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January 2020
Occupational employment and wage differences across cohorts of establishments
The authors use data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey and the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages to estimate occupational and wage distributions of employees by the founding dates of their employing establishments, with older establishments having higher levels of employment and wages.
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Economic development and growth in Latin American and Caribbean countries
Why have Latin American and Caribbean countries lagged in productivity?
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Would a Medicare-for-all system lower healthcare costs in the United States?
Lowering healthcare cost using a Medicare-for-all system in the United States—Is it a possibility or just a myth?
Preferential treatment for admission to Harvard
Harvard’s admission process may be preferential.
Could changing hiring practices help more women climb the corporate ladder?
Hiring practices could increase women’s chances of promotion.
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Fatal occupational injuries to older workers
70 years of the Occupational Outlook Handbook
The relative weakness in earnings of production workers in manufacturing, 1990–2018
Inflation expectations and inflation realities: a comparison of the Treasury Breakeven Inflation curve and the Consumer Price Index before, during, and after the Great Recession
Producer prices in the legal services industry after the Great Recession
American Indians and Alaska Natives in the U.S. labor force
Flashback
As we honor Black History Month, let’s look back at the Labor Department’s first program established to help Black workers.
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