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Illnesses

Occupational injuries and illnesses among registered nurses 11/27/2018
Workplace hazards facing line installers and repairers 02/16/2018
Putting violence in perspective: how safe are America’s educators in the workplace? 08/18/2016
The quest for meaningful and accurate occupational health and safety statistics 12/30/2015
Fatalities in the construction industry: findings from a revision of the BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System 07/31/2014
New approach to-occupational safety and health statistics 03/01/1972

Immigration

The experts’ dilemma: technocratic solutions versus securing the rights of the poor 06/05/2019
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
International migration patterns amid globalization 01/08/2016
Puerto Rico: a study of population loss amid economic decline 09/15/2015
Migrants: making it in the melting pot 06/30/2015
Time use of youths by immigrant and native-born parents: ATUS results 06/01/2012
Asians in the U.S. labor force: profile of a diverse population 11/01/2011
Labor force characteristics of second-generation Americans 09/01/2006
Foreign-born workforce, 2004: a visual essay. 07/01/2006
Fatal occupational injuries among Asian workers 10/01/2005
Fatal work injuries among foreign-born Hispanic workers 10/01/2005
Foreign-born workers: trends in fatal occupational injuries, 1996 -2001 06/01/2004
Immigration and poverty: how are they linked? 04/01/2003
The role of foreign-born workers in the U. S. economy 05/01/2002
Immigration and wage changes of high school dropouts 10/01/1997
Occupational Fatalities Among the Immigrant Population 03/01/1997
How do immigrants fare in the U.S. labor market? 12/01/1992
Estimating the number of undocumented aliens 09/01/1986
Ellis Island a welcome site? Only after years of reform 07/01/1986
Foreign born in the U.S. labor market: the results of a special survey 07/01/1985
The AFL and a national BLS: labor’s role is crystallized 03/01/1982
Select commission suggests changes in immigration policy - a review essay 02/01/1982
Estimating the propensity of guestworkers to leave 05/01/1981

Imports

Income

70 years of the Occupational Outlook Handbook 12/30/2019
The American working class and the unfulfilled promise of policy-driven growth 12/06/2019
Recent trends in employment and wages in New York City’s finance and insurance sector 04/10/2019
Aiding the poor with self-employment and small-business ownership 07/06/2018
Raising the minimum wage in three different ways: what are the effects? 07/19/2017
Labor productivity growth in elementary and secondary school services: 1989–2012 06/30/2016
Sluggish post-recession wage growth: are we comparing apples to apples? 05/20/2016
Purchasing power: using wage statistics with regional price parities to create a standard for comparing wages across U.S. areas 04/11/2016
Why do former high school athletes earn more than everyone else? 07/21/2015
Compensation inequality: evidence from the National Compensation Survey 07/07/2015
The growth of income inequality in the United States 04/13/2015
Improving data quality in Consumer Expenditure Survey with TAXSIM 03/24/2015
Imputing income in the Consumer Expenditure Interview Survey 11/13/2014
Why do women still earn less than men? 06/25/2014
A discussion worth “waging” 06/17/2014
College: is it still a smart investment? 06/06/2014
Investment in higher education by race and ethnicity 03/11/2014
Performance-related pay in the United States is becoming less prevalent 02/04/2014
Former smokers earn more 11/08/2013
Supplemental Pay in the Finance and Insurance Industry 04/21/2010
The impact of income imputation in the Consumer Expenditure Survey 08/01/2009
Income imputation and the analysis of consumer expenditure data 11/01/2006
Income data quality issues in the CPS 06/01/2006
Economic inequality through the prisms of income and consumption 04/01/2005
Immigration and poverty: how are they linked? 04/01/2003
The E-Government Act of 2002 02/26/2003
Linking Retirement Plan Measures 03/01/1998
Factors Predicting the Most Important Source of Retirement Income 09/01/1997
How much poverty is reduced by State income transfers? 07/01/1989
The declining middle class: a further analysis 09/01/1986
Unemployment and its effect on family income in 1980 04/01/1982

India

Navigating national regulations and global changes: international and comparative employment 06/06/2017
Foreign aid: history, theories, and facts 01/07/2014
Labor costs in India’s organized manufacturing sector 05/01/2010

Industrial relations

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
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
Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes of 2008 06/24/2009
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
IRRA Changes Its Name 11/30/2005
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
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
The Evolution of Compensation in a Changing Economy 09/01/2001
Joint Local Labor-management Safety and Health Committee Provisions in Private Sector Collective Bargaining Agreements 12/01/2000
Work Stoppages in 1999 09/01/2000
Longshore Settlement May Bring 3 Years of Labor Peace 12/01/1999
Profile of the American Airlines Pilot Sickout 12/01/1999
1998 Work Stoppages 06/01/1999
Looking Back at the SEPTA Transit Strike 12/01/1998
1982-97 State and Local Government Work Stoppages and Their Legal Background 09/01/1998
Caterpillar’s Prolonged Dispute Ends 09/01/1998
105th Congress Addresses Working Conditions 12/01/1997
Profile of an Airline Emergency Dispute 09/01/1997
Major Work Stoppage Activity Moves Up in 1996 03/01/1997
Stretching Out a Victory in Long Rubber Dispute 03/01/1997
First Industrial Relations Congress of the Americas 05/01/1989

industry

Producer prices in the legal services industry after the Great Recession 11/29/2019
Coworking couples and the similar jobs of dual-earner households 11/01/2019
A new approach for quality-adjusting PPI microprocessors 12/31/2018
Shale gas production and labor market trends in the U.S. Marcellus–Utica region over the last decade 08/06/2018
Measuring productivity growth in construction 01/08/2018
Employment expansion continues but at a slower pace 04/11/2017
Underemployment among Hispanics: the case of involuntary part-time work 12/29/2016
The U.S. economy to 2024 12/08/2015
Agriculture: occupational employment and wages 07/03/2014
Performance-related pay in the United States is becoming less prevalent 02/04/2014
The U.S. economy to 2022: settling into a new normal 12/19/2013

Industry and Occupational studies

Economic growth through the lens of changing patterns of specialization and trade 09/10/2019
Are U.S. scientists and engineers in short supply? Telling myth from reality 07/11/2019
Recent trends in employment and wages in New York City’s finance and insurance sector 04/10/2019
Is the U.S. labor market for truck drivers broken? 03/01/2019
Occupational injuries and illnesses among registered nurses 11/27/2018
Workplace hazards facing line installers and repairers 02/16/2018
Hospital workers: an assessment of occupational injuries and illnesses 06/13/2017
Music for the people: the role of music in the southern textile strikes of 1929–34 05/26/2017
Current Employment Statistics survey: 100 years of employment, hours, and earnings 08/29/2016
Measuring quarterly labor productivity by industry 06/27/2016
Job openings reach a new high, hires and quits also increase 06/05/2015
Comparing with the original: a look at Current Employment Statistics vintage data 04/24/2015
The National Compensation Survey and the Affordable Care Act: preserving quality health care data 04/08/2015
Job openings continue to rise in 2013 05/30/2014
A better way to measure pay differentials among industries 03/19/2014
A cohort component analysis of the 2007–2009 recession 03/03/2014
Fatal occupational injuries involving contractors, 2011 02/05/2014
Industry employment and output projections to 2022 12/19/2013
Occupational employment projections to 2022 12/19/2013
Cluster analysis: state unemployment trends during the recession 09/03/2013

Industry studies

Coworking couples and the similar jobs of dual-earner households 11/01/2019
Employment growth accelerates in 2018, extending a lengthy expansion 05/14/2019
Recent trends in employment and wages in New York City’s finance and insurance sector 04/10/2019
Producer prices mixed in 2018, energy prices retreat from 2017 highs 04/04/2019
How did employment fare a decade after its 2008 peak? 10/12/2018
Producer prices, 2017: inflation accelerates across the stages of production 06/11/2018
Employment growth moderates in 2017, continuing a lengthy expansionary period 05/11/2018
Can “bigger” be a roadblock? 01/12/2018
Trends among native- and foreign-origin workers in U.S. computer industries 12/15/2017
Benchmarking the Current Employment Statistics survey: perspectives on current research 11/02/2017
Can competitive product markets reduce workplace discrimination? 08/02/2017
How safe are the workers who process our food? 07/31/2017
The future of oil prices: a break with the past? 07/07/2017
Economic productivity in the air transportation industry: multifactor and labor productivity trends, 1990–2014 03/09/2017
Producer prices, 2016: goods inflation returns and price increases for services move higher 03/07/2017
Workforce growth in community-based care: meeting the needs of an aging population 12/02/2016
Measuring quarterly labor productivity by industry 06/27/2016
Nonprofits in America: new research data on employment, wages, and establishments 02/29/2016
Which industries need workers? Exploring differences in labor market activity 01/08/2016
Industry employment and output projections to 2024 12/08/2015
Overview of projections to 2024 12/08/2015
New PPI net inputs to industry indexes 10/21/2015
New measure of labor productivity for private community hospitals: 1993–2012 10/14/2015
The relationship between access to benefits and weekly work hours 06/25/2015
CES employment recovers in 2014 04/23/2015
Job openings continue to rise in 2013 05/30/2014
The rise in women’s share of nonfarm employment during the 2007–2009 recession: a historical perspective 04/07/2014
Nonfarm employment continued its road to recovery in 2013 03/28/2014
Linking firms with establishments in BLS microdata 06/28/2013
Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes of 2011 03/30/2012
Industry employment and output projections to 2020 01/01/2012
Construction employment: a visual essay 11/01/2011
Job and industry gender segregation: NAICS categories and EEO-1 job groups 11/01/2011
Survival and growth of Silicon Valley high-tech businesses born in 2000 09/01/2011
Transportation Fatalities in the Mining Sector: 2004-2008 07/20/2011
In Case of Emergency: New Data on Medical Benefits 04/15/2011
Workplace Safety and Health in the Health Care and Social Assistance Industry, 2003-07 08/30/2010
The expanding role of temporary help services from 1990 to 2008 08/01/2010
How Does Your 401(k) Match Up? 05/26/2010
Earnings of Healthcare Workers by Level of Duties and Responsibilities, 2008 04/21/2010
Industry output and employment projections to 2018 11/01/2009
Manhattan’s financial sector and the 2005-07 employment dynamic 10/01/2009
Health care industries and the New York City labor market 09/01/2009
Takeoff and descent of airline employment 10/01/2008
Coal Mining Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities in 2006 06/27/2008
Methods Underlying New Workplace Injury and Illness Rates by Demographic Group 03/26/2008
Labor productivity trends since 2000, by sector and industry 02/01/2008
Industry output and employment projections to 2016 11/01/2007
The rise and decline of auto parts manufacturing in the Midwest 10/01/2007
The economic impact of the creative arts industries: New York and Los Angeles 10/01/2007
The effects of Hurricane Katrina on the New Orleans economy 06/01/2007
Payroll employment and job openings rate continued to grow in 2006 03/01/2007
Industry dynamics in the Washington, DC, area: has a second job core emerged? 12/01/2006
Change in employment by occupation, industry, and earnings quartile, 2000?05 12/01/2006
Two new construction employment series for specialty trade contractors 10/01/2006
Recent employment trends in residential and nonresidential construction 10/01/2006
Hurricane Katrina’s effects on industry employment and wages 08/01/2006
Conducting the Mass Layoff Statistics program: response and findings 08/01/2006
Cutting the cord: telecommunications employment shifts toward wireless 07/01/2006
Jobs in 2005: How do they compare with their March 2001 counterparts? 07/01/2006
Payroll employment in 2005: recovery and expansion 03/01/2006
From supermarkets to supercenters: employment shifts to the one-stop shop 02/01/2006
Bears, bulls, and brokers: employment trends in the securities industry 12/01/2005
Industry output and employment projections to 2014 11/01/2005
High-technology employment: a-based update 07/01/2005
Alternative output measurement for the U.S. retail trade sector 07/01/2005
Productivity measures for retail trade: data and issues 07/01/2005
The Effect of Unions on Employee Benefits: Recent Results from the Employer Costs for Employee Compensation Data 06/29/2005
A transaction price index for air travel 06/01/2005
Payroll employment grows in 2004 03/01/2005
Employment in the information sector in March 2004. 09/01/2004
Self-employment in the United States: an update 07/01/2004
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
Industry output and employment projections to 2012 02/01/2004
Regulatory reform and labor outcomes in the U.S. electricity sector 05/01/2003
Relative Pay Rates among Major Industry and Occupational Groups 03/26/2003
Confidentiality Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 03/26/2003
Labor productivity growth in wholesale trade, 1990-2000 12/01/2002
Labor productivity in the retail trade industry, 1987-99 12/01/2001
Industry output and employment projections to 2010 11/01/2001
Information Technology workers in the new economy. 06/01/2001
Multifactor productivity trends in manufacturing industries, 1987-96 06/01/2001
Stock Option Plans Surveyed by NCS 03/01/2001
The National Compensation Survey: Compensation Statistics for the 21st Century 12/01/2000
When It Comes To Pay, Does Location Matter? 06/01/2000
Supervisory Duties and the National Compensation Survey 03/01/2000
Interindustry wage differentials: patterns and possible sources 02/01/2000
Using the National Compensation Survey to Predict Wage Rates 12/01/1999
Industry output and employment projections to 2008 11/01/1999
National Compensation Produces First Nationwide Results 09/01/1999
Work-related Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities in Manufacturing and Construction 09/01/1999
Job Hazards in the Waste Industry 06/01/1999
Health services industry: still a job machine? 03/01/1999
Logging is Perilous Work 12/01/1998
Auto retailing: changing trends in jobs and business 10/01/1998
Defense-related employment and spending, 1996-2006 07/01/1998
Introducing the North American Industry Classification System 07/01/1998
Competition drives the trucking industry 04/01/1998
Multimedia and digital visual effects: an emerging local labor market 03/01/1998
The services industry in the ‘good’ versus ‘bad’ jobs debate 02/01/1998
Are Health Industry Compensation Costs a Factor Influencing Employer Health Care Costs? 12/01/1997
Industry output and employment projections to 2006 11/01/1997
Improving the PPI samples for prescription pharmaceuticals 10/01/1997
Evaluating the 1995 BLS industry employment projections 09/01/1997
Taking note of the paper industry 09/01/1997
Evaluating the 1995 BLS projections: Introduction 09/01/1997
The Occupational Compensation Surveys: A Retrospective 09/01/1997
Coal mining in the U.S. West: price and employment trends 08/01/1997
Employment trends in textiles and apparel, 1973-2005 08/01/1997
Employment shifts in high-technology industries, 1988-96 06/01/1997
Wages in the Deep Sea Transportation Industry: Freighters and Tankers 06/01/1997
Productivity in the fabricated plate work industry: 1982-94 05/01/1997
Productivity trends in the mobile homes industry 05/01/1997
Multifactor productivity in refrigeration and heating equipment industry 05/01/1997
Which industries are sensitive to business cycles? 02/01/1997
Job-related Fatalities Involving Youth, 1992-95 12/01/1996
Occupational Wages and Employee Benefits among Small Certificated Air Carriers in Alaska 12/01/1996
Employment in R&D-intensive high-tech industries in Texas 11/01/1996
Home-based workers: data from the 1990 Census of Population 11/01/1996
A Look at Temporary Help Wage Rates 09/01/1996
Occupational Wages and Employee Benefits in the Airline Industry 09/01/1996
Semiconductors: the building blocks of the information revolution 08/01/1996
Commercial banking transformed by computer technology 08/01/1996
The software and engineering industries: threatened by technological change? 08/01/1996
Using the BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System as a Safety and Health Management Tool 06/01/1996
Industry output and employment projections to 2005 11/01/1995
International comparisons of manufacturing compensation 10/01/1995
Productivity in retail miscellaneous shopping goods stores 10/01/1995
Employment trends in the security brokers and dealers industry 09/01/1995
Unraveling employment trends in textiles and apparel 08/01/1995
Multifactor productivity in the metal stampings industry 05/01/1995
Productivity in hardwood dimension and flooring 10/01/1994
Occupational wages in the fast-food restaurant industry 08/01/1994
Why did employment expand in poultry processing plants? 06/01/1994
Multifactor productivity in household furniture 06/01/1994
Apparel price indexes: effects of hedonic adjustment 05/01/1994
Productivity in the wood containers industries, 1977-89 10/01/1992
Child day care services: an industry at a crossroads 12/01/1990
The 1980’s: a decade of job growth and industry shifts 09/01/1990
Productivity in the rubber and plastics hose and belting industry 07/01/1990
Productivity in the photographic equipment and supplies industry 06/01/1990
Productivity in scrap and waste materials processing 04/01/1990
Industry output and employment: a slower trend for the nineties 11/01/1989
Patterns of productivity change in men’s and boys’ suits and coats 11/01/1988
Evaluation of mean wage estimates in the Industry Wage Survey program 10/01/1988
White-collar pay in nonservice industries, March 1988 10/01/1988
Finance, insurance, and real estate: employment growth during 1982-87 07/01/1988
Productivity growth slows in the organic chemicals industry 06/01/1988
Semiconductor productivity gains linked to multiple innovations 04/01/1988
Productivity trends in the cotton and synthetic broad woven fabrics industry 04/01/1988
Productivity in selected industries and government services in 1986 04/01/1988
Productivity in industrial inorganic chemicals 03/01/1988
Productivity shows a decline in automotive repair shops 03/01/1988
Productivity gains lukewarm for makers of nonelectric heating equipment 03/01/1988
Producer services industries: why are they growing so rapidly? 12/01/1987
The defense buildup, 1977-85effects on production and employment 08/01/1987
Performance of multifactor productivity in the steel and motor vehicles industries 08/01/1987
Productivity trends in the furniture and home furnishings stores industry 05/01/1987
Cooperative training in telecommunications : case studies 05/01/1987
Two decades of productivity growth in poultry dressing and processing 04/01/1987
Productivity gains continued in many industries during 1985 04/01/1987
Retail liquor stores experience flat trend in productivity 02/01/1987
Missed work and lost hours, May 1985 11/01/1986
Shift work and flexitime: how prevalent are they? 11/01/1986
Work at home: new findings from the Current Population Survey 11/01/1986
Work schedules of Americans:an overview of new findings 11/01/1986
The growing diversity of work schedules 11/01/1986
The employment expansion in retail trade, 1973-85 08/01/1986
Deindustrialization and the shift to services 06/01/1986
BLS and Alice Hamilton: pioneers in industrial health 06/01/1986
Trends of labor productivity in metal stamping industries 05/01/1986
The business services industry sets pace in employment growth 04/01/1986
Productivity continued to increase in many industries during 1984 03/01/1986
Productivity in the metal doors, sash, and trim industry 03/01/1986
Beauty and barber shops: the trend of labor productivity 03/01/1986
Employment lessons from the electronics industry 02/01/1986
Productivity growth low in the oilfield machinery industry 12/01/1985
A second look at industry output and employment trends through 1995 11/01/1985
Productivity trends in the machine tool accessories industry 06/01/1985
Productivity growth below average in the internal combustion engine industry 05/01/1985
Cyclical behavior of high tech industries 05/01/1985
Productivity trends in kitchen cabinet manufacturing 03/01/1985
Productivity increased in many industries in 1983 03/01/1985
Productivity in making air conditioners, refrigeration equipment, and furnaces 12/01/1984
Apparel stores display above-average productivity 10/01/1984
Meatpacking and prepared meats industry: above-average productivity gains 04/01/1984
Pay in Mountain region coal mines outstrips national average 03/01/1984
Productivity growth in the switchgear industry slows after 1973 03/01/1984
Productivity declined in 1982 in a majority of industries measured 01/01/1984
High technology today and tomorrow: a small slice of the employment pie 11/01/1983
The job outlook through 1995: industry output and employment projections 11/01/1983
Instruments to measure electricity: industry’s productivity growth rises 10/01/1983
Productivity improvements in two fabricated metals industries 10/01/1983
Productivity growth in plastics lower than all manufacturing 09/01/1983
Recent employment trends in the lumber and wood products industry 08/01/1983
Industry diffusion indexes for average weekly hours 05/01/1983
Productivity increased in 1981 in most industries measured 12/01/1982
Productivity in the pump and compressor industry 12/01/1982
Productivity in commercial banking: computers spur the advance 12/01/1982
The office furniture industry: patterns in productivity 12/01/1982
Cosmetics industry achieves long-term productivity gains 12/01/1982
Millwork industry shows slow growth in productivity 09/01/1982
Measuring productivity in service industries 06/01/1982
Nonwool yarn mills experience slow gains in productivity 03/01/1982
Cyclical behavior of productivity in the machine tool industry 11/01/1981
Transformer industry productivity slows 11/01/1981
The outlook for industry output and employment through 1990 08/01/1981
Health services industry: a decade of expansion 05/01/1981
Measuring wage dispersion: pay ranges reflect industry traits 04/01/1981
Productivity slows or drops in 1979 in more than half of industries measured 04/01/1981
Coal industry resurgence attracts variety of new workers 01/01/1981
Productivity trends in the ball and roller bearing industry 01/01/1981

Inflation

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
Producer prices in the legal services industry after the Great Recession 11/29/2019
Model-based estimates for the Occupational Employment Statistics program 08/27/2019
Producer prices mixed in 2018, energy prices retreat from 2017 highs 04/04/2019
A new approach for quality-adjusting PPI microprocessors 12/31/2018
Examining price transmission across labor compensation costs, consumer prices, and finished-goods prices 04/20/2017
Producer prices, 2016: goods inflation returns and price increases for services move higher 03/07/2017
The first 50 years of the Producer Price Index: setting inflation expectations for today 06/10/2016
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
Job switching: a prelude to wage growth? 10/07/2015
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
Price transmission effects through three stages of food production 12/01/2012
Estimating an energy consumer price index from establishment survey data 12/01/2011
Producing disease-based price indexes 02/01/2010
Comparing U.S. and European inflation: the CPI and the HICP 05/01/2006
Consumer prices during 2003 04/01/2004
Consumer inflation higher in 2000 04/01/2001
CPI research series using current methods, 1978-98 06/01/1999
Consumer inflation in 1997 at 11-year low 05/01/1998
Consumer prices for energy and food accelerated in 1996 04/01/1997
Recession, energy prices ease producer price inflation, 1991 05/01/1992
Energy, food prices helped slow inflation in 1991 05/01/1992
Interarea differences in consumer prices 07/01/1991
Consumer prices in the 1980’s: the cooling of inflation 08/01/1990
Experimental cost-of-living indexes: a summary of current research 07/01/1989
Inflation holds steady during the first half 10/01/1988
Inflation fueled by oil prices in first 9 months of 1987 12/01/1987
Sharp drop in energy prices holds inflation in check during 1986 05/01/1987
A half-year pause in inflation:its antecedents and structure 10/01/1986
Inflation remained mild again during 1985 04/01/1986
Input prices and cost inflation in three manufacturing industries 05/01/1985
Inflation remained low during 1984 04/01/1985
Inflation and the business cycle during the postwar period 11/01/1984
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
Reconciling the CPI and the PCE Deflator: 4th quarter 1981 05/01/1982
Price changes in 1981:widespread slowing of inflation 04/01/1982
Defining the rate of underlying inflation 09/01/1981
The 1978-80 pay guidelines: meeting the need for flexibility 07/01/1981
Inflation and early retirement: recent longitudinal findings 07/01/1981
Inflation cross-currents: energy, food, and homeownership 06/01/1981
Wage increases in 1980 outpaced by inflation 05/01/1981
Price changes in 1980: double-digit inflation persists 04/01/1981
Industrial relations in 1980 influenced by inflation and recession 01/01/1981

Injuries

Occupational injuries and illnesses among registered nurses 11/27/2018
Workplace hazards facing line installers and repairers 02/16/2018
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
The quest for meaningful and accurate occupational health and safety statistics 12/30/2015
Fatal occupational injuries involving contractors, 2011 02/05/2014
Looking back at Compensation and Working Conditions 09/28/2012
Data Working for a Working Nation-Uses of BLS Occupational Safety and Health Statistics 05/31/2012
Assaults and Violent Acts in the Private Retail Trade Sector, 2003-2008 12/07/2011
Transportation Fatalities in the Mining Sector: 2004-2008 07/20/2011
Beyond Bad Tipping: Workplace Hazards of Food and Beverage Servers, 2003-2008 03/30/2011
Workplace Injuries Involving the Eyes, 2008 02/23/2011
Fatal Occupational Injuries to Volunteer Workers, 2003-07 12/15/2010
Change to Hours-Based Fatality Rates in the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries 01/25/2010
Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in the U.S. Caribbean Territories, 1992-2006 12/23/2008
Fatal occupational injuries associated with golf courses and country clubs, 2001-2006 04/23/2008
Methods Underlying New Workplace Injury and Illness Rates by Demographic Group 03/26/2008
Occupational Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities to Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics, 2003 to 2005 05/23/2007
Nonfatal Occupational Injuries Involving the Eyes, 2004 08/20/2006
A Different Approach to Measuring Workplace Safety: Injuries and Fatalities Relative to Output 07/26/2006
Occupational Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities among Nursing, Psychiatric, and Home Health Aides, 1995-2004 06/30/2006
Occupational Injuries among Groundskeepers, 1992-2002 12/20/2005
BLS Introduces Two Online Tools for Accessing Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Data 11/30/2005
Fatalities in the Ornamental Shrub and Tree Services Industry 07/26/2005
Older Workers and Severity of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Involving Days Away from Work 07/25/2005
Fatal Occupational Injuries to Members of the Resident Military, 1992-2003 04/25/2005
Percent of Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Involving Days Away from Work by Hours on the Job Before Event Occurred, 2003 04/25/2005
Deriving Occupational Fatal Injury Costs: A State Pilot Study 02/23/2005
Percent of Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Involving Days Away from Work by Day of Week Injury or Illness Occurred and Selected Occupations, 2002 02/23/2005
Fatal occupational injuries involving helicopters, 1995-2002 10/27/2004
Fatal Occupational Injuries from Accidental Gunshot Wounds, 1993-2002 09/29/2004
Fatal Occupational Injuries to Athletes, 1992-2002 07/28/2004
Nonfatal Occupational Injuries Involving the Eyes, 2002 06/30/2004
Occupations with the Most Injuries and Illnesses with Days Away from Work, 2002 05/26/2004
Fatal Occupational Injuries to Government Workers, 1992 to 2001 02/25/2004
An Analysis of Workplace Suicides, 1992-2001 01/28/2004
Workplace Injuries and Illnesses in Grocery Stores 12/19/2003
Regional Variations in Workplace Homicide Rates 11/24/2003
Racial Differences in Occupational Firearm Homicides, 1993-97 11/24/2003
National Safety Council Congress 10/29/2003
Occupational Fatalities Decline in 2002 10/29/2003
Amputations: A continuing workplace hazard 01/30/2003
Occupational Hazards In Eating and Drinking Places 06/01/2001
Work-related Fatal Injuries in 1998 03/01/2001
Are Animals Occupational Hazards? 09/01/2000
Flying Too High: Workers Fatalities in the Aeronautics Field 03/01/2000
Work-related Homicides: The Facts 03/01/2000
Workplace Falls 03/01/2000
The Unforgiving Road: Truckers Fatalities 12/01/1999
Workplace Violence Provisions in Private Sector Collective Bargaining Agreements 09/01/1999
Analysis of Toxicology Reports from the 1993-94 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries 09/01/1999
New Data Highlight Severity of Construction Falls 09/01/1999
Occupational Stress: Counts and Rates 09/01/1999
Research Summary: Fatal Injuries and young Workers 06/01/1999
Fatalities to Law Enforcement Officers and Firefighters, 1992-97 06/01/1999
Job Hazards in the Waste Industry 06/01/1999
Putting a Strain on Workers’ Health 03/01/1999
Worker Fatalities from being Caught in Machinery 12/01/1998
Job Fatalities Due to Unintentional Carbon Dioxide Poisoning, 1992-96 09/01/1998
Fishing for a Living is Dangerous Work 06/01/1998
Work Injuries and Illnesses Occurring to Women 06/01/1998
State and Industry Occupational Injuries, 1992-96 06/01/1998
Serious Injuries Befall Workers Struck by Objects 03/01/1998
Profile of Fatal Work Injuries in 1996 03/01/1998
A Century-Long Quest for Meaningful and Accurate Occupational Injury and Illness Statistics 12/01/1997
Workplace Injuries and Illnesses in the Extractive Industries 12/01/1997
Three Measures of Nonfatal Injuries at Work 12/01/1997
Perils in the Workplace 09/01/1997
Fatalities and Injuries Among Truck and Taxicab Drivers 09/01/1997
Types of Injuries Associated with Lengthy Absences from Work 09/01/1997
Have Disorders Associated With Repeated Trauma Stopped Increasing? 06/01/1997
Dangerous Jobs 06/01/1997
Occupational Fatalities Among the Immigrant Population 03/01/1997
Job-related Fatalities Involving Youth, 1992-95 12/01/1996
Highway Fatalities Among the Leading Causes of Workplace Deaths 09/01/1996
Fewer Women Than Men Die of Work-Related Injuries, Data Show 06/01/1996
National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 1995 06/01/1996
New approach to-occupational safety and health statistics 03/01/1972

International

The second century of workers’ compensation programs 10/03/2018
Labor’s new challenge—securing the rights of informal workers 05/11/2018
Labor market effects of offshoring 02/16/2018
Labor in the U.S. empire: a historical perspective 11/01/2017
Can competitive product markets reduce workplace discrimination? 08/02/2017
Poor is poor and middle is middle, and never the twain shall go any higher 08/16/2016
U.S. working womenare they falling behind in the labor force race? 03/01/2013
Thirty years of international labor research: a research summary 12/01/2012
Investigating the link between competition and discrimination 12/01/1999
Manufacturing multifactor productivity in three countries 07/01/1995
South African trade unions: a historical account, 1970-90 10/01/1990
International developments in apprenticeship 07/01/1989
Adjusted Japanese unemployment rate remains below 3 percent in 1987-88 06/01/1989
Work-time reduction in the U.S. and Western Europe 12/01/1988
Productivity and employment: the 1988 international symposium 08/01/1988
International differences in employers’ compensation costs 05/01/1988
Japanese unemployment : BLS updates its analysis 06/01/1987
Italian labor relations: a system in transition 03/01/1987
How are Japanese unions responding to microelectronics-based automation? 03/01/1987
ILO adopts asbestos standard; focuses on employment issues 10/01/1986
Aggregate export price comparisons developed for U.S., Germany, Japan 06/01/1986
International experiences with technological change 03/01/1986
West German labor unrest: are unions losing ground to worker councils? 02/01/1986
Lifetime employment in Japan: three models of the concept 08/01/1984
Robots are a big success at auto plant in Japan 08/01/1984
Japan’s low unemployment: an in-depth analysis 03/01/1984
Private rental housing abroad: dwindling supply stirs concern 09/01/1981
Do foreign-owned U.S. firms practice unconventional labor relations? 01/01/1981

International comparisons

Are U.S. scientists and engineers in short supply? Telling myth from reality 07/11/2019
The experts’ dilemma: technocratic solutions versus securing the rights of the poor 06/05/2019
State institutions and economic prosperity 02/05/2019
Patching holes in production ecosystems 01/08/2019
Economic policy and national wealth 12/06/2018
Work sharing: reducing unemployment in good times and bad 09/06/2018
Are your nest eggs toast? The evolving transition to retirement in Western economies 07/06/2018
Navigating national regulations and global changes: international and comparative employment 06/06/2017
Currency invoicing and the implications for prices 07/27/2016
Does the place you grew up in shape your future as an entrepreneur? Evidence from Italy 06/21/2016
Comparison of U.S. and international labor turnover statistics 07/29/2015
Domestic employment in U.S.-based multinational companies 10/01/2011
Compensation costs in manufacturing across industries and countries, 1975-2007 06/01/2010
Labor costs in India’s organized manufacturing sector 05/01/2010
A portrait of the youth labor market in 13 countries, 1980-2007 07/01/2009
International comparisons of hours worked: an assessment of the statistics 05/01/2009
Import and export price trends, 2007 02/01/2009
Price measures of new vehicles: a comparison 07/01/2008
Gender and nonstandard work hours in 12 European countries 02/01/2008
Comparative civilian labor force statistics, 10 countries: a visual essay 12/01/2007
Japanese exchange rates, export restraints, and auto prices in the 1980s 02/01/2007
International comparisons of Harmonized Indexes of Consumer Prices. 02/01/2007
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
Comparing U.S. and European inflation: the CPI and the HICP 05/01/2006
International labor market comparisons. 04/01/2006
Union membership statistics in 24 countries 01/01/2006
IPP introduces additional Locality of Origin import price indexes 12/01/2005
U.S. import and export prices in 2004 07/01/2005
Reinserting labor into the Iraqi Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs 06/01/2005
Comparisons of economic performance: Canada versus Australia, 1983-2000 04/01/2005
U.S. import and export prices in 2003 09/01/2004
An international analysis of workplace injuries 03/01/2004
Families and work in transition in 12 countries, 1980 - 2001 09/01/2003
Comparing 50 years of labor productivity in U.S. and foreign manufacturing 06/01/2002
A perspective on U.S. and foreign compensation costs in manufacturing 06/01/2002
U.S. labor market performance in international perspective 06/01/2002
Providing comparable international labor statistics 06/01/2002
Employment and unemployment in Mexico in the 1990s 11/01/2000
Public-service employment programs in selected OECD countries 10/01/2000
International unemployment rates: how comparable are they? 06/01/2000
International price comparisons based on purchasing power parity 10/01/1999
International labor productivity and per capita income 07/01/1999
The transformation of work values in Israel 05/01/1999
The role of self-employment in U.S. and Canadian job growth 04/01/1999
Trends in retirement age in four countries, 1965-95 08/01/1998
Low unemployment in the Czech Republic: ‘miracle’ or ‘mirage’? 08/01/1998
International symposium on linked employer-employee data 07/01/1998
Employment growth and educational attainment 05/01/1998
International report (economy of Zimbabwe) 03/01/1998
U.S. and foreign productivity and unit labor costs 02/01/1997
International comparisons of manufacturing compensation 10/01/1995
International unemployment indicators, 1983-93 08/01/1995
Comparative manufacturing productivity and unit labor costs 02/01/1995
Foreign trade alternatives for employment and occupations, 2005 11/01/1994
Czech women in transition 11/01/1994
Labor market flexibility: a changing international perspective 11/01/1994
International manufacturing compensation costs 11/01/1994
Employment and unemployment in Mexico’s labor force 11/01/1994
Manufacturing costs, productivity, and competitiveness, 1979-93 10/01/1994
International comparisons of manufacturing unit labor costs 12/01/1993
Employment change and sectoral distribution in 10 countries, 1970-90 10/01/1993
International comparisons of unemployment indicators 03/01/1993
The U.S. and Japanese work injury and illness experience 04/01/1992
Manufacturing productivity and labor costs in 14 economies 12/01/1991
U.S. worker rehabilitation in international perspective 09/01/1991
Dollar’s fall boosts U.S. machinery exports 07/01/1991
Employment programs for disabled youth: an international view 12/01/1990
Helping Poland cope with unemployment 12/01/1990
The European Community 1992 program and U.S. workers 11/01/1990
South African trade unions: a historical account, 1970-90 10/01/1990
The changing family in international perspective 03/01/1990
International comparisons of hourly compensation costs 06/01/1989
Unemployment insurance in the U.S. and Europe, 1973-83 04/01/1989
Variations in holiday, vacation, and area pay levels 02/01/1989
International comparisons of productivity and unit labor cost trends in manufacturing 12/01/1988
Damage control: yen appreciation and the Japanese labor market 11/01/1988
Rising export and import prices in 1987reversed the trend of recent years 06/01/1988
An analysis of unemployment and other labor market indicators in 10 countries 04/01/1988
Comparison of purchasing power parity between the United States and Canada 12/01/1987
Britain’s redundancy payments for displaced workers 06/01/1987
Import price declines in 1986 reflected reduced oil prices 04/01/1987
International trends in productivity and unit labor costs in manufacturing 12/01/1986
Foreign housing voucher systems: evolution and strategies 05/01/1986
An international comparison of labor force participation, 1977-84 05/01/1986
Import, export prices reflect declining dollar and oversupply in 1985 04/01/1986
Productivity and labor costs trends in manufacturing, 12 countries 03/01/1986
Flexible and partial retirement for Norwegian and Swedish workers 10/01/1985
The 1982 Mexican peso devaluation and border area employment 10/01/1985
Recent trends in unemployment and the labor force, 10 countries 08/01/1985
Prices of U.S. imports and exports declined in 1984 04/01/1985
Effects of strong dollar, economic recovery apparent in first-half import and export prices 10/01/1984
Pay differentials: the case of Japan 10/01/1984
Worker participation and productivity change 09/01/1984
Robust growth and the strong dollar set pattern for 1983 import and export prices 04/01/1984
Productivity trends in manufacturing in the U.S. and 11 other countries 01/01/1984
Recent labor market developments in the U.S. and nine other countries 01/01/1984
Import prices decline, export indexes mixed in the first 6 months of 1983 11/01/1983
Labor market contrasts: United States and Europe 08/01/1983
Japan’s low unemployment: economic miracle or statistical artifact? 07/01/1983
International comparisons of labor force participation, 1960-81 02/01/1983
U.S. import and export price indexes show declines during the first half 01/01/1983
International trends in productivity and labor costs 12/01/1982
Import price indexes for crude petroleum 11/01/1982
Unemployment and labor force trends in 10 industrial nations: an update 11/01/1982
Unemployment, labor force trends, and layoff practices in 10 countries 12/01/1981
International comparisons of trends in productivity and labor costs 12/01/1981
Youth unemployment: an international perspective 07/01/1981

International labor organization

Navigating national regulations and global changes: international and comparative employment 06/06/2017
Training programs: the key to achieving ILO goals 09/01/1994
Social security and protection in the developing world 09/01/1994
Achievements, new directions from 1994 ILO conference 09/01/1994
Global employment issues in the year 2000 09/01/1994
Labor standards in the context of a global economy 09/01/1994
The future of ILO standards 09/01/1994
Promoting social justice in the new global economy 09/01/1994
The ILO and tripartism: some reflections 09/01/1994
The landmark provisions of ratified ILO conventions 06/01/1988
U.S. ends ILO moratorium by ratifying two conventions 06/01/1988
ILO adopts asbestos standard; focuses on employment issues 10/01/1986
ILO adopts new standards on health services, labor data 12/01/1985
ILO examines impact of technology on worker safety and health 08/01/1985
Pay in data processing services by occupation and urban area,Future of collective bargaining probed in ILO report 09/01/1984
Political issues dominate ILO conference; new worker standards adopted 10/01/1982
ILO conference focuses on bargaining, worker safety, rather than politics 10/01/1981

International trade

Economic growth through the lens of changing patterns of specialization and trade 09/10/2019
State institutions and economic prosperity 02/05/2019
The laboring labor share of income: the “miracle” ends 01/19/2016
A welcome “sticker” shock: “Made in the U.S.A.” 08/06/2013
BLS to produce monthly indexes of export and import prices 12/01/1988
BLS publishes average exchange rate and foreign currency price indexes 12/01/1987

Italy

Navigating national regulations and global changes: international and comparative employment 06/06/2017
Firms’ productivity rises as women become executives 01/18/2017
Does the place you grew up in shape your future as an entrepreneur? Evidence from Italy 06/21/2016
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
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
Italian labor relations: a system in transition 03/01/1987
Recent trends in unemployment and the labor force, 10 countries 08/01/1985

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