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Featured Article
Featured article image February 2024

Reconstruction of CES time series: implementing the NAICS 2022 redefinitions

Albert Kleine, Christopher Nesseth

Current Employment Statistics data are reclassified after changes to the North American Industry Classification System in 2022.

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Book Reviews
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The labor speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Justin Holt

Dr. King analyzes the relationship between organized labor and the Civil Rights Movement.

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Beyond BLS

What is the value of a universal COVID-19 vaccine?

Jonas Trostle

An economic model puts the value of a universal COVID-19 vaccine at trillions of dollars.

AI improved the productivity of a Fortune 500 software company

Nicholas A. Schaffer

Researchers find that the use of AI increased productivity and improved customer sentiment.

Union power and worker welfare

Yavor Ivanchev

Economists study how changes in unionization affect measures associated with worker welfare.

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Flashback
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June 1984

In celebrating women’s history month, read about the perspectives of women in the labor force in 1984.

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