U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Office of Publications & Special Studies
Issues in Labor Statistics are succinct, up-to-the-minute, background papers on current topics.
Issues in Labor Statistics Library
2011
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- How long before the unemployed find jobs or quit looking?
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2010
- Sizing up the 200709 recession: comparing two key labor market indicators with earlier downturns
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- Ranks of those unemployed for a year or more up sharply
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- The role of younger and older business establishments in the U.S. labor market
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- Labor force flows in the most recent recession
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- Seasonally adjusted hours series from the Current Population Survey
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- Illness-related work absences during flu season
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- Long-term unemployment experience of the jobless
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- Record unemployment among older workers does not keep them out of the job market
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- Job availability during a recession: an examination of the number of unemployed persons per job opening
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- All firm sizes hit hard during the current recession
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- Recession leads to lackluster employment in the trucking industry
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