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Global labor market debates in the ILO publications in the COVID-19 era 09/14/2023
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on workers with a criminal history 01/24/2023
Jobs, jobs, jobs: what’s an analyst to do? 12/20/2022
Who chooses part-time work and why? 03/16/2018
Unemployment holds steady for much of 2016 but edges down in the fourth quarter 03/31/2017
The relationship between access to benefits and weekly work hours 06/25/2015
Why do women still earn less than men? 06/25/2014
New college degree in hand: now what? 03/10/2014
Part-time Workers’ Earnings: Some Comparisons 06/01/2000

Part time work

Economic globalization and the precarity of work 04/14/2022
Does part-time work offer flexibility to employed mothers? 02/10/2022
Comparing characteristics and selected expenditures of dual- and single-income households with children 09/04/2020
Demographics, earnings, and family characteristics of workers in sectors initially affected by COVID-19 shutdowns 06/05/2020
Balancing college and kids: estimating time allocation differences for college students with and without children 02/05/2019
Electronically mediated work: new questions in the Contingent Worker Supplement 09/28/2018
Job market continued to improve in 2017 as the unemployment rate declined to a 17-year low 04/25/2018
Great Recession, great recovery? Trends from the Current Population Survey 04/06/2018
Who chooses part-time work and why? 03/16/2018
Flexible jobs give workers choices 05/31/2017
Multiple jobholding in states in 2015 02/23/2017
Underemployment among Hispanics: the case of involuntary part-time work 12/29/2016
Unemployment rate nears prerecession level by end of 2015 04/27/2016
A new approach to work-hour instability 03/10/2016
How was your weekend? Would your answer be different if you were happy at your job? 12/17/2015
Is involuntary part-time work here to stay? 11/23/2015
To retire or not to retire 10/14/2015
Multiple jobholding in states in 2014 08/21/2015
Multiple jobholding in states in 2013 08/06/2014
Unemployment continued its downward trend in 2013 04/01/2014
New college degree in hand: now what? 03/10/2014
The Nation’s underemployed in the “Great Recession” of 2007-09 11/01/2010
Consumer-Driven Health Care: What Is It, and What Does It Mean for Employees and Employers? 10/25/2010
Part-time workers: some key differences between primary and secondary earners 10/01/2009
Beyond Basic Benefits: Employee Access to Other Types of Benefits, 1979-2008 05/29/2009
The female share of weekend employment: a study of 16 countries 08/01/2005
Part-time work and industry growth 03/01/1999
Comparing benefit costs for full- and part-time workers 03/01/1999
Part-time and temporary employment in Japan 10/01/1995
Women’s part-time employment: A gross flows analysis 04/01/1995
Part-time workers: who are they? 02/01/1986
New data series on involuntary part-time work 03/01/1985
Preferences of temporary workers: time, variety, and flexibility 08/01/1984
Modeling the retirement process for policy evaluation and research 07/01/1984
Short workweeks during economic downturns 06/01/1983
Involuntary part-time work: new information from the CPS 02/01/1981

Pay

Jobs, jobs, jobs: what’s an analyst to do? 12/20/2022
Empirical evidence for the “Great Resignation” 11/16/2022
Were wages converging during the 2010s expansion? 06/23/2022
Telework during the COVID-19 pandemic: estimates using the 2021 Business Response Survey 03/15/2022
Business employment dynamics by wage class 12/16/2021
A look at the new job-task information in the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth 05/21/2021
Workforce growth in community-based care: meeting the needs of an aging population 12/02/2016
Sluggish post-recession wage growth: are we comparing apples to apples? 05/20/2016
Does outlawing pay secrecy increase the gender wage gap in the United States? 02/10/2016
A best way to help low-wage workers? 10/30/2015
STEM crisis or STEM surplus? Yes and yes 05/26/2015
Has performance pay contributed to the rise of inequality in the United States? 03/11/2015
Is a college degree still worth it? 11/13/2014
Why do women still earn less than men? 06/25/2014
Do performance-based incentives work for teachers? 05/19/2014
A better way to measure pay differentials among industries 03/19/2014
Millennials and the pay gap 03/05/2014
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
Former smokers earn more 11/08/2013
Wage estimates by job characteristic: NCS and OES program data 08/27/2013
Getting paid for a better future? 02/01/2013
Benefit Cost Concepts and the Limitations of ECEC Measurement 07/26/2012
Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes of 2011 03/30/2012
Life Insurance Benefits: Variations Based on Workers’ Earnings and Work Schedules 03/30/2012
Paid Sick Leave: Prevalence, Provision, and Usage among Full-Time Workers in Private Industry 02/29/2012
In Case of Emergency: New Data on Medical Benefits 04/15/2011
Wages of Full-time and Part-time Cooks: A Multicity Tour 11/22/2010
Consumer-Driven Health Care: What Is It, and What Does It Mean for Employees and Employers? 10/25/2010
Disparities in Automatic Enrollment Plan Availability 08/30/2010
Supplemental Pay in the Healthcare Industry: Overtime Pay, Bonuses, and Shift Differentials 07/23/2010
How Does Your 401(k) Match Up? 05/26/2010
Earnings of Healthcare Workers by Level of Duties and Responsibilities, 2008 04/21/2010
Occupational Earnings of Full-time Healthcare Workers in Civilian Hospitals, 2008 02/24/2010
New Definitions of Employee Access to Paid Sick Leave and Retirement Benefits in the National Compensation Survey 12/23/2009
Comparison of Take-up Rates in Employer-Sponsored Medical Care Plans: State and Local Government and Private Industry 12/23/2009
The New Health Participation and Access Data from the National Compensation Survey 10/26/2009
Part-time workers: some key differences between primary and secondary earners 10/01/2009
Alternatives to Frozen Defined Benefit Pension Plans 08/28/2009
Beyond Basic Benefits: Employee Access to Other Types of Benefits, 1979-2008 05/29/2009
The Structure of State and Local Government Retirement Benefits, 2008 02/25/2009
Wages in the Nonprofit Sector: Management, Professional, and Administrative Support Occupations 10/28/2008
BLS Introduces New Employment Cost Indexes for 14 Metropolitan Areas 09/24/2008
The effect of business ownership change on occupational employment and wages 09/01/2008
Pay Relatives for U.S. Census Regions and Divisions, 2006 08/28/2008
Work Schedules in the National Compensation Survey 07/28/2008
Aging Wage Survey Data Using the Employment Cost Index 01/29/2008
Comparing Employer-Provided Medical Care Benefits for Lower and Higher Wage Full-Time Workers 12/19/2007
The Likelihood of Having Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance 11/30/2007
Changes in Occupational Ranking and Hourly Earnings, 1997-2005 08/29/2007
National Compensation Survey: Post-Katrina Occupational Wage Data for New Orleans 06/27/2007
Pretax Benefits: Access to Section 125 Cafeteria Benefits and Health Savings Accounts in the United States, Private Industry 03/28/2007
Access, Participation, and Take-up Rates in Defined Contribution Retirement Plans among Workers in Private Industry, 2006 12/27/2006
The New ECI “Exclusionary” Series: An Improved Measure to Control for Wage Volatility 08/24/2006
Hurricane damage to the ocean economy in the U.S. gulf region in 2005 08/01/2006
Emerging Benefits: Access to Health Promotion Benefits in the United States, Private Industry, 1999 and 2005 07/26/2006
Another Retirement Savings Option: Roth 401(k) Plan 02/22/2006
Preretirement Distributions: Can You Take Them with You? 10/24/2005
The Effect of Unions on Employee Benefits: Recent Results from the Employer Costs for Employee Compensation Data 06/29/2005
Wages in Profit and Nonprofit Hospitals and Universities 06/29/2005
The Relationship Between Labor Costs and Inflation: A Cyclical Viewpoint 05/24/2005
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
Converting from Nine Factors to Four in the Occupational Work Leveling System of the National Compensation Survey 09/29/2004
Comparing Current and Former Industry and Occupation ECEC Series 08/05/2004
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
Cost Sharing in Medical Insurance Plans 03/31/2004
California Enacts Healthcare Law Covering Uninsured Workers 11/24/2003
Tiered Hospital Plans 07/29/2003
National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO) 2003 Conference 06/25/2003
Differences in Union and Nonunion Earnings in Blue-collar and Service Occupations 06/25/2003
Family Time Flexibility Act Introduced in Congress 05/28/2003
Proposal to Strengthen Overtime Protection 05/28/2003
Payment Options under Retirement Plans 04/28/2003
Pay Relatives for Major Metropolitan Areas 04/28/2003
Relative Pay Rates among Major Industry and Occupational Groups 03/26/2003
Confidentiality Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 03/26/2003
IRS Proposed Regulations to Simplify Retirement Plan Distribution Rules 03/26/2003
New Tax Law Includes Provisions Affecting Employee Benefits 01/30/2003
A first look at employment and wages using NAICS 12/01/2001
Compensation in the 1970s 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
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
Part-time Workers’ Earnings: Some Comparisons 06/01/2000
When It Comes To Pay, Does Location Matter? 06/01/2000
Union-nonunion Wage Differences, 1997 03/01/2000
Supervisory Duties and the National Compensation Survey 03/01/2000
BLS Completes Test Surveys of the Construction Industry 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
Test Surveys of the Construction Industry 06/01/1999
Tracking Changes in Benefit Costs 03/01/1999
Comparing Wage Changes in Salt Lake City to the Nation: An NCS Test 12/01/1998
How Do Wages in San Juan Compare to Wages on the Mainland 12/01/1998
Collecting Data on Human Capital Variables 09/01/1998
How Do Wages in Alaska Compare to Wages on the Mainland 09/01/1998
Earnings in Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas 06/01/1998
How Do Wages in Hawaii Compare to Wages on the Mainland 06/01/1998
Overview of the NCS: Summer 1998 06/01/1998
Salary Caps in Professional Team Sports 03/01/1998
Scientist’s Earnings 03/01/1998
Occupational Pay by Establishment Size 03/01/1998
Differences Among Private Industry Occupational Groups in Pay Levels and Trends 12/01/1997
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 Wage Patterns of Engineers and Secretaries 09/01/1997
Baseball’s Changing Salary Structure 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
Wages in the Deep Sea Transportation Industry: Freighters and Tankers 06/01/1997
Earnings by Level of Work: Results from Pilot Studies of the National Compensation Survey Program 06/01/1997
Tips and Excluded Workers: The New Orleans Test 06/01/1997
Wages in Forestry and Logging 03/01/1997
New Sample Areas Selected for BLS National Compensation Program 03/01/1997
Nursing Pay in Private Industry, 1994 03/01/1997
Does Proximity Link Job Markets? Some Comparisons Between Occupations and Areas 12/01/1996
Comp2000: Designing A New Wage Survey 12/01/1996
New Approach to Measuring Occupational Wages 12/01/1996
Occupational Wages and Employee Benefits among Small Certificated Air Carriers in Alaska 12/01/1996
Pay in Private Industry and State and Local Government, 1994 09/01/1996
BLS Redesigns Its Compensation Surveys 09/01/1996
A Look at Temporary Help Wage Rates 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
Do Urban Workers Earn More Than Their Country Cousins? 06/01/1996
Total Compensation Costs Increase Nearly 1 Percent 06/01/1996
Occupational Pay in Private Goods and Service-Producing Industries 06/01/1996
Towards a Working Definition of Compensation 06/01/1996
White-collar pay in nonservice industries, March 1988 10/01/1988
Employment Cost Index series to replace Hourly Earnings Index 07/01/1988
Occupational pay in structural clay products industries 05/01/1988
White-collar salaries vary widely in the service industries 11/01/1987
Pay-for-knowledge compensation plans: hypotheses and survey results 10/01/1987
Weekly earnings in 1986: a look at more than 200 occupations 06/01/1987
Employment and wage changes of families from CE Survey data 02/01/1987
BLS white-collar pay survey now covers small firms 10/01/1986
Weekly earnings in 1985: a look at more than 200 occupations 09/01/1986
Minimum wage stability affects shirt and nightwear industry pay 03/01/1986
Occupational pay in the manufacture of men’s and boys’ suits and coats 01/01/1986
Earnings of employees in certificated air carriers 11/01/1985
Occupational salary levels for white-collar workers, 1985 10/01/1985
Tips: the mainstay of many hotel workers’ pay 07/01/1985
Occupational earnings and benefits in making nonelectrical machinery 06/01/1985
Hours at work increase relative to hours paid 06/01/1985
Wages at motor vehicle plants outpaced those at parts factories 05/01/1985
Estimating lost future earnings using the new worklife tables 02/01/1985
Estimating lost future earnings using the new worklife tables: a comment 02/01/1985
Weekly earnings in 1983: a look at more than 200 occupations 01/01/1985
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
Occupational salary levels for white-collar workers, 1984 10/01/1984
Pay in data processing services by occupation and urban area,Future of collective bargaining probed in ILO report 09/01/1984
Area occupational pay in auto dealer repair shops,New Jersey trends in high tech employment 08/01/1984
Pay gains tempered in basic steel mills 08/01/1984
Incentives in manufacturing: the carrot and the stick 07/01/1984
Wages in the paper industries among highest in manufacturing 03/01/1984
Pay in Mountain region coal mines outstrips national average 03/01/1984
Skill level differences in white-collar pay 12/01/1983
Wages of appliance repair technicians vary widely among metropolitan areas 12/01/1983
A further adjustment needed to estimate lost earning capacity 10/01/1983
Employment and wages reported by California farmers in 1982 09/01/1983
Compensation cost increases: slowdown continues in 1982 06/01/1983
The use of worklife tables in estimates of lost earning capacity 04/01/1983
Comparing annual and weekly earnings from the Current Population Survey 04/01/1983
Pay levels in hosiery manufacturing 03/01/1983
Hourly pay of contract cleaners lags but sweeps past weekly gains 03/01/1983
Does a younger male labor force mean greater earnings inequality? 11/01/1982
Occupational salary levels for white-collar workers, 1982 10/01/1982
Weekly family earnings: a quarterly perspective 08/01/1982
Occupational wage variation in wood household furniture plants 07/01/1981
Wage increases in 1980 outpaced by inflation 05/01/1981
Occupational segregation and earnings differences by sex 01/01/1981

Pay and benefits

Pay trends

Were wages converging during the 2010s expansion? 06/23/2022
Exploring changes in real average hourly earnings, June 2009 to December 2019 09/09/2020
Teen labor force participation before and after the Great Recession and beyond 02/16/2017
How should we define “low-wage” work? An analysis using the Current Population Survey 10/04/2016
Teacher staffing and pay differences: public and private schools 09/25/2014
Millennials and the pay gap 03/05/2014
The Marcellus Shale gas boom in Pennsylvania: employment and wage trends 02/27/2014
Performance-related pay in the United States is becoming less prevalent 02/04/2014

Pensions

The legalities of the uniquely American employee benefits system 06/24/2022
Can employers sustain profitability while employees delay their retirement? 03/08/2019
Are your nest eggs toast? The evolving transition to retirement in Western economies 07/06/2018
Automatic enrollment, employer match rates, and employee compensation in 401(k) plans 05/28/2015
Better retirement planning 01/13/2015
Job characteristics among working parents: differences by race, ethnicity, and nativity 05/27/2014
The relationship between job characteristics and retirement savings in defined contribution plans 05/30/2013
Supplemental Pay in the Finance and Insurance Industry 04/21/2010
A Comparison of Hourly Wage Rates for Full- and Part-Time Workers by Occupation, 2007 07/23/2009
Wages in the Nonprofit Sector: Healthcare, Personal Care, and Social Service Occupations 01/27/2009
Wages in the Nonprofit Sector: Occupations Typically Found in Educational and Research Institutions 11/26/2008
Access to Wellness and Employee Assistance Programs in the United States 12/27/2006
Projected pension income: equality or disparity for the baby-boom cohort? 03/01/2006
Rankings of Full-Time Occupations, by Annual Earnings, July 2004 11/30/2005
Employee Contributions to Employer-Provided Medical Plans by Bargaining Status, Private Industry, 2005 08/31/2005
New Area Sample Selected for the National Compensation Survey 03/30/2005
Measuring defined benefit plan replacement rates with PenSync 11/01/2004
Stock Options: National Compensation Survey Update 06/30/2004
Questions and Answers on Cash Balance Pension Plans 09/22/2003
New Law Moves Insurance Plans Closer to Total Mental Health Parity 09/22/2003
Defining participation in defined contribution pension plans 08/01/2003
Differences in Union and Nonunion Earnings in Blue-collar and Service Occupations 06/25/2003
Job Satisfaction of Recent Graduates in Financial Services 05/28/2003
NCS Reviews the Effectiveness of Variable Pay Collection 04/16/2003
Distribution of retirement income benefits 04/01/2003
The E-Government Act of 2002 02/26/2003
Employee Contributions for Health Insurance 1980-2000 01/30/2003
Planning ahead: consumer expenditure patterns in retirement 07/01/2002
An analysis of lump-sum pension distribution recipients 05/01/2002
Changing retirement age: ups and downs 04/01/2001
Pension integration and retirement benefits 02/01/2001
Participation in Retirement Plans: A Comparison of the Self-employed and Wage and Salary Workers 12/01/2000
Insurance and Retirement Benefits in the Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT, and Toledo, OH, Construction Industries 09/01/2000
Social Security Earnings Limit Removed 06/01/2000
Private Sector Employee Benefits, 1996-97 06/01/2000
Employee Costs and Risks in 401(k) Plans 06/01/2000
Insurance and Retirement Benefits in the Jacksonville, Florida Construction Industry 09/01/1999
Retirement Benefits in the Jacksonville, FL and Tucson, AZ Construction Industries 06/01/1999
Improving Retirement Security for Women 06/01/1999
Multiemployer Pension Plans 03/01/1999
Factors Affecting Employer-provided Retirement 12/01/1998
Social Security in the United States and Chile 09/01/1998
Linking Retirement Plan Measures 03/01/1998
Family Retirement Benefits 03/01/1998
Factors Predicting the Most Important Source of Retirement Income 09/01/1997
Post-retirement Pension Increases 09/01/1997
Public and Private Sector Defined Benefit Pensions: A Comparison 06/01/1997
Labor and the Supreme Court: significant issues of 1992-96 01/01/1997
Early Retirement Provisions in Defined Benefit Pension Plans 12/01/1996
Earnings and benefits of contingent and noncontingent workers 10/01/1996
Earnings and benefits of workers in alternative work arrangements 10/01/1996
Defined Contribution Retirement Plans Become More Prevalent 06/01/1996
Portability of pension benefits among jobs 07/01/1994
On the disparity between private and public pensions 04/01/1994
Factors affecting retirement income 03/01/1993
Evolution of employer-provided defined benefit pensions 12/01/1991
New survey data on pension benefits 08/01/1991
The comparative value of pensions in the public and private sectors 12/01/1988
How has vesting changed since passage of Employee Retirement Income Security Act? 08/01/1988
Trends in retirement eligibility and pension benefits, 1974-83 04/01/1987
Today’s pension plans: how much do they pay? 12/01/1985
Flexible and partial retirement for Norwegian and Swedish workers 10/01/1985
Postretirement increases under private pension plans 09/01/1984
How social security payments affect private pensions 05/01/1984
Surviving spouse’s benefits in private pension plans 04/01/1984
How do families fare when the breadwinner retires? 12/01/1983
Disability benefits for employees in private pension plans 08/01/1982

Poland

Nonstandard work schedules in 29 European countries, 2005–15: differences by education, gender, and parental status 07/28/2021
Poland in transition: labor market data collected 09/01/1999
Helping Poland cope with unemployment 12/01/1990
How Poland’s Solidarity won freedom of association 09/01/1989
Solidarity’s proposals for reforming Poland’s economy 05/01/1982

Population

Labor force and macroeconomic projections overview and highlights, 2022–32 09/11/2023
Unemployment rate returned to its prepandemic level in 2022 06/28/2023
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on workers with a criminal history 01/24/2023
Projections overview and highlights, 2021–31 11/08/2022
Projections overview and highlights, 2020–30 10/04/2021
Projections overview and highlights, 2019–29 09/24/2020
Projections overview and highlights, 2016–26 10/24/2017
Labor force projections to 2024: the labor force is growing, but slowly 12/08/2015
Puerto Rico: a study of population loss amid economic decline 09/15/2015
Continued improvement in U.S. labor market in 2014 04/23/2015
Examination of state-level labor turnover survey data 01/30/2014
Labor force projections to 2022: the labor force participation rate continues to fall 12/19/2013
Population changes, the baby boom, and the unemployment rate 08/01/1990

Poverty

The American working class and the unfulfilled promise of policy-driven growth 12/06/2019
The experts’ dilemma: technocratic solutions versus securing the rights of the poor 06/05/2019
Direct job creation in the United States: learning from the past 05/09/2019
The effects of the rent burden on low income families 03/16/2018
The effect of natural disasters on local economies 07/31/2017
How should we define “low-wage” work? An analysis using the Current Population Survey 10/04/2016
Poor is poor and middle is middle, and never the twain shall go any higher 08/16/2016
Growing up in high-poverty areas can affect your employment 03/30/2016
Locked up and locked out of the U.S. labor market 08/12/2015
The growth of income inequality in the United States 04/13/2015
What’s “like” got to do with it? 04/10/2014
Single mothers and welfare: a new perspective 03/11/2014
The working poor 09/01/1997
How much poverty is reduced by State income transfers? 07/01/1989
Poverty in the 1980’s: are the poor getting poorer? 06/01/1989
Measuring productivity in State and local government 06/01/1984
Employment problems and poverty: examining the linkages 06/01/1982

Prices

A hope for fixing the college pricing system 07/17/2023
Improvements to the CPI index series for residential telecommunications services 06/23/2023
Automotive dealerships 2019–22: dealer markup increases drive new-vehicle consumer inflation 04/14/2023
Exploring quality adjustment in PPI cloud computing 02/27/2023
Incorporating medical claims data in the Consumer Price Index 02/23/2023
Improving response rates and representativity in the CPI medical care index 02/21/2023
Automotive dealerships 2007–19: profit-margin compression and product innovation 10/03/2022
PPI and CPI seasonal adjustment during the COVID-19 pandemic 05/02/2022
CPI outlet samples from the CE: a new life for the Point-of-Purchase Survey 04/20/2022
From the barrel to the pump: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on prices for petroleum products 10/30/2020
What can search frictions tell us about the labor market? 10/30/2020
A new BLS satellite series of net inputs to industry price indexes: methodology and uses 09/25/2020
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food price indexes and data collection 08/11/2020
Measuring the substitution effect in Producer Price Index goods data: 2002–16 07/31/2020
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
Producer prices in the legal services industry after the Great Recession 11/29/2019
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
Cross-validation of quality-adjustment methods for price indexes 06/26/2018
Producer prices, 2017: inflation accelerates across the stages of production 06/11/2018
Improving initial estimates of the Chained Consumer Price Index 02/22/2018
Free prices: the key to a successful economy 02/16/2018
Crude oil prices spur gains for U.S. import and export price indexes, despite the appreciating dollar: 2016 annual summary 12/12/2017
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
Producer prices, 2016: goods inflation returns and price increases for services move higher 03/07/2017
Price transmission within the Producer Price Index Final Demand–Intermediate Demand aggregation system 08/01/2016
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
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
Analyzing price movements within the Producer Price Index Final Demand–Intermediate Demand aggregation system 01/28/2014
Scheduled passenger air transportation in the Producer Price Index: improvements and trends 09/26/2013
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
The behavior of the Producer Price Index in a global economy 09/01/2012
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
IPP 2008 year in review 04/01/2010
Producer prices reverse course in 2008 07/01/2009
Import and export price trends, 2007 02/01/2009
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
Producer inflation accelerates in 2007 due to rising prices for energy and foods 07/01/2008
Price measures of new vehicles: a comparison 07/01/2008
Import and export price trends in 2006 10/01/2007
Price highlights, 2006: energy goods retreat, moderating producer prices 07/01/2007
Consumer prices rose less in 2006 than in 2005 05/01/2007
International comparisons of Harmonized Indexes of Consumer Prices. 02/01/2007
Price and expenditure measures of petroleum products: a comparison 12/01/2006
Item replacement and quality change in apparel price indexes 12/01/2006
Price transmission: from crude petroleum to plastics products 12/01/2006
Import price rise in 2005 due to continued high energy prices 11/01/2006
The effects of rounding on the Consumer Price Index 10/01/2006
Price highlights 2005: higher energy prices again dominate producer prices 07/01/2006
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
IPP introduces additional Locality of Origin import price indexes 12/01/2005
U.S. import and export prices in 2004 07/01/2005
A transaction price index for air travel 06/01/2005
Price transmission within the PPI for intermediate goods 05/01/2005
Factors affecting beef and cattle producer prices movements 05/01/2005
Consumer price index, 2004 04/01/2005
Hedonic regression models using in-house and out-of-house data 12/01/2004
U.S. import and export prices in 2003 09/01/2004
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
Producer prices in 2000: energy goods continue to climb 07/01/2001
Consumer inflation higher in 2000 04/01/2001
Price index research in the coming decades 09/01/2000
Core consumer prices in 1999: low by historical standards 04/01/2000
International price comparisons based on purchasing power parity 10/01/1999
Employment and other trends in the electric services industry 09/01/1999
Producer price highlights, 1998 07/01/1999
Consumer inflation remains modest in 1998 04/01/1999
Comparing PPI energy indexes to alternative data sources 12/01/1998
Incorporating a geometric mean formula into the CPI 10/01/1998
Prescription drug prices for the elderly 09/01/1998
Producer price highlights, 1997 07/01/1998
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
Are producer prices good proxies for export prices? 10/01/1997
Producer price highlights, 1996 07/01/1997
Consumer prices for energy and food accelerated in 1996 04/01/1997
Producer price highlights, 1995 07/01/1996
Consumer prices in 1995 06/01/1996
Manufacturing prices, productivity, and labor costs in five economies 07/01/1995
Consumer prices in 1994 06/01/1995
Producer price highlights, 1994 06/01/1995
Pricing practices for tobacco products, 1980-94 12/01/1994
Producer price rises slowed in improving economy in 1993 05/01/1994
Growth rate slows down in consumer prices, 1993 05/01/1994
Experimental price index for elderly consumers 05/01/1994
Factors affecting the international softwood lumber market, 1987-93 02/01/1994
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
New international price series published by Nation and region 06/01/1992
Recession, energy prices ease producer price inflation, 1991 05/01/1992
Energy, food prices helped slow inflation in 1991 05/01/1992
Consumer price rise slows in first half of 1991 10/01/1991
Dollar’s fall boosts U.S. machinery exports 07/01/1991
Chemical trade prospers in the 1980’s 06/01/1991
Consumer prices rise sharply in 1990 05/01/1991
An experimental price index for the computer industry 10/01/1990
Consumer prices in the 1980’s: the cooling of inflation 08/01/1990
Import and export price gains ease in 1989 06/01/1990
The 1989 price increase largest in eight years 05/01/1990
Price highlights of 1988: rising pressures on consumer prices 05/01/1989
U.S. import and export prices continued to register sizable gains in 1988 05/01/1989
BLS to produce monthly indexes of export and import prices 12/01/1988
Domestic price rise during 1987 reflects swing of energy prices 06/01/1988
Rising export and import prices in 1987reversed the trend of recent years 06/01/1988
Inflation fueled by oil prices in first 9 months of 1987 12/01/1987
BLS publishes average exchange rate and foreign currency price indexes 12/01/1987
Comparison of the revised and the old CPI 11/01/1987
Sharp drop in energy prices holds inflation in check during 1986 05/01/1987
Import price declines in 1986 reflected reduced oil prices 04/01/1987
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
Aggregate export price comparisons developed for U.S., Germany, Japan 06/01/1986
Inflation remained mild again during 1985 04/01/1986
Import, export prices reflect declining dollar and oversupply in 1985 04/01/1986
How U.S. exports are faring in the world wheat market 10/01/1985
Commodity price volatility: trends during 1975-84 06/01/1985
Prices of U.S. imports and exports declined in 1984 04/01/1985
Inflation and the business cycle during the postwar period 11/01/1984
Effects of strong dollar, economic recovery apparent in first-half import and export prices 10/01/1984
Inflation remained low in 1983 in face of strong recovery 05/01/1984
Robust growth and the strong dollar set pattern for 1983 import and export prices 04/01/1984
Import prices decline, export indexes mixed in the first 6 months of 1983 11/01/1983
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
Inflation continues to abate during the first quarter 07/01/1982
Price changes in 1981:widespread slowing of inflation 04/01/1982
Large supplies of meats, grains cut recent food price increases 01/01/1982
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
Price changes in 1980: double-digit inflation persists 04/01/1981

Prices and Spending

Private industry

Private sector

Producer price index

Two plus two really does equal four: simulating official BLS gasoline price measures 06/30/2023
Automotive dealerships 2019–22: dealer markup increases drive new-vehicle consumer inflation 04/14/2023
Exploring quality adjustment in PPI cloud computing 02/27/2023
Automotive dealerships 2007–19: profit-margin compression and product innovation 10/03/2022
PPI and CPI seasonal adjustment during the COVID-19 pandemic 05/02/2022
From the barrel to the pump: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on prices for petroleum products 10/30/2020
A new BLS satellite series of net inputs to industry price indexes: methodology and uses 09/25/2020
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food price indexes and data collection 08/11/2020
Measuring the substitution effect in Producer Price Index goods data: 2002–16 07/31/2020
Producer price inflation slows in 2019, as price increases for both services and goods decelerate from a year earlier 05/29/2020
Producer prices in the legal services industry after the Great Recession 11/29/2019
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
Cross-validation of quality-adjustment methods for price indexes 06/26/2018
Producer prices, 2017: inflation accelerates across the stages of production 06/11/2018
Comparing NAICS-based Producer Price Index industry net output data and International Price Program import data 03/13/2018
Crude petroleum prices and retail fuel margins: an empirical examination 01/12/2018
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
Price transmission within the Producer Price Index Final Demand–Intermediate Demand aggregation system 08/01/2016
The first 50 years of the Producer Price Index: setting inflation expectations for today 06/10/2016
New PPI net inputs to industry indexes 10/21/2015
Comparing new final-demand producer price indexes with other government price indexes 01/28/2014
Analyzing price movements within the Producer Price Index Final Demand–Intermediate Demand aggregation system 01/28/2014
Scheduled passenger air transportation in the Producer Price Index: improvements and trends 09/26/2013
Price transmission effects through three stages of food production 12/01/2012
The behavior of the Producer Price Index in a global economy 09/01/2012
A new, experimental system of indexes from the PPI program 02/01/2011
PPI and CPI seasonal adjustment: an update 07/01/2010
New wherever-provided services and construction indexes for PPI 08/01/2009
Producer prices reverse course in 2008 07/01/2009
Producer inflation accelerates in 2007 due to rising prices for energy and foods 07/01/2008
Price measures of new vehicles: a comparison 07/01/2008
Price highlights, 2006: energy goods retreat, moderating producer prices 07/01/2007
Japanese exchange rates, export restraints, and auto prices in the 1980s 02/01/2007
Item replacement and quality change in apparel price indexes 12/01/2006
Price highlights 2005: higher energy prices again dominate producer prices 07/01/2006
Price transmission within the PPI for intermediate goods 05/01/2005
Factors affecting beef and cattle producer prices movements 05/01/2005
Consumer gasoline prices: an empirical investigation 07/01/2003
An empirical analysis of price transmission by stage of processing 11/01/2002
Producer price highlights during 2001 07/01/2002
Producer prices in 2000: energy goods continue to climb 07/01/2001
Rising producer prices in 1999 dominated by energy goods 08/01/2000
Comparing PPI energy indexes to alternative data sources 12/01/1998
Prescription drug prices for the elderly 09/01/1998
The 1996 grain price shock: how did it affect food inflation? 08/01/1998
Producer price highlights, 1997 07/01/1998
Improving the PPI samples for prescription pharmaceuticals 10/01/1997
Are producer prices good proxies for export prices? 10/01/1997
Coal mining in the U.S. West: price and employment trends 08/01/1997
Producer price highlights, 1996 07/01/1997
Hospital price inflation: what does the new PPI tell us? 07/01/1996
Effect of 1992 weights on Producer Price Indexes 07/01/1996
Producer price highlights, 1995 07/01/1996
Producer price highlights, 1994 06/01/1995
Producer price rises slowed in improving economy in 1993 05/01/1994
Effects of updated weights on Producer Price Indexes 03/01/1993
Recession, energy prices ease producer price inflation, 1991 05/01/1992
An experimental price index for the computer industry 10/01/1990
The 1989 price increase largest in eight years 05/01/1990
Milestones in Producer Price Index methodology and presentation 08/01/1989
Inflation holds steady during the first half 10/01/1988
Domestic price rise during 1987 reflects swing of energy prices 06/01/1988
New stage of process price system developed for the Producer Price Index 04/01/1988
Inflation fueled by oil prices in first 9 months of 1987 12/01/1987
New weight structure being used in Producer Price Index 08/01/1987
Inflation remained mild again during 1985 04/01/1986
Commodity price volatility: trends during 1975-84 06/01/1985
Inflation remained low during 1984 04/01/1985
Inflation remained low in 1983 in face of strong recovery 05/01/1984
Producer Price trends continue moderate in the third quarter 01/01/1984
Inflation continues to abate during the first quarter 07/01/1982
Price changes in 1981:widespread slowing of inflation 04/01/1982
Large supplies of meats, grains cut recent food price increases 01/01/1982
Price changes in 1980: double-digit inflation persists 04/01/1981

Productivity

Alternative capital asset depreciation rates for U.S. capital and total factor productivity measures 11/14/2022
Improving estimates of hours worked for U.S. productivity measurement 10/28/2022
Introducing Modeled Wage Estimates by grouped work levels 09/01/2022
Revisions to BLS quarterly labor productivity estimates: How large are they? 03/31/2022
The U.S. productivity slowdown: an economy-wide and industry-level analysis 04/06/2021
What attributes characterize a successful corporate wellness program? 01/12/2021
Baking a bigger pie and eating it, too: the false tradeoff between innovation and equality 08/21/2020
Estimating variances for modeled wage estimates 03/03/2020
Projections overview and highlights, 2018–28 10/01/2019
Intrasectoral transactions: the most important productivity statistic you’ve never heard of 09/10/2019
Productivity in transit: a new measure of labor productivity for urban transit systems 08/22/2018
Multifactor productivity slowdown in U.S. manufacturing 07/16/2018
Can a housing wealth shock stifle the creative output of workers? 06/04/2018
Can “bigger” be a roadblock? 01/12/2018
Measuring productivity growth in construction 01/08/2018
Productivity and progress 09/05/2017
The impact of technology on labor markets 06/30/2017
Economic productivity in the air transportation industry: multifactor and labor productivity trends, 1990–2014 03/09/2017
Estimating the U.S. labor share 02/24/2017
Firms’ productivity rises as women become executives 01/18/2017
Occupational Requirements Survey: results from a job observation pilot test 11/07/2016
Heterogeneous education output measures for public school students with and without disabilities 09/20/2016
Labor productivity growth in elementary and secondary school services: 1989–2012 06/30/2016
Measuring quarterly labor productivity by industry 06/27/2016
New measure of labor productivity for private community hospitals: 1993–2012 10/14/2015
The role of industry clusters in economic development in some Midwest cities 05/14/2015
Former smokers earn more 11/08/2013
Measuring real bank output: considerations and comparisons 07/01/2012
Improved measures of commercial banking output and productivity 07/01/2012
The compensation-productivity gap: a visual essay 01/01/2011
Bringing work home: implications for BLS productivity measures 12/01/2010
Effects of imported intermediate inputs on productivity 06/01/2010
Nonmanufacturing industry contributions to multifactor productivity, 1987-2006 06/01/2010
Productivity trends in business cycles: a visual essay 06/01/2009
Wage and productivity stability in U.S. manufacturing plants 05/01/2008
Labor productivity trends since 2000, by sector and industry 02/01/2008
A Different Approach to Measuring Workplace Safety: Injuries and Fatalities Relative to Output 07/26/2006
Alternative output measurement for the U.S. retail trade sector 07/01/2005
Productivity measures for retail trade: data and issues 07/01/2005
Preliminary estimates of multifactor productivity growth 06/01/2005
Comparisons of economic performance: Canada versus Australia, 1983-2000 04/01/2005
Multifactor productivity change in the air transportation industry 03/01/2005
Industry productivity trends under the North American Industry Classification system 11/01/2004
Alternative measures of supervisory employee hours and productivity growth 04/01/2004
Differences in productivity growth: Canadian-U.S. business sectors, 1987-2000 04/01/2003
Labor productivity growth in wholesale trade, 1990-2000 12/01/2002
Information technology and economic growth in Canada and the U.S. 10/01/2002
Comparing 50 years of labor productivity in U.S. and foreign manufacturing 06/01/2002
Productivity growth in high-tech’ manufacturing industries 03/01/2002
Bias in aggregate productivity trends revisited 03/01/2002
Labor productivity in the retail trade industry, 1987-99 12/01/2001
Multifactor productivity trends in manufacturing industries, 1987-96 06/01/2001
A perspective on the U.S.-Canada manufacturing productivity gap 02/01/2001
International labor productivity and per capita income 07/01/1999
The accuracy of the BLS productivity measures 02/01/1999
How price indexes affect BLS productivity measures 02/01/1999
Possible measurement bias in aggregate productivity growth 02/01/1999
BLS completes major expansion of industry productivity series 09/01/1998
Productivity trends in two retail trade industries, 1987-95 07/01/1997
The Federal Productivity Measurement Program: final results 05/01/1997
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
U.S. and foreign productivity and unit labor costs 02/01/1997
Productivity in industry and government 1973-94 11/29/1996
Productivity growth improves in housefurnishings industry 03/01/1996
Improvements to the quarterly productivity measures 10/01/1995
Productivity in retail miscellaneous shopping goods stores 10/01/1995
Manufacturing prices, productivity, and labor costs in five economies 07/01/1995
BLS modernizes industry labor productivity program 07/01/1995
Multifactor productivity: Cotton and synthetic broadwoven fabrics 07/01/1995
Measurement of productivity growth in U.S. manufacturing 07/01/1995
Manufacturing multifactor productivity in three countries 07/01/1995
High performance work systems and firm performance 05/01/1995
Upgrading the U.S. workplace: do reorganization, education help? 05/01/1995
Multifactor productivity in the metal stampings industry 05/01/1995
Improving workplace performance: historical and theoretical contexts 05/01/1995
Comparative manufacturing productivity and unit labor costs 02/01/1995
Productivity in hardwood dimension and flooring 10/01/1994
Manufacturing costs, productivity, and competitiveness, 1979-93 10/01/1994
Productivity in industry and government 1973-92 08/31/1994
Multifactor productivity in household furniture 06/01/1994
Difficulties in the measurement of service outputs 03/01/1994
Industry output and employment 11/01/1993
Productivity in industry and government 1973-91 07/31/1993
Productivity in aircraft manufacturing 06/01/1993
Multifactor productivity in the utility services industries 05/01/1993
Industry productivity in natural and processed cheese 04/01/1993
Productivity in the wood containers industries, 1977-89 10/01/1992
Productivity in the fish and seafoods industry, 1972-90 10/01/1992
Multifactor productivity in manufacturing, 1984-88 10/01/1992
Productivity in the nuts and bolts industry, 1958-90 10/01/1992
Multifactor productivity in railroad transportation 08/01/1992
Productivity in crude oil and natural gas production 03/01/1992
Manufacturing productivity and labor costs in 14 economies 12/01/1991
Industrial output and job growth continues slow into next century 11/01/1991
Multifactor productivity in farm and garden equipment 06/01/1991
Productivity in industry and government, 1989 05/01/1991
Productivity in industry and government in 1988 07/01/1990
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
Hours at work: a new base for BLS productivity statistics 02/01/1990
Productivity in the retail auto and home supply store industry 08/01/1989
Multifactor productivity in tires and inner tubes industry 06/01/1989
Multifactor productivity slips in the nonrubber footwear industry 04/01/1989
Productivity continues to rise in many industries during 1987 03/01/1989
Productivity trends in agriculture chemicals 03/01/1989
Productivity in the carburetors, pistons, and valves industry 02/01/1989
International comparisons of productivity and unit labor cost trends in manufacturing 12/01/1988
Patterns of productivity change in men’s and boys’ suits and coats 11/01/1988
Variety stores experience shifting trend in productivity 10/01/1988
Productivity, age, and labor composition changes in the U.S. 09/01/1988
Productivity and employment: the 1988 international symposium 08/01/1988
Productivity growth slows in the organic chemicals industry 06/01/1988
The role of capital discards in multifactor productivity measurement 06/01/1988
Recent changes in the growth of U.S. multifactor productivity 05/01/1988
Semiconductor productivity gains linked to multiple innovations 04/01/1988
Productivity trends in the cotton and synthetic broad woven fabrics industry 04/01/1988
Retail hardware stores register productivity gain 04/01/1988
Productivity in selected industries and government services in 1986 04/01/1988
Trends in manufacturing productivity and labor costs in the U.S. and abroad 12/01/1987
Multifactor productivity in U.S. manufacturing, 1949-83 10/01/1987
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
Technological change and employment: some results from BLS research 04/01/1987
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
International trends in productivity and unit labor costs in manufacturing 12/01/1986
Problems encountered in measuring single- and multifactor productivity 12/01/1986
U.S. productivity growth since 1982: the post-recession experience 12/01/1986
Trends of labor productivity in metal stamping industries 05/01/1986
Productivity continued to increase in many industries during 1984 03/01/1986
Productivity and labor costs trends in manufacturing, 12 countries 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
The contribution of R&D to productivity growth 03/01/1986
Productivity growth low in the oilfield machinery industry 12/01/1985
The decline in productivity during the first half of 1985 12/01/1985
Productivity trends in the Federal Government 10/01/1985
Productivity trends in the machine tool accessories industry 06/01/1985
Productivity and costs in 1984 06/01/1985
Productivity growth below average in the internal combustion engine industry 05/01/1985
Changing utilization of fixed capital:an element in long-term growth 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
Strong post-recession gain in productivity contributes to slow growth in labor costs 12/01/1984
Apparel stores display above-average productivity 10/01/1984
Worker participation and productivity change 09/01/1984
A new BLS survey measures the ratio of hours worked to hours paid 06/01/1984
Meatpacking and prepared meats industry: above-average productivity gains 04/01/1984
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
Productivity trends in manufacturing in the U.S. and 11 other countries 01/01/1984
Recent productivity measures depict growth patterns since 1980 12/01/1983
Multifactor productivity: a new BLS measure 12/01/1983
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
Benchmark unemployment,The R&D - productivity link,Military spending 06/01/1983
The service-producing sector: some common perceptions reviewed 04/01/1983
Modest productivity gains in State Unemployment Insurance Service 01/01/1983
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
International trends in productivity and labor costs 12/01/1982
Cosmetics industry achieves long-term productivity gains 12/01/1982
Productivity growth average in farm machinery manufacturing 10/01/1982
Hand and edge tools industry experiences slow rise in productivity 10/01/1982
The productivity puzzle: numbers alone won’t solve it 10/01/1982
Millwork industry shows slow growth in productivity 09/01/1982
Measuring productivity in service industries 06/01/1982
Productivity declined in 1980 in most industries measured 05/01/1982
Nonwool yarn mills experience slow gains in productivity 03/01/1982
Labor and material requirements for hospital construction 03/01/1982
International comparisons of trends in productivity and labor costs 12/01/1981
Pilot study measures productivity of State, local electric utilities 12/01/1981
Labor and material requirements for Federal building construction 12/01/1981
Cyclical behavior of productivity in the machine tool industry 11/01/1981
Transformer industry productivity slows 11/01/1981
Productivity drops, output and hours rise during the fourth quarter 06/01/1981
Productivity trends for intercity bus carriers 05/01/1981
Labor and material requirements for commercial office building projects 05/01/1981
Productivity slows or drops in 1979 in more than half of industries measured 04/01/1981
Long nonfarm productivity slide ends during the third quarter 03/01/1981
Productivity trends in the ball and roller bearing industry 01/01/1981

Documenting Benefits Coverage for all Workers 05/26/2004
Stock Option Plans Surveyed by NCS 03/01/2001
Putting Stock in Benefits: How Prevalent Is It? 09/01/2000
National Compensation Survey Collects Test Data on Stock Option Plans 12/01/1999
Profit sharing today: plans and provisions 04/01/1991

Projections

Labor force and macroeconomic projections overview and highlights, 2022–32 09/11/2023
Unemployment rate returned to its prepandemic level in 2022 06/28/2023
Occupational projections overview, 2021–31 04/12/2023
Projections overview and highlights, 2021–31 11/08/2022
Growth trends for selected occupations considered at risk from automation 07/13/2022
Expected pandemic-driven employment changes: a comparison of 2019–29 and 2020–30 projection sets 02/08/2022
Projections overview and highlights, 2020–30 10/04/2021
Mapping Employment Projections and O*NET data: a methodological overview 08/19/2021
The world at an economic inflection point 06/24/2021
Employment projections in a pandemic environment 02/16/2021
Projections overview and highlights, 2019–29 09/24/2020
Projections overview and highlights, 2018–28 10/01/2019
What’s behind occupational separations? 06/12/2019
Full employment: an assumption within BLS projections 11/30/2017
Projections overview and highlights, 2016–26 10/24/2017
Employment trends by typical entry-level education requirement 09/11/2017
Teen labor force participation before and after the Great Recession and beyond 02/16/2017
Labor force projections to 2024: the labor force is growing, but slowly 12/08/2015
The U.S. economy to 2024 12/08/2015
Industry employment and output projections to 2024 12/08/2015
Occupational employment projections to 2024 12/08/2015
Overview of projections to 2024 12/08/2015
Evaluation of BLS employment, labor force and macroeconomic projections to 2006, 2008, and 2010 11/23/2015
Understanding strikes in CES estimates 11/12/2015
Consumer spending and U.S. employment from the 2007–2009 recession through 2022 10/02/2014
A cohort component analysis of the 2007–2009 recession 03/03/2014
Overview of projections to 2022 12/19/2013
Labor force projections to 2022: the labor force participation rate continues to fall 12/19/2013
The U.S. economy to 2022: settling into a new normal 12/19/2013
Industry employment and output projections to 2022 12/19/2013
Occupational employment projections to 2022 12/19/2013
Projections of the labor force to 2050: a visual essay 10/01/2012
Employment projections through the lens of education and training 04/01/2012
Occupational employment projections to 2020 01/01/2012
Overview of projections to 2020 01/01/2012
The U.S. economy in 2020: recovery in uncertain times 01/01/2012
Labor force projections to 2020: a more slowly growing workforce 01/01/2012
Industry employment and output projections to 2020 01/01/2012
A behavioral model for projecting the labor force participation rate 05/01/2011
Evaluating the 1996-2006 employment projections 09/01/2010
The U.S. economy to 2018: from recession to recovery 11/01/2009
The employment projections for 2008-18 11/01/2009
Labor force projections to 2018: older workers staying more active 11/01/2009
Industry output and employment projections to 2018 11/01/2009
Occupational employment projections to 2018 11/01/2009
Service-providing occupations, offshoring, and the labor market 12/01/2008
Occupational employment projections to 2016 11/01/2007
The U.S. economy to 2016: slower growth as boomers begin to retire 11/01/2007
Industry output and employment projections to 2016 11/01/2007
An overview of BLS projections to 2016 11/01/2007
Labor force projections to 2016: more workers in their golden years 11/01/2007
A new look at long-term labor force projections to 2050 11/01/2006
The U.S. economy to 2014 11/01/2005
Occupational employment projections to 2014 11/01/2005
Industry output and employment projections to 2014 11/01/2005
Labor force projections to 2014: retiring boomers 11/01/2005
A summary of BLS projections to 2014 11/01/2005
Evaluating BLS labor force, employment, and occupation projections for 2000 07/01/2005
Occupational employment projections to 2012 02/01/2004
Industry output and employment projections to 2012 02/01/2004
Employment projections to 2012: concepts and context 02/01/2004
Labor force projections to 2012: the graying of the U.S. workforce 02/01/2004
Evaluating the BLS 1988–2000 employment projections 10/01/2003
Evaluating the BLS labor force projections to 2000 10/01/2003
Consumer spending: an engine for U.S. job growth 11/01/2002
Age-adjusted labor force participation rates, 1960-2045 09/01/2002
A century of change: the U.S. labor force, 1950 - 2050 05/01/2002
The U.S. economy to 2010 11/01/2001
Occupational employment projections to 2010 11/01/2001
Labor force projections to 2010: steady growth and changing composition 11/01/2001
Industry output and employment projections to 2010 11/01/2001
Labor force participation: 75 years of change, 1950-98 and 1998-2025 12/01/1999
Industry output and employment projections to 2008 11/01/1999
BLS projections to 2008: a summary 11/01/1999
Occupational employment projections to 2008 11/01/1999
Labor force projections to 2008: steady growth and changing composition 11/01/1999
The U.S. economy to 2008: a decade of continued growth 11/01/1999
The quality of BLS projections: a historical account 05/01/1999
Defense-related employment and spending, 1996-2006 07/01/1998
GDP components’ contributions to U.S. economic growth 06/01/1998
BLS projections to 2006-a summary 11/01/1997
Occupational employment projections to 2006 11/01/1997
Labor force 2006: slowing down and changing composition 11/01/1997
Industry output and employment projections to 2006 11/01/1997
The U.S. economy to 2006 11/01/1997
Evaluating the 1995 BLS industry employment projections 09/01/1997
Evaluating the 1995 BLS occupational employment projections 09/01/1997
Evaluating the 1995 BLS labor force projections 09/01/1997
Evaluating the 1995 BLS projections: Introduction 09/01/1997
U.S. consumers: which jobs are they creating? 06/01/1996
Occupational employment to 2005 11/01/1995
The 2005 labor force: growing, but slowly 11/01/1995
Industry output and employment projections to 2005 11/01/1995
The U.S. economy to 2005 11/01/1995
Summary of BLS projections to 2005 11/01/1995
Foreign trade alternatives for employment and occupations, 2005 11/01/1994
Infrastructure alternatives for 2005: employment and occupations 04/01/1994
Health care alternatives: employment and occupations in 2005 04/01/1994
Occupational employment: wide variations in growth 11/01/1993
Another look at the labor force 11/01/1993
Industry output and employment 11/01/1993
The U.S. economy to 2005: framework for BLS projections 11/01/1993
Evaluation of labor force projections to 1990 08/01/1992
BLS employment projections for 1990: an evaluation 08/01/1992
The future of jobs for college graduates 07/01/1992
Trends in retirement age by sex, 1950-2005 07/01/1992
Scientific and technical employment, 1990-2005 02/01/1992
Occupational employment projections 11/01/1991
Labor force projections: the baby boom moves on 11/01/1991
Industrial output and job growth continues slow into next century 11/01/1991
The U.S. economy into the 21st century 11/01/1991
New BLS projections: findings and implications 11/01/1991
Child day care services: an industry at a crossroads 12/01/1990
Defense spending in the 1990’s - the effect of deeper cuts 10/01/1990
Projections of occupational employment, 1988-2000 11/01/1989
New labor force projections, spanning 1988 to 2000 11/01/1989
The aggregate structure of the economy 11/01/1989
Projections summary and emerging issues 11/01/1989
Industry output and employment: a slower trend for the nineties 11/01/1989
An evaluation of labor force projections to 1985 11/01/1988
An evaluation of BLS projections of the 1985 economy 09/01/1988
An evaluation of State projections of industry, occupational employment 10/01/1987
A look at occupational employment trends to the year 2000 09/01/1987
Labor force projections: 1986 to 2000 09/01/1987
Economic projections to the year 2000 09/01/1987
Overview and implications of the projections to 2000 09/01/1987
Industry output and employment through the end of the century 09/01/1987
Strong employment growth highlights first half of 1987 09/01/1987
Sensitivity of BLS economic projections to exogenous variables 12/01/1986
The economic outlook to 1995:new assumptions and projections 11/01/1985
Occupational employment projections: the 1984-95 outlook 11/01/1985
The 1995 labor force: BLS’ latest projections 11/01/1985
A second look at industry output and employment trends through 1995 11/01/1985
An evaluation of BLS projections of 1980 industry employment 08/01/1984
New occupational separation data improve estimates of job replacement needs 03/01/1984
Economic outlook for the 1990s: three scenarios for economic growth 11/01/1983
Occupational employment projections through 1995 11/01/1983
The 1995 labor force:a second look 11/01/1983
The job outlook through 1995: industry output and employment projections 11/01/1983
How accurate were projections of the 1980 labor force? 07/01/1982
Evaluating the 1980 projections of occupational employment 07/01/1982
Occupational employment growth through 1990 08/01/1981
The U.S. economy through 1990-an update 08/01/1981
New economic projections through 1990-an overview 08/01/1981
The outlook for industry output and employment through 1990 08/01/1981

Public employees

Oil, budgets, migration, and retirees: Alaska’s 2015–18 recession 09/29/2022
Examining employment and diversity in the protective service occupations 01/07/2022
Why are employer-sponsored health insurance premiums higher in the public sector than in the private sector? 09/06/2018
Productivity in transit: a new measure of labor productivity for urban transit systems 08/22/2018
Strategic pairing of colleagues is an effective job-training method 04/11/2016
Teacher staffing and pay differences: public and private schools 09/25/2014
Do performance-based incentives work for teachers? 05/19/2014
Public and private sector jobs and the Great Recession. 12/20/2013
America’s opinions of occupations 09/03/2013
Are student test scores an accurate measure of high school teachers’ effectiveness? 08/06/2013
Employment in the public sector: two recessions’ impact on jobs 10/01/2004
An Analysis of Workplace Suicides, 1992-2001 01/28/2004
Defense-related employment and spending, 1996-2006 07/01/1998
Public and Private Sector Defined Benefit Pensions: A Comparison 06/01/1997
The Federal Productivity Measurement Program: final results 05/01/1997
Labor and the Supreme Court: significant issues of 1992-96 01/01/1997
The public-private debate: what do the data show? 05/01/1996
Negotiated wage changes in government, 1992 06/01/1993
Comparing employee benefits in the public and private sectors 12/01/1988
The growing presence of Hispanics in the U.S. work force 08/01/1988
Productivity trends in department stores, 1967-86 03/01/1988
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
Productivity trends in the Federal Government 10/01/1985
Government employment: an era of slow growth 10/01/1981
Public and private pay levels: a comparison in large labor markets 07/01/1981

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