications range in scope and purpose from informal articles such as Beyond the Numbers articles to more formal Monthly Labor Review Journal articles.

Beyond the Numbers Articles

• How tariffs relate to BLS import and export price indexes (May 2020) (PDF)


• The relationship between crude oil prices and export prices of major agricultural commodities (April 2019) (PDF)


• The rise and fall of almond prices: Asia, drought, and consumer preference (October 2017) (PDF)




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Monthly Labor Review Articles

• From the barrel to the pump: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on prices for petroleum products (October 2020) (PDF)


• The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food price indexes and data collection (August 2020) (PDF)


• Comparing NAICS-based Producer Price Index industry net output data and International Price Program import data (March 2018) (PDF)




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Economic Working Papers

• Unit Values for Import and Export Price Indexes - A Proof of Concept (2019) (HTML)


• Measuring Export Price Movements with Administrative Trade Data (2019) (HTML)




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BLS Statistical Survey Papers

• Assessing Nonresponse Bias in the International Price Program’s (IPP) Import and Export Price Index Surveys (2009) (HTML)


• Evaluation of Error Components in a Simulation-Based Evaluation of a Survey Procedure (2008) (HTML)




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Last Modified Date: December 7, 2020