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California

Technology industries helped post-Great Recession jobs grow faster in northern than in southern California 12/05/2014

Canada

Manufacturing violence at the border 05/14/2020
The second century of workers’ compensation programs 10/03/2018
Proposed steel and aluminum tariffs: U.S. GDP gets a trim 06/26/2018
Counting injuries and illnesses in the workplace: an international review 09/26/2017
Navigating national regulations and global changes: international and comparative employment 06/06/2017
Comparisons of economic performance: Canada versus Australia, 1983-2000 04/01/2005
Differences in productivity growth: Canadian-U.S. business sectors, 1987-2000 04/01/2003
Information technology and economic growth in Canada and the U.S. 10/01/2002
A perspective on the U.S.-Canada manufacturing productivity gap 02/01/2001
New views of inequality trends in Canada and the United States 04/01/1998
U.S. and foreign productivity and unit labor costs 02/01/1997
International unemployment indicators, 1983-93 08/01/1995
Employment change and sectoral distribution in 10 countries, 1970-90 10/01/1993
International comparisons of unemployment indicators 03/01/1993
Manufacturing productivity and labor costs in 14 economies 12/01/1991
Comparison of purchasing power parity between the United States and Canada 12/01/1987
Recent trends in unemployment and the labor force, 10 countries 08/01/1985
Task force encourages diffusion of microelectronics in Canada 10/01/1983
Unemployment experience in Canada: a 5-year longitudinal analysis 04/01/1983
Canadian legal approaches to sex equality in the workplace 10/01/1982

Child care

Comparing characteristics and selected expenditures of dual- and single-income households with children 09/04/2020
Balancing college and kids: estimating time allocation differences for college students with and without children 02/05/2019
A feminist choice: longitudinal work–family decisions into the new millennium 11/08/2018
Mothers and the clock 03/01/2013
The parenting of infants: a time-use study 10/01/2009
Comparing childcare measures in the ATUS and earlier time-diary studies 05/01/2007
Expenditures of single parents: how does gender figure in? 07/01/2002
Childcare Benefits Continue to Evolve 06/01/2001
Boom in day care industry the result of many social changes 08/01/1995
Child care: arrangements and costs 10/01/1991
Child-care problems: an obstacle to work 10/01/1991
Child day care services: an industry at a crossroads 12/01/1990
Helping employees with family care 09/01/1990
Employers and child care: what roles do they play? 09/01/1988
Rise in mothers’ labor force activity includes those with infants 02/01/1986
Working mothers reach record number in 1984 12/01/1984
Labor force activity of women receiving child support or alimony 11/01/1982
More than half of all children have working mothers 02/01/1982
Working mothers and their children 05/01/1981

Child care arrangements

Opting out of isolated studies on mothers in the labor force 04/04/2019
A feminist choice: longitudinal work–family decisions into the new millennium 11/08/2018
Does paid family leave increase leave taking among fathers? 02/23/2016
Stay-at-home mothers through the years 09/04/2014
Workplace cooperation among women and men 08/04/2014

Child care industry

China

Proposed steel and aluminum tariffs: U.S. GDP gets a trim 06/26/2018
Navigating national regulations and global changes: international and comparative employment 06/06/2017
The U.S.–China trade deficit—a value-added perspective 10/01/2013
A welcome “sticker” shock: “Made in the U.S.A.” 08/06/2013
China’s employment and compensation costs in manufacturing through 2008 03/01/2011
China’s manufacturing employment and compensation costs: 2002-06 04/01/2009
Labor costs of manufacturing employees in China: an update to 2003?04 11/01/2006
China’s changing economy. 06/01/2006
Manufacturing earnings and compensation in China 08/01/2005
Manufacturing employment in China 07/01/2005
Employment restructuring during China’s economic transition 08/01/2002

Coal

Collective bargaining

Manufacturing violence at the border 05/14/2020
Compromise at work: processes, policies, and outcomes that shape U.S. labor relations 08/06/2018
Navigating national regulations and global changes: international and comparative employment 06/06/2017
Music for the people: the role of music in the southern textile strikes of 1929–34 05/26/2017
Welcome to the jungle: organized labor in decline 11/05/2014
The hockey lockout of 2012–2013 07/19/2013
Profiles of significant collective bargaining disputes of 2012 05/19/2013
The basketball lockout of 2011 12/01/2012
The football lockout of 2011 08/01/2012
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Union Representation Elections, 1997-2009 06/30/2010
Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes of 2009 03/31/2010
Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes of 2010 02/23/2010
Union membership attrition 01/01/2010
Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes of 2008 06/24/2009
Union members in 2007: a visual essay 10/01/2008
Major Union Mergers, Alliances, and Disaffiliations, 1995-2007 09/24/2008
Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes in 2007 05/22/2008
Collective Bargaining Agreements File Moves to New Home 11/30/2007
Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes in 2006 04/18/2007
Major Work Stoppages in 2004 and 2005 10/25/2006
Union membership statistics in 24 countries 01/01/2006
The hockey lockout of 2004-05 12/01/2005
IRRA Changes Its Name 11/30/2005
Medical Insurance Premiums and Establishment Size, 2005 08/31/2005
Major Work Stoppages in 2003 11/23/2004
Industries with 10 or More Major Work Stoppages for the Period 1993-2003 10/27/2004
IRRA Considers Name Change 11/24/2003
Labor contract negotiations in the airline industry 07/01/2003
Looking Back at the Early Settlement between the Teamsters and UPS 06/25/2003
What Can You Tell Me About Collective Bargaining Expirations and Work Stoppages? 05/28/2003
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Union Representation Elections, 1998-2002 04/28/2003
Major Work Stoppages in 2002 04/28/2003
Unique Provision in ISG-United Steelworkers Recent Agreement 03/26/2003
2001 Major Work Stoppages 01/30/2003
IRRA Holds Its 2002 National Forum in Washington, DC 01/30/2003
A Look Back at the Kaiser Aluminum and United Steelworkers Dispute 01/30/2003
Baseball negotiations: a new agreement 12/01/2002
The Evolution of Compensation in a Changing Economy 09/01/2001
Estimates of union density by State. 07/01/2001
Joint Local Labor-management Safety and Health Committee Provisions in Private Sector Collective Bargaining Agreements 12/01/2000
Union membership, by States 09/01/2000
Work Stoppages in 1999 09/01/2000
Union-nonunion Wage Differences, 1997 03/01/2000
Longshore Settlement May Bring 3 Years of Labor Peace 12/01/1999
Profile of the American Airlines Pilot Sickout 12/01/1999
Workplace Violence Provisions in Private Sector Collective Bargaining Agreements 09/01/1999
Union membership by State 06/01/1999
1998 Work Stoppages 06/01/1999
Labor relations in basketball: the lockout of 1998-99 04/01/1999
Cooperative provisions in collective bargaining agreements: a new paradigm? 01/01/1999
Looking Back at the SEPTA Transit Strike 12/01/1998
How do labor and management view collective bargaining? 10/01/1998
1982-97 State and Local Government Work Stoppages and Their Legal Background 09/01/1998
Caterpillar’s Prolonged Dispute Ends 09/01/1998
Collective bargaining agreements: safety and health provisions 05/01/1998
105th Congress Addresses Working Conditions 12/01/1997
Profile of an Airline Emergency Dispute 09/01/1997
The baseball strike of 1994-95 03/01/1997
Major Work Stoppage Activity Moves Up in 1996 03/01/1997
Stretching Out a Victory in Long Rubber Dispute 03/01/1997
Trends in the Differences Between Union and Nonunion Workers in Pay Using the Employment Cost Index 09/01/1996
Bargaining outlook for 1996 01/01/1996
Labor-management bargaining in 1995 01/01/1996
Collective bargaining in State and local government, 1994 06/01/1995
Collective bargaining in private industry, 1994 06/01/1995
Collective bargaining outlook for 1995 01/01/1995
Labor-management bargaining in 1994 01/01/1995
Negotiated changes in State and local government contracts, 1993 08/01/1994
Compensation gains moderated in 1993 private industry settlements 05/01/1994
Labor-management bargaining in 1993 01/01/1994
Collective Bargaining in 1994 01/01/1994
Negotiated wage changes in government, 1992 06/01/1993
Collective bargaining agreements in 1992 05/01/1993
Collective bargaining in 1993: jobs are the issue 01/01/1993
Labor-management bargaining in 1992 01/01/1993
Wage and compensation changes in settlements, 1991 05/01/1992
Collective bargaining in 1992: contract talks and other activity 01/01/1992
Collective bargaining, 1991: recession colors talks 01/01/1992
Wages and compensation: 1990 negotiated adjustments 05/01/1991
Collective bargaining during 1991 01/01/1991
Collective bargaining in 1990: search for solutions continues 01/01/1991
South African trade unions: a historical account, 1970-90 10/01/1990
A new measure of compensation cost adjustments 08/01/1990
Measuring union-nonunion earnings differences 06/01/1990
Higher settlements in 1989 end innovation decade 05/01/1990
Collective bargaining in 1989: old problems, new issues 01/01/1990
Collective bargaining in 1990 01/01/1990
United Auto Workers 29th constitutional convention 10/01/1989
Collective bargaining and private sector professionals 09/01/1989
Employee representation on U.S., German boards 09/01/1989
Can employee associations negotiate new growth? 07/01/1989
Major collective bargaining settlements in private industry in 1988 05/01/1989
Collective bargaining and labor-management relations in 1988 01/01/1989
Collective bargaining in 1989: talks set in diverse industries 01/01/1989
The football strike of 1987: the question of free agency 08/01/1988
How the 1980’s have changed industrial relations 05/01/1988
Wage adjustments in contracts negotiated in private industry in 1987 05/01/1988
Have the 1980’s changed U.S. industrial relations? 05/01/1988
A review of collective bargaining in 1987 01/01/1988
The outlook for collective bargaining in 1988 01/01/1988
Major labor contracts in 1986 provided record low wage adjustments 05/01/1987
Italian labor relations: a system in transition 03/01/1987
How are Japanese unions responding to microelectronics-based automation? 03/01/1987
Labor-management scene in 1986 reflects continuing difficulties 01/01/1987
Collective bargaining in 1987: local, regional issues to set tone 01/01/1987
Steelworkers press organizing and coordinated bargaining 11/01/1986
Communications Workers focus on bargaining with AT&T 07/01/1986
Wage restraints continue in 1985 major contracts 04/01/1986
West German labor unrest: are unions losing ground to worker councils? 02/01/1986
Collective bargaining during 1986: pressures to curb costs remain 01/01/1986
Labor and management continue to combat mutual problems in 1985 01/01/1986
Area wage surveys shed light on declines in unionization 09/01/1985
Should works councils be used as industrial relations policy? 07/01/1985
BLS expands collective bargaining series for State and local government 05/01/1985
Major agreements in 1984 provide record low wage increases 04/01/1985
State employee bargaining: policy and organization 04/01/1985
Changing employment patterns of organized workers 02/01/1985
Modest labor-management bargains continue in 1984 despite the recovery 01/01/1985
Bargaining activity light in private industry in 1985 01/01/1985
Pay in data processing services by occupation and urban area,Future of collective bargaining probed in ILO report 09/01/1984
Are unions facing a crisis? labor officials are divided 08/01/1984
Auto industry experiments with the Guaranteed Income Stream 07/01/1984
Industrial democracy: made in the U.S.A. 05/01/1984
Economy improves; bargaining problems persist in 1983 01/01/1984
Collective bargaining calendar crowded again in 1984 01/01/1984
Job-creating performance of employee-owned firms 08/01/1983
The evolution of fair labor standards: a study in class conflict 08/01/1983
NLRB v . Yeshiva University: a positive perspective 07/01/1983
The origins and operations of area labor-management committees 05/01/1983
Reforming the U.S. system of collective bargaining 03/01/1983
An experiment in the mediation of grievances 03/01/1983
Collective bargaining in 1982: results dictated by economy 01/01/1983
Collective bargaining in 1983:a crowded agenda 01/01/1983
Helping labor and management see and solve problems 09/01/1982
Wage increases moderate in 1981 05/01/1982
Becoming a union leader: the path to local office 02/01/1982
Scheduled wage increases and cost-of-living provisions in 1982 01/01/1982
Organized labor in 1981: a shifting of priorities 01/01/1982
Bargaining calendar will be heavy in 1982 12/01/1981
Key officer of new police union loses to coalition in close vote 10/01/1981
British collective bargaining: a decade of reformation 07/01/1981
Scheduled wage increases and cost-of-living provisions in 1981 01/01/1981
Industrial relations in 1980 influenced by inflation and recession 01/01/1981

Colorado

Compensation

Estimating variances for modeled wage estimates 03/03/2020
Is the U.S. labor market for truck drivers broken? 03/01/2019
The second century of workers’ compensation programs 10/03/2018
Why are employer-sponsored health insurance premiums higher in the public sector than in the private sector? 09/06/2018
Wage and job-skill distributions in the National Compensation Survey 02/10/2017
Purchasing power: using wage statistics with regional price parities to create a standard for comparing wages across U.S. areas 04/11/2016
Nonprofit pay and benefits: estimates from the National Compensation Survey 01/28/2016
Compensation inequality: evidence from the National Compensation Survey 07/07/2015
Measuring the generosity of employer-sponsored health plans: an actuarial-value approach 06/02/2015
Automatic enrollment, employer match rates, and employee compensation in 401(k) plans 05/28/2015
The National Compensation Survey and the Affordable Care Act: preserving quality health care data 04/08/2015
Why do women still earn less than men? 06/25/2014
Do performance-based incentives work for teachers? 05/19/2014
Measuring the distribution of wages in the United States from 1996 through 2010 using the Occupational Employment Survey 05/05/2014
A better way to measure pay differentials among industries 03/19/2014
Determining the employment effect of raising the minimum wage 02/05/2014
Performance-related pay in the United States is becoming less prevalent 02/04/2014
Job promotion in midcareer: gender, recession, and “crowding” 01/27/2014
Former smokers earn more 11/08/2013
Using data from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries to estimate the “value of a statistical life” 10/31/2013
Wage estimates by job characteristic: NCS and OES program data 08/27/2013
For higher profits, pay workers more? 04/01/2013
The last private industry pension plans: a visual essay 12/01/2012
A new measure of compensation cost adjustments 08/01/1990
International differences in employers’ compensation costs 05/01/1988
Pay-for-knowledge compensation plans: hypotheses and survey results 10/01/1987
Tips: the mainstay of many hotel workers’ pay 07/01/1985
Federal Supplemental Compensation and Unemployment Insurance recipients 04/01/1984
Skill level differences in white-collar pay 12/01/1983
Compensation cost increases: slowdown continues in 1982 06/01/1983

Compensation costs

Can employers sustain profitability while employees delay their retirement? 03/08/2019
The second century of workers’ compensation programs 10/03/2018
Examining price transmission across labor compensation costs, consumer prices, and finished-goods prices 04/20/2017
Introducing 2012 fixed employment weights for the Employment Cost Index 08/03/2016
Nonprofit pay and benefits: estimates from the National Compensation Survey 01/28/2016
Automatic enrollment, employer match rates, and employee compensation in 401(k) plans 05/28/2015
Changes in the publication of seasonally adjusted Employment Cost Index series 03/01/2013
The Relevance of Occupational Wage Leveling 04/27/2012
Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes of 2011 03/30/2012
In Case of Emergency: New Data on Medical Benefits 04/15/2011
China’s employment and compensation costs in manufacturing through 2008 03/01/2011
Ranking of Full-time Civilian Occupations by Hourly and Annual Earnings, July 2009 09/29/2010
Compensation costs in manufacturing across industries and countries, 1975-2007 06/01/2010
How Does Your 401(k) Match Up? 05/26/2010
Labor costs in India’s organized manufacturing sector 05/01/2010
Earnings of Healthcare Workers by Level of Duties and Responsibilities, 2008 04/21/2010
Compensation of residential and nonresidential construction workers 04/01/2010
Occupational Earnings of Full-time Healthcare Workers in Civilian Hospitals, 2008 02/24/2010
The Employment Cost Index and the Impact on Medicare Reimbursements 10/26/2009
A Comparison of Hourly Wage Rates for Full- and Part-Time Workers by Occupation, 2007 07/23/2009
Beyond Basic Benefits: Employee Access to Other Types of Benefits, 1979-2008 05/29/2009
China’s manufacturing employment and compensation costs: 2002-06 04/01/2009
The Structure of State and Local Government Retirement Benefits, 2008 02/25/2009
A Look at Wages in Transportation-Related Occupations in the Memphis Area and in the United States 02/25/2008
Changes in Occupational Ranking and Hourly Earnings, 1997-2005 08/29/2007
Access to Wellness and Employee Assistance Programs in the United States 12/27/2006
Emerging Benefits: Access to Health Promotion Benefits in the United States, Private Industry, 1999 and 2005 07/26/2006
Seasonal adjustment in the ECI and the conversion to NAICS and SOC 04/01/2006
Employment Cost Index publication plans 04/01/2006
Changes affecting the Employment Cost Index: an overview 04/01/2006
Accounting for missing data in the Employment Cost Index 04/01/2006
Introducing 2002 weights for the Employment Cost Index 04/01/2006
Another Retirement Savings Option: Roth 401(k) Plan 02/22/2006
Wages in Profit and Nonprofit Hospitals and Universities 06/29/2005
The Relationship Between Labor Costs and Inflation: A Cyclical Viewpoint 05/24/2005
Real compensation, 1979 to 2003: analysis from several data sources 05/01/2005
Defined Benefit Plans at the Dawn of ERISA 03/30/2005
Comparing the Retirement Savings of the Baby Boomers and Other Cohorts 01/24/2005
Percent of Private Industry Workers Participating in Retirement Plans, Selected Periods, 1990-2003 07/28/2004
Employer Costs for Employee Compensation and the New Industrial and Occupational Classification Systems 05/26/2004
Documenting Benefits Coverage for all Workers 05/26/2004
California Enacts Healthcare Law Covering Uninsured Workers 11/24/2003
Health Insurance Series Now Available from the Employment Cost Index 08/27/2003
Proposal to Strengthen Overtime Protection 05/28/2003
Relative Pay Rates among Major Industry and Occupational Groups 03/26/2003
IRS Proposed Regulations to Simplify Retirement Plan Distribution Rules 03/26/2003
Variable Pay in the BLS National Compensation Survey 01/30/2003
New Tax Law Includes Provisions Affecting Employee Benefits 01/30/2003
Is the ECI sensitive to the method of aggregation? an update 12/01/2002
A perspective on U.S. and foreign compensation costs in manufacturing 06/01/2002
The BLS wage query system: a new tool to access wage data 10/01/2001
Compensation in the 1970s 09/01/2001
The Employment Cost Index: what is it? 09/01/2001
American Labor in the 20th Century 09/01/2001
Compensation from World War II through the Great Society 09/01/2001
The Role of Incentive Pay in the Volatility of the Employment Cost Index 06/01/2001
On the Nonoptimality of the Compensation System in Major League Baseball 06/01/2001
Managed Care Plans and Managed Care Features: Data from the EBS to the NCS 03/01/2001
Stock Option Plans Surveyed by NCS 03/01/2001
The Cost and Incidence of Referral, Hiring and Retention Bonuses 12/01/2000
The National Compensation Survey: Compensation Statistics for the 21st Century 12/01/2000
Putting Stock in Benefits: How Prevalent Is It? 09/01/2000
Private Sector Employee Benefits, 1996-97 06/01/2000
When It Comes To Pay, Does Location Matter? 06/01/2000
Supervisory Duties and the National Compensation Survey 03/01/2000
National Compensation Survey Collects Test Data on Stock Option Plans 12/01/1999
Using the National Compensation Survey to Predict Wage Rates 12/01/1999
National Compensation Produces First Nationwide Results 09/01/1999
Compensation Cost Trends in Private Industry and State and Local Governments 09/01/1999
Comparing benefit costs for full- and part-time workers 03/01/1999
An Overview of the EBS and the NCS 03/01/1999
Tracking Changes in Benefit Costs 03/01/1999
Earnings in Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas 06/01/1998
Overview of the NCS: Summer 1998 06/01/1998
Are Health Industry Compensation Costs a Factor Influencing Employer Health Care Costs? 12/01/1997
The Occupational Compensation Surveys: A Retrospective 09/01/1997
Analyzing Year-to-Year Changes in Employer Costs for Employee Compensation 09/01/1997
Compensation Legislation in the 105th Congress 09/01/1997
Explaining the Differential Growth Rates of the ECI and ECEC 06/01/1997
Measuring Trends in the Structure and Levels of Employer Costs for Employee Compensation 06/01/1997
Comparing Trends in Components of the Employment Cost Index 06/01/1997
New Sample Areas Selected for BLS National Compensation Program 03/01/1997
Nursing Pay in Private Industry, 1994 03/01/1997
Escalation in Employer Costs for Employee Compensation: A Guide for Contracting Parties 03/01/1997
New Approach to Measuring Occupational Wages 12/01/1996
Occupational Wages and Employee Benefits among Small Certificated Air Carriers in Alaska 12/01/1996
BLS Redesigns Its Compensation Surveys 09/01/1996
Trends in the Differences Between Union and Nonunion Workers in Pay Using the Employment Cost Index 09/01/1996
Occupational Wages and Employee Benefits in the Airline Industry 09/01/1996
Occupational Pay Across Regions in 1994 06/01/1996
Total Compensation Costs Increase Nearly 1 Percent 06/01/1996
Towards a Working Definition of Compensation 06/01/1996
International comparisons of manufacturing compensation 10/01/1995
International manufacturing compensation costs 11/01/1994
Compensation gains moderated in 1993 private industry settlements 05/01/1994
Cost of employee compensation in public and private sectors 05/01/1993
Wage and compensation changes in settlements, 1991 05/01/1992
A new measure of compensation cost adjustments 08/01/1990
Employment Cost Index rebased to June 1989 04/01/1990
BLS compensation programs: what will users need? 02/01/1990
Compensation trends into the 21st century 02/01/1990
Employer-provided benefits: employer cost versus employee value 12/01/1989
Measuring the cost and incidence of employee benefits 08/01/1988
Increases in employer costs for employee benefits dampen dramatically 07/01/1988
Analyzing employers’ costs for wages, salaries, and benefits 10/01/1987
BLS prepares to broaden scope of its white-collar pay survey 03/01/1987
State and local government pay increases outpace five-year rise in private industry 02/01/1987
Wage restraints continue in 1985 major contracts 04/01/1986
Introducing new weights for the Employment Cost Index 06/01/1985
Strong post-recession gain in productivity contributes to slow growth in labor costs 12/01/1984
Bureau of Labor Statistics takes a new look at employee benefits 08/01/1982
The Employment Cost Index: recent trends and expansion 05/01/1982
Is employer-sponsored life insurance declining relative to other benefits? 09/01/1981
The 1978-80 pay guidelines: meeting the need for flexibility 07/01/1981
Employment Cost Index in 1980: a first look at total compensation 06/01/1981
Workers’ compensation insurance: recent trends in employer costs 03/01/1981

Computers

Trends among native- and foreign-origin workers in U.S. computer industries 12/15/2017
More time playing online may mean less time for work 11/08/2013
A hedonic model for Internet access service in the Consumer Price Index 07/01/2008
An experimental price index for the computer industry 10/01/1990

Construction

Examining industry composition effects in state employment 07/01/2020
Employment expansion continued in 2019, but growth slowed in several industries 04/22/2020
How did employment fare a decade after its 2008 peak? 10/12/2018
Shale gas production and labor market trends in the U.S. Marcellus–Utica region over the last decade 08/06/2018
Proposed steel and aluminum tariffs: U.S. GDP gets a trim 06/26/2018
Can “bigger” be a roadblock? 01/12/2018
Measuring productivity growth in construction 01/08/2018
Housing and consumption: the home-purchase connection 12/12/2017
Employment expansion continues but at a slower pace 04/11/2017
Injuries from falls to lower levels, 2013 08/16/2016
Industry employment and output projections to 2024 12/08/2015
Using data from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries to estimate the “value of a statistical life” 10/31/2013
Building green (rather than little red) schoolhouses 01/01/2013
Construction employment: a visual essay 11/01/2011
The construction boom and bust in New York City 10/01/2011
Construction employment peaks before the recession and falls sharply throughout it 04/01/2011
The U.S. housing bubble and bust: impacts on employment 12/01/2010
Compensation of residential and nonresidential construction workers 04/01/2010
Two new construction employment series for specialty trade contractors 10/01/2006
Recent employment trends in residential and nonresidential construction 10/01/2006
Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities in Construction, 2004 05/24/2006
Fatal work injuries among foreign-born Hispanic workers 10/01/2005
Fatal occupational injuries at road construction sites. 12/01/2004
BLS Completes Test Surveys of the Construction Industry 03/01/2000
New Data Highlight Severity of Construction Falls 09/01/1999
Retirement Benefits in the Jacksonville, FL and Tucson, AZ Construction Industries 06/01/1999
Test Surveys of the Construction Industry 06/01/1999
How does rental assistance influence spending behavior? 05/01/1994
Recent employment trends in the lumber and wood products industry 08/01/1983
Employment changes in construction: secular, cyclical, and seasonal 03/01/1983
Labor and material requirements for hospital construction 03/01/1982
Employment created by construction expenditures 12/01/1981
Labor and material requirements for Federal building construction 12/01/1981
Employment and unemployment in the first half of 1981 08/01/1981
Labor and material requirements for commercial office building projects 05/01/1981

Consumer expenditures

A framework for the evaluation and use of alternative data in the Consumer Expenditure Surveys 02/10/2021
Changes in consumer behaviors and financial well-being during the coronavirus pandemic: results from the U.S. Household Pulse Survey 12/17/2020
Comparing characteristics and selected expenditures of dual- and single-income households with children 09/04/2020
Consumer Expenditure Survey Methods Symposium and Microdata Users’ Workshop, July 16–19, 2019 04/15/2020
Not fun for young and old alike: how the youngest and oldest consumers have fared in recession and recovery 06/17/2019
Consumer Expenditure Survey Methods Symposium and Microdata Users’ Workshop, July 17–20, 2018 05/17/2019
Consumer Expenditure Surveys Methods Symposium and Microdata Users’ Workshop, July 18–21, 2017 06/04/2018
Fun facts about Millennials: comparing expenditure patterns from the latest through the Greatest generation 03/09/2018
Program participation and spending patterns of families receiving government means-tested assistance 01/19/2018
Housing and consumption: the home-purchase connection 12/12/2017
Consumer Expenditure Surveys Methods Symposium and Microdata Users’ Workshop, July 12–15, 2016 05/26/2017
Consumer spending: past and present 11/07/2016
Popular money-saving strategies prove elusive for low-income households 09/13/2016
Consumer Expenditure Survey Methods Symposium and Microdata Users’ Workshop, 2015 06/07/2016
Consumer spending in World War II: the forgotten consumer expenditure surveys 08/13/2015
Consumer Expenditure Survey Microdata Users’ Workshop and Survey Methods Symposium, 2014 07/13/2015
Improving data quality in Consumer Expenditure Survey with TAXSIM 03/24/2015
Student loan debt: a deeper look 12/18/2014
Imputing income in the Consumer Expenditure Interview Survey 11/13/2014
Consumer spending and U.S. employment from the 2007–2009 recession through 2022 10/02/2014
Consumption patterns and economic status of older households in the United States 09/15/2014
Explaining the 30-year shift in consumer expenditures from commodities to services, 1982–2012 04/30/2014
Consumer Expenditure Survey Microdata Users’ Workshop and Survey Methods Symposium, 2013 04/30/2014
Industry employment and output projections to 2022 12/19/2013
Recent trends in spending patterns of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants and other low-income Americans 09/13/2013
Research highlights of the Consumer Expenditure Survey redesign 09/09/2013
Consumer Expenditure Survey: is it worth expending energy on and need it consume our time? 06/30/2013
Consumer Expenditure Survey Microdata Users’ Workshop, July 2012 04/30/2013
Where did we indulge? Consumer spending during the asset boom 04/30/2013
Wife’s employment and allocation of resources in families with children 09/01/2012
Measuring annual change in household wealth with the Consumer Expenditure Survey 05/01/2012
No longer tax exempt: income tax calculation in the Consumer Expenditure Survey 04/01/2012
Consumer Expenditure Survey Microdata Users’ Workshop, July 2011 04/01/2012
Consumer Expenditure Survey Microdata Users’ Workshop, July 2010 04/01/2011
Household expenditures on children, 2007-08 09/01/2010
Out-of-pocket health care expenditures: a comparison 02/01/2010
New expenditure data in the PSID: comparisons with the CE 02/01/2010
Household liability data in the Consumer Expenditure Survey 12/01/2009
The impact of income imputation in the Consumer Expenditure Survey 08/01/2009
Expenditure patterns of young single adults: two recent generations compared 12/01/2008
An analysis of Southern energy expenditures and prices, 1984-2006 04/01/2008
Household food expenditure patterns: a cluster analysis 04/01/2007
Income imputation and the analysis of consumer expenditure data 11/01/2006
Interarea price levels: an experimental methodology 09/01/2006
The CE and the PCE: a comparison 09/01/2006
Food-at-home expenditures of Asian households 06/01/2006
Economic inequality through the prisms of income and consumption 04/01/2005
A changing market: expenditures by Hispanic consumers, revisited 08/01/2003
Retirement expenditures for Whites, Blacks, and persons of Hispanic origin 06/01/2003
Consumer expenditures for selected items, 1999 and 2000 05/01/2003
Health care and prescription drug spending by seniors 03/01/2003
Consumer spending: an engine for U.S. job growth 11/01/2002
Experimental poverty measures: accounting for medical expenditures 08/01/2002
Planning ahead: consumer expenditure patterns in retirement 07/01/2002
Expenditures of single parents: how does gender figure in? 07/01/2002
A century of family budgets in the United States 05/01/2001
Teenagers: employment and contributions to family spending 09/01/2000
Expenditure patterns of older Americans, 1984-97 05/01/2000
Let’s do lunch: expenditures on meals away from home 05/01/2000
Spending patterns of public-assisted families 05/01/2000
Tracking changes in consumers’ spending habits 09/01/1999
The changing food-at-home budget: 1980 and 1992 compared 12/01/1998
A growing market: expenditures by Hispanic consumers 03/01/1998
Making it on their own: the baby-boom meets generation X 02/01/1998
Vehicle ownership, purchases, and leasing: consumer survey data 06/01/1997
Elderly and nonelderly expenditures on necessities in the 1980s 09/01/1996
An experimental Consumer Price Index for the poor 09/01/1996
U.S. consumers: which jobs are they creating? 06/01/1996
What does it mean to be poor in America? 05/01/1996
Spending patterns of families receiving public assistance 04/01/1996
Trends in out-of-pocket spending on health care, 1980-92 12/01/1995
The effects of health insurance on consumer spending 03/01/1995
The Consumer Expenditure Survey: a comparative analysis 12/01/1994
Imputing income in the Consumer Expenditure Survey 12/01/1994
CE data: quintiles of income versus quintiles of outlays 12/01/1994
Seasonal adjustment of quarterly consumer expenditure series 12/01/1994
Income and spending patterns of single-mother families 05/01/1994
How does rental assistance influence spending behavior? 05/01/1994
Expenditure patterns of retired and nonretired persons 04/01/1994
Spending by older consumers: 1980 and 1990 compared 05/01/1993
Consumer spending on durables and services in the 1980’s 05/01/1992
Child care: arrangements and costs 10/01/1991
Spending patterns and income of single and married parents 03/01/1989
Increases in employer costs for employee benefits dampen dramatically 07/01/1988
BLS to publish quarterly data from Consumer Expenditure Survey 07/01/1988
Expenditures of urban and rural consumers, 1972-73 to 1985 03/01/1988
Comparing medical care expenditures of two diverse U.S. data sources 03/01/1987
The Consumer Expenditure Survey: quality control by comparative analysis 03/01/1987
Employment and wage changes of families from CE Survey data 02/01/1987
Spending patterns of older persons revealed in expenditure survey 10/01/1986
Health insurance trends in cost control and coverage 09/01/1986
Consumer expenditures: results from the Diary and Interview surveys 06/01/1986
Distribution of consumption examined using aggregate expenditure shares 04/01/1986
Trip expenditure comparisons from 1972-73 to 1980-81 07/01/1985
Proposed spendable earnings series retains basic faults of earlier one 11/01/1984
Use of hourly earnings proposed to revive spendable earnings series 11/01/1984
Reconciling the CPI-U and the PCE Deflator: 3rd quarter 02/01/1983

Consumer price index

From the barrel to the pump: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on prices for petroleum products 10/30/2020
Exploring changes in real average hourly earnings, June 2009 to December 2019 09/09/2020
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food price indexes and data collection 08/11/2020
Producer price inflation slows in 2019, as price increases for both services and goods decelerate from a year earlier 05/29/2020
Inflation expectations and inflation realities: a comparison of the Treasury Breakeven Inflation curve and the Consumer Price Index before, during, and after the Great Recession 12/05/2019
Reduced sample rotation frequency in hospitals and household utilities 07/23/2019
Employment growth accelerates in 2018, extending a lengthy expansion 05/14/2019
Improving initial estimates of the Chained Consumer Price Index 02/22/2018
Do Consumer Price Index headlines matter? They just might 10/30/2017
Productivity and progress 09/05/2017
Consumer Expenditure Surveys Methods Symposium and Microdata Users’ Workshop, July 12–15, 2016 05/26/2017
Tradable and nontradable inflation indexes: replicating New Zealand’s tradable indexes with BLS CPI data 05/05/2017
Examining price transmission across labor compensation costs, consumer prices, and finished-goods prices 04/20/2017
The 2018 revision of the Consumer Price Index geographic sample 10/17/2016
Comparing the Consumer Price Index with the gross domestic product price index and gross domestic product implicit price deflator 03/30/2016
A price index that matches perceptions of inflation 02/04/2016
Price indexes for clinical trial research: a feasibility study 06/17/2014
Explaining the 30-year shift in consumer expenditures from commodities to services, 1982–2012 04/30/2014
One hundred years of price change: the Consumer Price Index and the American inflation experience 04/25/2014
The first hundred years of the Consumer Price Index: a methodological and political history 04/14/2014
Comparing new final-demand producer price indexes with other government price indexes 01/28/2014
Research highlights of the Consumer Expenditure Survey redesign 09/09/2013
Updating the rent sample for the CPI Housing Survey 08/06/2013
Price transmission effects through three stages of food production 12/01/2012
Impact of commodity price movements on CPI inflation 04/01/2012
Estimating an energy consumer price index from establishment survey data 12/01/2011
PPI and CPI seasonal adjustment: an update 07/01/2010
Producing disease-based price indexes 02/01/2010
Addressing misconceptions about the Consumer Price Index 08/01/2008
A hedonic model for Internet access service in the Consumer Price Index 07/01/2008
Price measures of new vehicles: a comparison 07/01/2008
An analysis of Southern energy expenditures and prices, 1984-2006 04/01/2008
The experimental consumer price index for elderly Americans (CPI-E): 1982-2007 04/01/2008
Consumer prices rose less in 2006 than in 2005 05/01/2007
International comparisons of Harmonized Indexes of Consumer Prices. 02/01/2007
Price transmission: from crude petroleum to plastics products 12/01/2006
The effects of rounding on the Consumer Price Index 10/01/2006
Price measurement in the United States: A decade after the Boskin Report 05/01/2006
Consumer prices rose 3.4 percent in 2005, about the same as last year 05/01/2006
Comparing U.S. and European inflation: the CPI and the HICP 05/01/2006
Consumer price index, 2004 04/01/2005
Defined Benefit Plans at the Dawn of ERISA 03/30/2005
Hedonic regression models using in-house and out-of-house data 12/01/2004
Consumer prices during 2003 04/01/2004
Consumer gasoline prices: an empirical investigation 07/01/2003
Consumer prices up slightly more in 2002, led by energy and hospital services 03/01/2003
An empirical analysis of price transmission by stage of processing 11/01/2002
Recent and planned improvements to Consumer Price Indexes 05/01/2002
Consumer inflation lower in 2001: energy and apparel prices declined 03/01/2002
Lack of a disability measure in today’s Current Population Survey 06/01/2001
Consumer inflation higher in 2000 04/01/2001
Alternative CPI aggregations: two approaches 11/01/2000
Price index research in the coming decades 09/01/2000
Rising producer prices in 1999 dominated by energy goods 08/01/2000
Core consumer prices in 1999: low by historical standards 04/01/2000
Adjusting VCR prices for quality change: a study using hedonic methods 09/01/1999
CPI research series using current methods, 1978-98 06/01/1999
Consumer inflation remains modest in 1998 04/01/1999
Incorporating a geometric mean formula into the CPI 10/01/1998
Prescription drug prices for the elderly 09/01/1998
Consumer inflation in 1997 at 11-year low 05/01/1998
Using survey data to assess bias in the Consumer Price Index 04/01/1998
Consumer prices for energy and food accelerated in 1996 04/01/1997
Revision of the CPI hospital services component 12/01/1996
Revision of the housing sample and estimators 12/01/1996
The redesign of the CPI geographic sample 12/01/1996
Overview of the 1998 revision of the Consumer Price Index 12/01/1996
New methodology for selecting outlet samples 12/01/1996
Publication strategy for the 1998 revised Consumer Price Index 12/01/1996
Changing the item structure of the Consumer Price Index 12/01/1996
Appendix 1: Item structure, 1987 and 1998 12/01/1996
Appendix 2: Published basic area indexes, sample areas, population weights, and pricing cycles 12/01/1996
Appendix 3: National level index series 12/01/1996
An experimental Consumer Price Index for the poor 09/01/1996
The CPI for hospital services: concepts and procedures 07/01/1996
Consumer prices in 1995 06/01/1996
Consumer prices in 1994 06/01/1995
Growth rate slows down in consumer prices, 1993 05/01/1994
Experimental price index for elderly consumers 05/01/1994
The commodity substitution effect in CPI data, 1982-91 12/01/1993
Basic components of the CPI: estimation of price changes 12/01/1993
The Consumer Price Index: underlying concepts and caveats 12/01/1993
Quality adjustment of price indexes 12/01/1993
Energy, food prices helped slow inflation in 1991 05/01/1992
Consumer price rise slows in first half of 1991 10/01/1991
Interarea differences in consumer prices 07/01/1991
Consumer prices rise sharply in 1990 05/01/1991
Quality adjustment for structural changes in the CPI housing sample 11/01/1990
Consumer prices in the 1980’s: the cooling of inflation 08/01/1990
The 1989 price increase largest in eight years 05/01/1990
Experimental cost-of-living indexes: a summary of current research 07/01/1989
Price highlights of 1988: rising pressures on consumer prices 05/01/1989
Inflation holds steady during the first half 10/01/1988
Adjusting the CPI shelter index to compensate for effect of depreciation 10/01/1988
Domestic price rise during 1987 reflects swing of energy prices 06/01/1988
CPI revision provides more accuracy in the medical care services component 04/01/1988
Inflation fueled by oil prices in first 9 months of 1987 12/01/1987
Comparison of the revised and the old CPI 11/01/1987
New basket of goods and services being priced in revised CPI 01/01/1987
A half-year pause in inflation:its antecedents and structure 10/01/1986
The revised Consumer Price Index: changes in definitions and availability 07/01/1986
Inflation remained mild again during 1985 04/01/1986
Inflation remained low during 1984 04/01/1985
Revision of Consumer Price Index is now under way 04/01/1985
Average retail food prices: a brief history of methods 11/01/1984
Inflation remained low in 1983 in face of strong recovery 05/01/1984
Inflation patterns in the initial stages of recovery 09/01/1983
Reconciling the CPI-U and the PCE Deflator: 3rd quarter 02/01/1983
Reconciling the CPI and the PCE Deflator: 2nd quarter 1982 10/01/1982
Inflation continues to abate during the first quarter 07/01/1982
Reconciling the CPI and the PCE Deflator: first quarter 1982 07/01/1982
Changing the treatment of shelter costs for homeowners in the CPI 06/01/1982
Reconciling the CPI and the PCE Deflator: 4th quarter 1981 05/01/1982
Price changes in 1981:widespread slowing of inflation 04/01/1982
Large supplies of meats, grains cut recent food price increases 01/01/1982
Reconciling the CPI and the PCE Deflator: an update 01/01/1982
Defining the rate of underlying inflation 09/01/1981
Reconciling the CPI and the PCE Deflator 09/01/1981
Some proposals to improve the Consumer Price Index 09/01/1981
Inflation cross-currents: energy, food, and homeownership 06/01/1981
Price changes in 1980: double-digit inflation persists 04/01/1981
Two Consumer Price Index issues: weighting and homeownership 03/01/1981
Indexing Federal programs: the CPI and other indexes 03/01/1981

Contingent workers

Electronically mediated work: new questions in the Contingent Worker Supplement 09/28/2018

Cost of living

Improving initial estimates of the Chained Consumer Price Index 02/22/2018
Popular money-saving strategies prove elusive for low-income households 09/13/2016
Purchasing power: using wage statistics with regional price parities to create a standard for comparing wages across U.S. areas 04/11/2016
Comparing the Consumer Price Index with the gross domestic product price index and gross domestic product implicit price deflator 03/30/2016
Measuring wage inequality within and across U.S. metropolitan areas, 2003–13 09/23/2015
Modeling core inflation: considering goods and services separately 05/29/2014
One hundred years of price change: the Consumer Price Index and the American inflation experience 04/25/2014
The first hundred years of the Consumer Price Index: a methodological and political history 04/14/2014
Supplemental Pay in the Finance and Insurance Industry 04/21/2010
Local Area Employee Benefits Estimates for 15 Metropolitan Areas 09/28/2009
Defined Benefit Plans at the Dawn of ERISA 03/30/2005
New Federal Regulations Affect Overtime Coverage for Some Workers 12/21/2004
The E-Government Act of 2002 02/26/2003
Planning ahead: consumer expenditure patterns in retirement 07/01/2002
Linking Retirement Plan Measures 03/01/1998
Factors Predicting the Most Important Source of Retirement Income 09/01/1997
Escalation in Employer Costs for Employee Compensation: A Guide for Contracting Parties 03/01/1997
Cost-of-Living Clauses: Trends and Current Characteristics 12/01/1996
What does it mean to be poor in America? 05/01/1996
Interarea differences in consumer prices 07/01/1991
Wages and compensation: 1990 negotiated adjustments 05/01/1991
Work, poverty, and the working poor: a multifaceted problem 09/01/1986
Scheduled wage increases and cost-of-living provisions in 1982 01/01/1982
Scheduled wage increases and cost-of-living provisions in 1981 01/01/1981

Cost-of-living provisions

COVID-19

Current population survey

Employment recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic 12/29/2020
Geographic impact of COVID-19 in BLS surveys by industry 08/07/2020
The consistency of economic recoveries over the 1949–2019 period 07/28/2020
Ability to work from home: evidence from two surveys and implications for the labor market in the COVID-19 pandemic 06/24/2020
American Indians and Alaska Natives in the U.S. labor force 11/25/2019
Time use of millennials and nonmillennials 10/16/2019
What’s behind occupational separations? 06/12/2019
Measuring labor market activity today: are the words work and job too limiting for surveys? 11/14/2018
Electronically mediated work: new questions in the Contingent Worker Supplement 09/28/2018
Great Recession, great recovery? Trends from the Current Population Survey 04/06/2018
The Current Population Survey—tracking unemployment in the United States for over 75 years 01/23/2018
Teen labor force participation before and after the Great Recession and beyond 02/16/2017
Occupational choices of the elderly 02/14/2017
Underemployment among Hispanics: the case of involuntary part-time work 12/29/2016
Adding questions on certifications and licenses to the Current Population Survey 11/23/2016
The labor supply of veterans with disabilities, 1995–2014 10/13/2016
How should we define “low-wage” work? An analysis using the Current Population Survey 10/04/2016
Unemployment rate nears prerecession level by end of 2015 04/27/2016
Continued improvement in U.S. labor market in 2014 04/23/2015
Multiple jobholding over the past two decades 04/01/2015
Imputing income in the Consumer Expenditure Interview Survey 11/13/2014
Is the workweek really overestimated? 06/02/2014
The development of questions on disability for the Current Population Survey 04/28/2014
New college degree in hand: now what? 03/10/2014
A cohort component analysis of the 2007–2009 recession 03/03/2014
Recent college graduates in the U.S. labor force: data from the Current Population Survey 02/01/2013
Older women: pushed into retirement in the 1970s and 1980s by the baby boomers? 11/01/2012
Employment and earnings of recent veterans: data from the CPS 07/01/2010
The labor market in 2009: recession drags on 03/01/2010
Multiple Jobholding in States in 2008 12/01/2009
Unemployment insurance recipients and nonrecipients in the CPS 10/01/2009
Using internal CPS data to reevaluate trends in labor-earnings gaps 08/01/2009
Change in employment by occupation, industry, and earnings quartile, 2000?05 12/01/2006
Understanding the employment measures from the CPS and CES survey 02/01/2006
Estimating gross flows consistent with stocks in the CPS 09/01/2005
Analyzing CPS data using gross flows 09/01/2005
Model-based seasonally adjusted estimates and sampling error 09/01/2005
Lack of a disability measure in today’s Current Population Survey 06/01/2001
Reasons for working multiple jobs 10/01/2000
Gains in job security 03/01/1998
Testing racial and ethnic origin questions in the CPS supplement 09/01/1996
Cognitive testing of racial and ethnic questions for the CPS supplement 09/01/1996
Redesigning the questionnaire 09/01/1993
Evaluating changes in the estimates 09/01/1993
Why is it necessary to change? 09/01/1993
New household survey and the CPS:a look at labor force differences 09/01/1985
Using the CPS to track retirement trends among older men 02/01/1985
Discouraged workers: how strong are their links to the job market? 08/01/1984
The Current Population Survey: a historical perspective and the BLS role 06/01/1984
Response variation in the CPS: caveats for the unemployment analyst 03/01/1984
Comparing annual and weekly earnings from the Current Population Survey 04/01/1983
Labor force data from the CPS to undergo revision in January 1983 11/01/1982
Blacks in the 1970s: Did they scale the job ladder? 06/01/1982
The CPS, work, and disability: a reply 06/01/1981
Can the Current Population Survey be used to identify the disabled? 06/01/1981
Youth labor force activity: alternative surveys compared 03/01/1981
Involuntary part-time work: new information from the CPS 02/01/1981

Czech Republic

Rise in Czech unemployment, 1998-2000 05/01/2001
Household incomes in the Czech and Slovak market economy 11/01/1998
Low unemployment in the Czech Republic: ‘miracle’ or ‘mirage’? 08/01/1998

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