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Unemployment
- What can search frictions tell us about the labor market? 10/30/2020
- Projections overview and highlights, 2019–29 09/24/2020
- COVID-19 recession is tougher on women 09/04/2020
- Geographic impact of COVID-19 in BLS surveys by industry 08/07/2020
- The consistency of economic recoveries over the 1949–2019 period 07/28/2020
- Ability to work from home: evidence from two surveys and implications for the labor market in the COVID-19 pandemic 06/24/2020
- Demographics, earnings, and family characteristics of workers in sectors initially affected by COVID-19 shutdowns 06/05/2020
- Job market remains tight in 2019, as the unemployment rate falls to its lowest level since 1969 04/28/2020
- American Indians and Alaska Natives in the U.S. labor force 11/25/2019
- What would a comprehensive reform of the Unemployment Insurance program look like? 10/02/2019
- Tight labor market continues in 2018 as the unemployment rate falls to a 49-year low 05/20/2019
- Direct job creation in the United States: learning from the past 05/09/2019
- Declining labor turnover in the United States: evidence and implications from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics 01/10/2019
- Leaving a job during the Great Recession: evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 12/11/2018
- Job openings reach a new high in 2017, hires and quits also increase 10/03/2018
- 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
- Do foreign-born workers affect Americans’ labor market decisions? 03/09/2018
- An examination of the Phillips curve using city-level data 02/28/2018
- The Current Population Survey—tracking unemployment in the United States for over 75 years 01/23/2018
- Full employment: an assumption within BLS projections 11/30/2017
- Projections overview and highlights, 2016–26 10/24/2017
- Job openings, hires, and separations rise, but at a slower pace, in 2016 08/02/2017
- Nursing and the Great Recession 07/19/2017
- Does bankruptcy hurt an individual’s ability to be hired or borrow money? 05/31/2017
- Words pack a punch in online job recruiting 04/26/2017
- Unemployment holds steady for much of 2016 but edges down in the fourth quarter 03/31/2017
- An analysis of long-term unemployment 07/29/2016
- Unemployment rate nears prerecession level by end of 2015 04/27/2016
- Nonprofits in America: new research data on employment, wages, and establishments 02/29/2016
- Does labor demand influence time to the doctorate? 01/08/2016
- The U.S. economy to 2024 12/08/2015
- STEM crisis or STEM surplus? Yes and yes 05/26/2015
- Continued improvement in U.S. labor market in 2014 04/23/2015
- Worker’s expectations about losing and replacing their jobs: 35 years of change 01/16/2015
- The increased supply of underutilized labor from 2006 to 2014 11/18/2014
- Is disability insurance used as a form of extended unemployment insurance? 11/05/2014
- Life on the border of Mexico 10/22/2014
- Repeat use in the U.S. unemployment insurance system 09/04/2014
- Unemployment continued its downward trend in 2013 04/01/2014
- New college degree in hand: now what? 03/10/2014
- A cohort component analysis of the 2007–2009 recession 03/03/2014
- Examination of state-level labor turnover survey data 01/30/2014
- The U.S. economy to 2022: settling into a new normal 12/19/2013
- Cluster analysis: state unemployment trends during the recession 09/03/2013
- Job openings continue to grow in 2012, hires and separations less so 05/06/2013
- People with a disability in 2012: a visual essay 04/30/2013
- U.S. labor market continued to improve in 2012 03/01/2013
- Slow and steady: payroll employment grew moderately in 2012 03/01/2013
- Unemployment Insurance participation by education and by race and ethnicity 10/01/2012
- Which layoffs—and which laid-off workers—are in the Mass Layoff Statistics? 10/01/2012
- Gulf Coast unemployment trends, 2000 to 2010: hurricanes, recessions, oil spills 08/01/2012
- Recent trends in the characteristics of unemployment insurance recipients 07/01/2012
- U.S. labor market shows gradual improvement in 2011 03/01/2012
- Payroll employment growth accelerates in 2011 03/01/2012
- Job search of the unemployed by duration of unemployment 03/01/2012
- Labor force projections to 2020: a more slowly growing workforce 01/01/2012
- Characteristics of displaced workers 2007-2009: a visual essay 09/01/2011
- Jobless rates in different types of labor market areas, 2000-2010 08/01/2011
- How occupational employment is affected by mass layoffs 06/01/2011
- Construction employment peaks before the recession and falls sharply throughout it 04/01/2011
- Mining employment trends of 2007-09: a question of prices 04/01/2011
- Employment in health care: a crutch for the ailing economy during the 2007-09 recession 04/01/2011
- Employment loss and the 2007-09 recession: an overview 04/01/2011
- Employment in leisure and hospitality departs from historical trends during 2007-09 recession 04/01/2011
- Professional and business services: employment trends in the 2007-09 recession 04/01/2011
- Employment in financial activities: double billed by housing and financial crises 04/01/2011
- Manufacturing employment hard hit during the 2007-09 recession 04/01/2011
- Deep drop in retail trade employment during the 2007-09 recession 04/01/2011
- The decline in work hours during the 2007-09 recession 04/01/2011
- Unemployment remains high in 2010 03/01/2011
- Payroll employment turns the corner in 2010 03/01/2011
- Net flows in the U.S. labor market, 1990-2010 02/01/2011
- Duration of unemployment in States, 2007-09 12/01/2010
- The Nation’s underemployed in the “Great Recession” of 2007-09 11/01/2010
- The composition of the unemployed and long-term unemployed in tough labor markets 10/01/2010
- Unemployment insurance recipients and nonrecipients in the CPS 10/01/2009
- Trends in labor force flows during recent recessions 04/01/2009
- U.S. labor market in 2008: economy in recession 03/01/2009
- Business Processes and Business Functions: a new way of looking at employment 12/01/2008
- Employment programs for recipients of unemployment insurance 10/01/2008
- Extended mass layoffs after 2001: a comparison of New York and the Nation 09/01/2008
- Employment characteristics of Gulf War-era II veterans in 2006: a visual essay 05/01/2008
- Micropolitan Statistical Areas: a few highlights 04/01/2008
- Household survey indicators weaken in 2007 03/01/2008
- Hurricane Katrina evacuees: who they are, where they are, and how they are faring 03/01/2008
- Labor force status of families: a visual essay. 07/01/2007
- Household survey data show labor market improvements in 2006 03/01/2007
- The labor market impact of Hurricane Katrina: an overview 08/01/2006
- The effect of Hurricane Katrina on employment and unemployment 08/01/2006
- Lower unemployment in 2005 03/01/2006
- Restructuring information technology: is offshoring a concern? 08/01/2005
- Mass layoff data indicate outsourcing and offshoring work 08/01/2005
- Reinserting labor into the Iraqi Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs 06/01/2005
- Household survey indicators show some improvement in 2004 03/01/2005
- The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey: what initial data show 11/01/2004
- Why size class methodology matters in analyses of net and gross job flows 07/01/2004
- Educational attainment of the labor force and jobless rates, 2003 07/01/2004
- The labor force and unemployment: three generations of change 06/01/2004
- The U.S. labor market in 2003: signs of improvement by year’s end 03/01/2004
- Changes in State unemployment insurance legislation in 2003 01/01/2004
- Disability and the characteristics of employment 05/01/2003
- U.S. labor market in 2002: continued weakness 02/01/2003
- Changes in unemployment insurance legislation in 2002 01/01/2003
- U.S. labor market performance in international perspective 06/01/2002
- U.S. labor market in 2001: economy enters a recession 02/01/2002
- Changes in unemployment insurance legislation in 2001 01/01/2002
- New tools for labor market analysis: JOLTS 12/01/2001
- Worker displacement in a strong labor market 06/01/2001
- Rise in Czech unemployment, 1998-2000 05/01/2001
- The job market in 2000: slowing down as the year ended 02/01/2001
- The employment-at-will doctrine: three major exceptions 01/01/2001
- The impact of strikes on current employment statistics 08/01/2000
- International unemployment rates: how comparable are they? 06/01/2000
- The job market remains strong in 1999 02/01/2000
- International report (economy of Zimbabwe) 03/01/1998
- Strong job growth continues, unemployment declines in 1997 02/01/1998
- Unemployment insurance: measuring who receives it 07/01/1997
- U.S. and German youths: unemployment and the transition from school to work 03/01/1997
- Employment in 1996: jobs up, unemployment down 02/01/1997
- Race and the shifting burden of job displacement: 1982-93 09/01/1996
- BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures 10/01/1995
- Trends in unemployment insurance benefits 09/01/1995
- International unemployment indicators, 1983-93 08/01/1995
- Worker displacement: A decade of change 04/01/1995
- Strong employment gains continue in 1994 02/01/1995
- The 1990-91 recession: how bad was the labor market? 06/01/1994
- Job losses among Hispanics in the recent recession 06/01/1994
- Long-term unemployment in recent recessions 06/01/1994
- The labor market improves in 1993 02/01/1994
- Women and jobs in recessions: 1969-92 07/01/1993
- Recession swells count of displaced workers 06/01/1993
- International comparisons of unemployment indicators 03/01/1993
- 1992: Job market in the doldrums 02/01/1993
- Helping Poland cope with unemployment 12/01/1990
- Labor market dynamics and trends in male and female unemployment 11/01/1990
- Population changes, the baby boom, and the unemployment rate 08/01/1990
- Worker displacement in a period of rapid job expansion: 1983-87 05/01/1990
- Job growth moderated in 1989; unemployment steady 02/01/1990
- Adjusted Japanese unemployment rate remains below 3 percent in 1987-88 06/01/1989
- The growing presence of Hispanics in the U.S. work force 08/01/1988
- Employment and unemployment in the first half of 1988 08/01/1988
- An analysis of unemployment and other labor market indicators in 10 countries 04/01/1988
- A movable beast: changing patterns of regional unemployment 04/01/1988
- Job gains strong in 1987; unemployment rate declines 02/01/1988
- Education and demographics: how do they affect unemployment rates? 01/01/1988
- What is the effect of random variation in State unemployment rates? 12/01/1987
- BLS surveys mass layoffs and plant closings in 1986 10/01/1987
- Time spent unemployed:a new look at data from the CPS 07/01/1987
- Revisions of State and local area labor force statistics 07/01/1987
- The pulse of economic change:displaced workers of 1981-85 06/01/1987
- Britain’s redundancy payments for displaced workers 06/01/1987
- How often do workers receive advance notice of layoffs? 06/01/1987
- Japanese unemployment : BLS updates its analysis 06/01/1987
- Decline in youth population does not lead to lower jobless rates 06/01/1987
- Industrial structure has little impact on jobless rate of experienced workers 05/01/1987
- The employment situation during 1986:job gains continue, unemployment dips 02/01/1987
- Employment up, unemployment stable in the first half of 1986 08/01/1986
- A new leading indicator: workers recently laid off 05/01/1986
- Employment and unemployment:developments in 1985 02/01/1986
- How U.S. exports are faring in the world wheat market 10/01/1985
- Unemployment insurance system marks its 50th anniversary 09/01/1985
- Employee discharge in the 20th century: a review of the literature 09/01/1985
- Recent trends in unemployment and the labor force, 10 countries 08/01/1985
- Employment rose in the first half of 1985 of as the recovery entered its third year 08/01/1985
- Displaced workers of 1979-83: how well have they fared? 06/01/1985
- The author replies: we still need to demonstrate program effectiveness 04/01/1985
- Programs to aid ex-offenders: we don’t know ‘nothing works’ 04/01/1985
- Employment and unemployment in 1984:a second year of strong growth in jobs 02/01/1985
- The female-male unemployment differential: effects of changes in industry employment 11/01/1984
- A comparison of youth unemployment in Australia and the United States 10/01/1984
- Work-sharing approaches: past and present 09/01/1984
- Employment in the first half:robust recovery continues 08/01/1984
- Sources of secular increases in the unemployment rate, 1969-82 07/01/1984
- Recessionary impacts on the unemployment of men and women 05/01/1984
- Response variation in the CPS: caveats for the unemployment analyst 03/01/1984
- Japan’s low unemployment: an in-depth analysis 03/01/1984
- Employment and unemployment improvements widespread in 1983 02/01/1984
- Unemployment in 1982: the cost to workers and their families 02/01/1984
- Recent recessions swell ranks of the long-term unemployed 02/01/1984
- Regional variations in employment and unemployment during 1970-82 02/01/1984
- Recent labor market developments in the U.S. and nine other countries 01/01/1984
- Trends in employment and unemployment in families 12/01/1983
- Layoffs and permanent job losses:workers’ traits and cyclical patterns 09/01/1983
- Labor market contrasts: United States and Europe 08/01/1983
- Employment on the rise in the first half of 1983 08/01/1983
- Japan’s low unemployment: economic miracle or statistical artifact? 07/01/1983
- A new method for estimating job separations by sex and race 06/01/1983
- Benchmark unemployment,The R&D - productivity link,Military spending 06/01/1983
- The labor market problems of older workers 05/01/1983
- Using a leading employment index to forecast unemployment in 1983 05/01/1983
- Unemployment experience in Canada: a 5-year longitudinal analysis 04/01/1983
- Job Training Partnership Act: new help for the unemployed 03/01/1983
- Unemployment continued to rise in 1982 as recession deepened 02/01/1983
- Unemployment and labor force trends in 10 industrial nations: an update 11/01/1982
- How Sweden combats unemployment among young and older workers 10/01/1982
- The future of work: does it belong to us or to the robots? 09/01/1982
- The Nation’s employment situation worsens in the first half of 1982 08/01/1982
- Unemployment and its effect on family income in 1980 04/01/1982
- The employment situation in 1981:new recession takes its toll 03/01/1982
- Forgotten unemployment: recall bias in retrospective data 03/01/1982
- Unemployment insurance laws: changes enacted during 1981 02/01/1982
- Tracking youth joblessness: persistent or fleeting? 02/01/1982
- Area labor market response to national unemployment patterns 01/01/1982
- The unemployment insurance system: its financial structure 12/01/1981
- Unemployment, labor force trends, and layoff practices in 10 countries 12/01/1981
- Employment and unemployment in the first half of 1981 08/01/1981
- Youth unemployment: an international perspective 07/01/1981
- A new leading index of employment and unemployment 06/01/1981
- Migration of the unemployed: a relocation assistance program 04/01/1981
- Employment and unemployment: a report on 1980 02/01/1981
- Employment and unemployment: the doughnut or the hole? 02/01/1976
Unemployment Insurance
- The cost of layoffs in Unemployment Insurance taxes 04/10/2020
- Balancing work and family life 03/05/2020
- What would a comprehensive reform of the Unemployment Insurance program look like? 10/02/2019
- Direct job creation in the United States: learning from the past 05/09/2019
- Changes in federal and state unemployment insurance legislation in 2016 08/04/2017
- Changes in federal and state unemployment insurance legislation in 2015 07/27/2016
- Nonprofits in America: new research data on employment, wages, and establishments 02/29/2016
- Changes in federal and state unemployment insurance legislation in 2014 08/03/2015
- Is disability insurance used as a form of extended unemployment insurance? 11/05/2014
- Repeat use in the U.S. unemployment insurance system 09/04/2014
- Changes in federal and state unemployment insurance legislation in 2013 07/22/2014
- Public workforce programs during the Great Recession 07/14/2014
- Changes in federal and state unemployment insurance legislation in 2012 03/01/2013
- Unemployment Insurance participation by education and by race and ethnicity 10/01/2012
- Recent trends in the characteristics of unemployment insurance recipients 07/01/2012
- Changes in Federal and State unemployment insurance legislation in 2011 02/01/2012
- Changes in Federal and State unemployment insurance legislation in 2010 01/01/2011
- Changes in Federal and State unemployment insurance legislation in 2009 01/01/2010
- Unemployment insurance recipients and nonrecipients in the CPS 10/01/2009
- Changes in State unemployment insurance legislation in 2008 01/01/2009
- Employment programs for recipients of unemployment insurance 10/01/2008
- Changes in State unemployment insurance legislation in 2007 01/01/2008
- Changes in Federal and State unemployment insurance legislation, 2006 01/01/2007
- Changes in State unemployment insurance legislation in 2005 01/01/2006
- Changes in Federal and State unemployment insurance legislation in 2004 01/01/2005
- Changes in State unemployment insurance legislation in 2003 01/01/2004
- Changes in unemployment insurance legislation in 2002 01/01/2003
- Changes in unemployment insurance legislation in 2001 01/01/2002
- Changes in unemployment insurance legislation in 2000 01/01/2001
- Why are many jobless workers not applying for benefits? 06/01/2000
- Changes in unemployment insurance legislation in 1999 01/01/2000
- Changes in unemployment insurance legislation in 1998. 01/01/1999
- Changes in unemployment insurance legislation in 1997 01/01/1998
- Unemployment insurance: measuring who receives it 07/01/1997
- Changes in State unemployment insurance legislation in 1996 01/01/1997
- Change in State unemployment insurance legislation in 1995 01/01/1996
- Trends in unemployment insurance benefits 09/01/1995
- Changes in unemployment insurance legislation in 1994 01/01/1995
- Changes in unemployment insurance legislation in 1993 01/01/1994
- Changes in unemployment insurance legislation in 1992 01/01/1993
- Job search methods of the unemployed, 1991 12/01/1992
- Job market slid in early 1991, then struggled to find footing 02/01/1992
- Changes in unemployment insurance legislation in 1991 01/01/1992
- Job displacement: black and white workers compared 07/01/1991
- Worker displacement still common in the late 1980’s 05/01/1991
- U.S. labor market weakened in 1990 02/01/1991
- Changes in unemployment insurance legislation during 1990 01/01/1991
- Changes in unemployment insurance legislation during 1989 01/01/1990
- Unemployment insurance in the U.S. and Europe, 1973-83 04/01/1989
- Changes in unemployment insurance legislation during 1988 01/01/1989
- Changes in unemployment insurance legislation during 1987 03/01/1988
- Changes in unemployment insurance legislation during 1986 02/01/1987
- Changes in unemployment insurance legislation during 1985 01/01/1986
- Unemployment insurance system marks its 50th anniversary 09/01/1985
- Changes in unemployment insurance legislation during 1984 01/01/1985
- Unemployment insurance: identifying payment errors 12/01/1984
- Incomplete experience rating in State unemployment insurance 11/01/1984
- Federal Supplemental Compensation and Unemployment Insurance recipients 04/01/1984
- Changes in unemployment insurance legislation during 1983 02/01/1984
- Unemployment insurance laws: changes enacted during 1981 02/01/1982
- The unemployment insurance system: its financial structure 12/01/1981
- Legislative revisions of unemployment insurance in 1980 01/01/1981
Unemployment Insurance legislation
- The cost of layoffs in Unemployment Insurance taxes 04/10/2020
- What would a comprehensive reform of the Unemployment Insurance program look like? 10/02/2019
- Changes in federal and state unemployment insurance legislation in 2016 08/04/2017
- Changes in federal and state unemployment insurance legislation in 2015 07/27/2016
- Changes in federal and state unemployment insurance legislation in 2014 08/03/2015
- Changes in federal and state unemployment insurance legislation in 2013 07/22/2014
Unions
- Manufacturing violence at the border 05/14/2020
- Balancing work and family life 03/05/2020
- The relative weakness in earnings of production workers in manufacturing, 1990–2018 12/06/2019
- Collecting union status for the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries: a Massachusetts case study 02/12/2019
- Why are employer-sponsored health insurance premiums higher in the public sector than in the private sector? 09/06/2018
- Compromise at work: processes, policies, and outcomes that shape U.S. labor relations 08/06/2018
- Why women work: a historical analysis of women in the labor force 04/10/2018
- Navigating national regulations and global changes: international and comparative employment 06/06/2017
- Music for the people: the role of music in the southern textile strikes of 1929–34 05/26/2017
- Evolution of administrative practices in American unions: results from a 20-year study 04/20/2016
- Labor law highlights, 1915–2015 10/07/2015
- Opinions about union membership 09/11/2015
- Shining a light on the shadow 09/01/2015
- Understanding the labor-management relationship in Germany 02/02/2015
- Welcome to the jungle: organized labor in decline 11/05/2014
- Teacher staffing and pay differences: public and private schools 09/25/2014
- The hockey lockout of 2012–2013 07/19/2013
- Profiles of significant collective bargaining disputes of 2012 05/19/2013
United Kingdom
- Counting injuries and illnesses in the workplace: an international review 09/26/2017
- Navigating national regulations and global changes: international and comparative employment 06/06/2017
- 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
- Recent trends in unemployment and the labor force, 10 countries 08/01/1985
- British collective bargaining: a decade of reformation 07/01/1981
Unit labor costs
- BLS publishes experimental state-level labor productivity measures 06/04/2019
- Examining price transmission across labor compensation costs, consumer prices, and finished-goods prices 04/20/2017
- Estimating the U.S. labor share 02/24/2017
- Productivity trends in business cycles: a visual essay 06/01/2009
- U.S. and foreign productivity and unit labor costs 02/01/1997
- Manufacturing prices, productivity, and labor costs in five economies 07/01/1995
- Comparative manufacturing productivity and unit labor costs 02/01/1995
- International manufacturing compensation costs 11/01/1994
- International comparisons of manufacturing unit labor costs 12/01/1993
- Manufacturing productivity and labor costs in 14 economies 12/01/1991
