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Featured Article
Featured article image September 2024

Nonprofit earnings and sectoral employment in the United States since 1994

David A. Macpherson, Barry T. Hirsch, William E. Even

This article presents and examines data on employment and earnings in the nonprofit, for-profit, and public sectors.

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Book Reviews
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Balancing tomorrow’s progress with a prosperous workforce

Melanie Sherrill

This book examines how technological innovation may affect the U.S. labor market and the future of work.

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Beyond BLS

One eye on U.S. coffers, one eye on their own: foreign policy rates and U.S. debt

Harry Nitzberg

The fiscal decisions of the United States can affect central banks internationally.

Is there a transgender earnings gap?

Nicholas A. Schaffer

Researchers use administrative data to evaluate the labor market outcomes of transgender Americans.

What is your ideal inflation rate?

Richard Hernandez

Economists try to understand the difference between policy makers’ preferred inflation rate and that of the general population.

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Flashback
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December 1983

In a 1983 article, BLS looks at the long-term effects of the labor force from the 1940s to 80s on earnings and employment of family members.

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