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July 1982

How accurate were projections of the 1980 labor force?

Howard N Fullerton, Jr.

All four Bureau of Labor Statistics projections, the first in 1965 and the last in 1976, were lower than the actual 1980 labor force; most of the discrepancy can be attributed to the underestimation of the participation rates of women.

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