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Family issues

Does part-time work offer flexibility to employed mothers? 02/10/2022
SNAP participation and food-at-home expenditures through the Great Recession: United States and the New York Area 01/26/2022
Nonstandard work schedules in 29 European countries, 2005–15: differences by education, gender, and parental status 07/28/2021
Male prime-age nonworkers: evidence from the NLSY97 12/09/2020
Comparing characteristics and selected expenditures of dual- and single-income households with children 09/04/2020
Closing the gender data gap to create equality 07/17/2020
Demographics, earnings, and family characteristics of workers in sectors initially affected by COVID-19 shutdowns 06/05/2020
Balancing work and family life 03/05/2020
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
Program participation and spending patterns of families receiving government means-tested assistance 01/19/2018
Explaining the black–white gap in returns to education: it’s not a black-and-white issue 10/31/2017
The “marriage premium” and the economic impact it can have on children 05/26/2017
History of child labor in the United States—part 1: little children working 01/12/2017
Fertility of women in the NLSY79 04/25/2016
Does paid family leave increase leave taking among fathers? 02/23/2016
Do couples with children spend less time together during recessions? 08/12/2015
Locked up and locked out of the U.S. labor market 08/12/2015
Independence for young millennials: moving out and boomeranging back 12/23/2014
Stay-at-home mothers through the years 09/04/2014
What’s “like” got to do with it? 04/10/2014
More hours at work now = more pay later 04/09/2014
Marriage and divorce: patterns by gender, race, and educational attainment 10/25/2013
Mothers and the clock 03/01/2013
Health, Wellness, and Employee Assistance: A Holistic Approach to Employee Benefits 05/25/2011
The changing impact of marriage and children on women’s labor force participation 02/01/2009
Time use of working parents: a visual essay 06/01/2008
Labor force status of families: a visual essay. 07/01/2007
Comparing childcare measures in the ATUS and earlier time-diary studies 05/01/2007
Wage differentials associated with working at home 03/01/2007
Trends in labor force participation of married mothers of infants 02/01/2007
The ‘sandwich generation’: women caring for parents and children 09/01/2006
Variations in time use at stages of the life cycle. 09/01/2005
Children of the79: a unique data resource 02/01/2005
Families and work in transition in 12 countries, 1980 - 2001 09/01/2003
Welfare reform impacts in the SIPP 11/01/2002
Expenditures of single parents: how does gender figure in? 07/01/2002
Synchronicity in the work schedules of working couples 04/01/2002
Measuring the complexity of hours at work: the weekly work grid 04/01/2002
Family and medical leave: evidence from the 2000 surveys 09/01/2001
Welfare reform data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation 07/01/2001
A century of family budgets in the United States 05/01/2001
State labor legislation enacted in 2000 01/01/2001
Women paid low wages: who they are and where they work 09/01/2000
Married women, work, and values 08/01/2000
State labor legislation enacted in 1999 01/01/2000
Family leave coverage in the 1990s 10/01/1999
Unpaid Family Leave 12/01/1998
Earnings of husbands and wives in dual-earner families 04/01/1998
The effect of working wives on the incidence of poverty 03/01/1998
Family Retirement Benefits 03/01/1998
Health insurance coverage for families with children 08/01/1995
Boom in day care industry the result of many social changes 08/01/1995
Work at home: data from the CPS 02/01/1994
Interrelation of child support, visitation, and hours of work 06/01/1992
Child care: arrangements and costs 10/01/1991
Child-care problems: an obstacle to work 10/01/1991
Helping employees with family care 09/01/1990
Raising the minimum wage: effects on family poverty 07/01/1990
1989 employee benefits address family concerns 06/01/1990
The changing family in international perspective 03/01/1990
How family spending has changed in the U.S. 03/01/1990
Family members in the work force 03/01/1990
American families: 75 years of change 03/01/1990
Work and family: the impact of legislation 03/01/1990
Family-related benefits in the workplace 03/01/1990
Children in 2-worker families and real family income 12/01/1989
Spending patterns and income of single and married parents 03/01/1989
Employers and child care: what roles do they play? 09/01/1988
Women’s work plans: contrasting expectations and actual work experience 11/01/1987
A profile of husbands in today’s labor market 10/01/1987
Rise in mothers’ labor force activity includes those with infants 02/01/1986
New household survey and the CPS:a look at labor force differences 09/01/1985
Working mothers reach record number in 1984 12/01/1984
Most women who maintain families receive poor labor market returns 12/01/1983
Trends in employment and unemployment in families 12/01/1983
Labor force statistics from a family perspective 12/01/1983
Married couples: work and income patterns 12/01/1983
Child-care services: a national picture 12/01/1983
Work experience, earnings, and family income in 1981 04/01/1983
Labor force activity of women receiving child support or alimony 11/01/1982
Weekly family earnings: a quarterly perspective 08/01/1982
Marital and family patterns of workers: an update 05/01/1982
Unemployment and its effect on family income in 1980 04/01/1982
More than half of all children have working mothers 02/01/1982
Marital and family patterns of the labor force 10/01/1981
Working wives and mothers: what happens to family life? 09/01/1981
Employment situation for military wives 02/01/1981
Husbands and wives as earners: an analysis of family data 02/01/1981

Fatal Injuries

Challenges in calculating occupational fatality rates 02/14/2022
Fatal occupational injuries to older workers 01/30/2020
Collecting union status for the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries: a Massachusetts case study 02/12/2019
Workplace hazards facing line installers and repairers 02/16/2018
How safe are the workers who process our food? 07/31/2017
Hospital workers: an assessment of occupational injuries and illnesses 06/13/2017
Suicide in the workplace 12/06/2016
Putting violence in perspective: how safe are America’s educators in the workplace? 08/18/2016
Injuries from falls to lower levels, 2013 08/16/2016
Workplace hazards of truck drivers 04/06/2015
When the wheels on the bus stop going round and round: occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities in public transportation 02/13/2015
Fatalities in the construction industry: findings from a revision of the BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System 07/31/2014
Comparing fatal work injuries in the United States and the European Union 06/19/2014
Fatal occupational injuries involving contractors, 2011 02/05/2014

Federal employees- compensation act (FECA)

Sound medical evidence: key to FECA claims 09/01/1991
Role of workers’ compensation in developing safer workplaces 09/01/1991
U.S. worker rehabilitation in international perspective 09/01/1991
The Federal Employees’ Compensation Act: An overview 09/01/1991

Firm size

Flexiplace

Florida

Foreign born

Unemployment rises in 2020, as the country battles the COVID-19 pandemic 06/10/2021
Immigration and innovation 04/23/2021
Job market remains tight in 2019, as the unemployment rate falls to its lowest level since 1969 04/28/2020
Do foreign-born workers affect Americans’ labor market decisions? 03/09/2018
Trends among native- and foreign-origin workers in U.S. computer industries 12/15/2017
Job characteristics among working parents: differences by race, ethnicity, and nativity 05/27/2014
Fatal occupational injuries involving contractors, 2011 02/05/2014
Coming to America: the Latino impact 10/01/2013

Foreign trade

Producer price inflation slows in 2019, as price increases for both services and goods decelerate from a year earlier 05/29/2020
Employment growth accelerates in 2018, extending a lengthy expansion 05/14/2019
Crude oil prices spur gains for U.S. import and export price indexes, despite the appreciating dollar: 2016 annual summary 12/12/2017
Why manufacturing matters 10/26/2016
Currency invoicing and the implications for prices 07/27/2016
The U.S. economy to 2024 12/08/2015
The role of BLS import and export price indexes in the real GDP 06/30/2015
The U.S. economy to 2022: settling into a new normal 12/19/2013
The U.S.–China trade deficit—a value-added perspective 10/01/2013
The Global Food Economy: Issues and Challenges 02/01/2013
Import and export price trends, 2007 02/01/2009
Labor costs of manufacturing employees in China: an update to 2003?04 11/01/2006
Import price rise in 2005 due to continued high energy prices 11/01/2006
IPP introduces additional Locality of Origin import price indexes 12/01/2005
Manufacturing earnings and compensation in China 08/01/2005
Manufacturing employment in China 07/01/2005
U.S. import and export prices in 2004 07/01/2005
U.S. import and export prices in 2003 09/01/2004
Are producer prices good proxies for export prices? 10/01/1997
Trade and displacement in manufacturing 04/01/1995
Foreign trade alternatives for employment and occupations, 2005 11/01/1994
Factors affecting the international softwood lumber market, 1987-93 02/01/1994
Geographic concentration of trade-sensitive employment 06/01/1993
An analysis of U.S. industries sensitive to foreign trade, 1982-87 02/01/1993
New international price series published by Nation and region 06/01/1992
Dollar’s fall boosts U.S. machinery exports 07/01/1991
Chemical trade prospers in the 1980’s 06/01/1991
Import and export price gains ease in 1989 06/01/1990
The 1987-88 surge in exports and the rise in factory jobs 05/01/1990
Import price declines in 1986 reflected reduced oil prices 04/01/1987
The 1982 Mexican peso devaluation and border area employment 10/01/1985
Prices of U.S. imports and exports declined in 1984 04/01/1985
Robust growth and the strong dollar set pattern for 1983 import and export prices 04/01/1984
U.S. foreign trade prices in 1982: import index falls, export indexes mixed 05/01/1983
U.S. import and export price indexes show declines during the first half 01/01/1983
Import price indexes for crude petroleum 11/01/1982
Imports and domestic employment: identifying affected industries 08/01/1982
Trade-sensitive employment: who are the affected workers? 02/01/1981

Forestry and logging

How did employment fare a decade after its 2008 peak? 10/12/2018
Agriculture: occupational employment and wages 07/03/2014

France

Nonstandard work schedules in 29 European countries, 2005–15: differences by education, gender, and parental status 07/28/2021
Navigating national regulations and global changes: international and comparative employment 06/06/2017
Does employer bias affect worker performance? 03/09/2017
Measuring the complexity of hours at work: the weekly work grid 04/01/2002
U.S. and foreign productivity and unit labor costs 02/01/1997
International unemployment indicators, 1983-93 08/01/1995
Manufacturing prices, productivity, and labor costs in five economies 07/01/1995
Manufacturing multifactor productivity in three countries 07/01/1995
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
Recent trends in unemployment and the labor force, 10 countries 08/01/1985

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