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Beyond BLS

Beyond BLS briefly summarizes articles, reports, working papers, and other works published outside BLS on broad topics of interest to MLR readers.

November 2011

Does unemployment lead to better health?, Is the U.S. housing market about to improve?

Summary written by: BLS Staff

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