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August 2020
Geographic impact of COVID-19 in BLS surveys by industry
The local spread of coronavirus-19 has disproportionally affected employment across industries.
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Closing the gender data gap to create equality
This book emphasizes the need for gendered data and examines how the current gender data gap hurts women.
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Working women and the early COVID-19 shutdowns
How have job losses caused by COVID-19 affected working women?
The consistency of economic recoveries over the 1949–2019 period
This study shows that the unemployment rate declines in a predictable way following recessions.
Advanced degree pay premium
Will an advance degree increase earnings?
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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
Job openings, hires, and quits set record highs in 2019
Ability to work from home: evidence from two surveys and implications for the labor market in the COVID-19 pandemic
Demographics, earnings, and family characteristics of workers in sectors initially affected by COVID-19 shutdowns
Flashback
To mark the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), let’s look back at labor force trends for people with disabilities before ADA was enacted.
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