The Monthly Labor Review turns 100

To help commemorate the Monthly Labor Review’s centennial accomplishment (July 1915–July 2015), the Review will publish a series of articles throughout the year. The articles cover topics that “unlock the vaults” to teach us about the past. Several do this by rediscovering some of the wealth of information from the Review’s first 100 years. This page will be updated to include the title and a link to each article as each is posted.

• Celebrating 100 years of the Monthly Labor Review by Erica L. Groshen   7/2/15
• Comparison of U.S. and international labor turnover statistics by Katherine Bauer   7/29/15
• Consumer spending in World War II: the forgotten consumer expenditure surveys by Steven W. Henderson   8/13/15
• The National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth: research highlights by Alison Aughinbaugh, Charles R. Pierret, and Donna S. Rothstein   9/16/15
• Labor law highlights, 1915–2015 by Graham Boone   10/7/15
• The quest for meaningful and accurate occupational health and safety statistics by Dino Drudi   12/30/15
• One hundred years of Current Employment Statistics data collection by Nicholas Johnson   1/19/16
• The life of American workers in 1915 by Carol Boyd Leon   2/4/16
• Reimagining the Monthly Review, July 1915 by William J. Wiatrowski   2/23/16
• Current Employment Statistics data and their contributions as key economic indicators by Richa Ajmera and Angie Clinton   3/15/16
• The Consumer Expenditure Survey redesign initiative by Adam Safir, Jay Ryan, Laura Erhard, Lindsay Jilk, and Lucilla Tan   4/13/16
• The Monthly Labor Review at 100—part I: the early years, 1915–30 by Brian I. Baker   5/6/16
• The Monthly Labor Review at 100—part II: the “middle years,” 1930–80 by Brian I. Baker   5/24/16
• The Monthly Labor Review at 100—part III: inflation, employment, and the labor force since 1980 by Brian I. Baker   6/22/16
• The Monthly Labor Review at 100—part IV: employee benefits, industries and occupations, and worker safety and health since 1980 by Brian I. Baker   7/7/16
• The first 50 years of the Producer Price Index: setting inflation expectations for today by Lana Conforti   6/10/16
• One hundred years of Current Employment Statistics—the history of CES sample design by Laura A. Kelter   8/9/16
• Current Employment Statistics survey: 100 years of employment, hours, and earnings by Lyda Ghanbari and Michael D. McCall   8/29/16
• One hundred years of Current Employment Statistics—an overview of survey advancements by John P. Mullins   8/31/16

In addition to publishing these articles, the Review will publish a series of essays throughout the year. The essays―written by eminent authorities and distinguished experts in a broad range of fields―cover a variety of topics pertinent to the Review and the work of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). However, unlike the articles, the essays take a forward-looking approach to what each author sees as opportunities and challenges to BLS and the U.S. workforce. Each essay is unique and comprises the words and opinion of the author. We’ve found the essays to be enlightening and inspirational. We hope you do as well. Essays published to date include the following:

• Rising to the challenge of a 21st century workforce by Thomas E. Perez   7/2/15
• Preparing for the future—whatever it might hold by Elaine L. Chao   7/2/15
• The pendulum will swing back by Katharine G. Abraham   8/5/15
• Preserving the American Dream in the face of change by Richard Trumka   8/19/15
• The increasing importance of Hispanics to the U.S. workforce by Maria T. Mora   9/15/15
• Freelancers in the U.S. workforce by Sara Horowitz   10/1/15
• Digitization changes everything: improving economic measurement in an era of radical innovation and transformation by Martin Fleming   10/23/15
• Looking at the labor market of 25 years from now: demography, demography, demography by Douglas Holtz-Eakin   11/6/15
• Future surveys by Don A. Dillman   11/17/15
• A century of the Monthly Labor Review: projections and prognostications by David Wessel   12/15/15
• Reflections on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Monthly Labor Review by Lawrence D. Brown, Constance F. Citro, and Lisa M. Lynch   1/22/16
• Labor markets in 2040: big data could be a big deal for jobseekers by Katie Clark Sieben   2/10/16
• Technology may disrupt occupations, but it won’t kill jobs by Rob Atkinson   2/26/16
• I, robot? by J.D. Foster   3/10/16
• Expect 25 years of rapid change by Kevin A. Hassett and Michael R. Strain   3/23/16
• The balance of technology, data, and values by Joy J. Forehand   5/12/16
• The Monthly Labor Review through a century of economic transformation by Edward Montgomery   5/26/16
• Labor market will shape U.S. economy in years to come by Mark M. Zandi   6/21/16