U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Issues in Labor Statistics are succinct, up-to-the-minute, background papers on current topics.

Issues in Labor Statistics Library

2011

2010

• Sizing up the 2007–09 recession: comparing two key labor market indicators with earlier downturns (HTML) (PDF)
• Ranks of those unemployed for a year or more up sharply (HTML) (PDF)
• The role of younger and older business establishments in the U.S. labor market (HTML) (PDF)
• Labor force flows in the most recent recession (PDF)
• Seasonally adjusted hours series from the Current Population Survey (HTML) (PDF)
• Illness-related work absences during flu season (HTML) (PDF)
• Long-term unemployment experience of the jobless (HTML) (PDF)
• Record unemployment among older workers does not keep them out of the job market (HTML) (PDF)
• Job availability during a recession: an examination of the number of unemployed persons per job opening (HTML) (PDF)
• All firm sizes hit hard during the current recession (HTML) (PDF)
• Recession leads to lackluster employment in the trucking industry (HTML) (PDF)

2009

• Where People Worked, 2003 to 2007 (PDF)
• A New Approach to Classifying Industries in the Information Sector (PDF)
• Ranks of Discouraged Workers and Others Marginally Attached to the Labor Force Rise During Recession (PDF)
• Holiday Season Hiring in Retail Trade (PDF)
• Work-at-Home Patterns by Occupation (PDF)

2008

• Involuntary Part-Time Work on the Rise (PDF)
• How the Business Birth/Death Model Improves Payroll Employment Estimates (PDF)
• Employment and Wage Profile of the Louisiana and Texas Counties Affected by Hurricane Ike (PDF 1.2MB)
• Workdays for People in Healthcare Occupations (PDF)
• The Unemployment Rate and Beyond: Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization (PDF)
• Why Has Unemployment Risen? Insights From Labor Force Flows (PDF)
• Local Employment Trends in Residential Framing Contractors: Five Counties (PDF)
• U.S. Skiing Employment: East and West (PDF)

2007

• California Wildfires: An Employment and Wage Profile of the Affected Counties (PDF)
• Current Trends in Construction Employment (PDF)
• Security Guard Employment Before and After 2001 (PDF)
• Wages and Bonuses in Investment Banking (PDF)
• Automotive Industries: Concentration and Change (PDF)
• Corporate Management in Selected Local Economies (PDF)
• Recovery After Hurricane Katrina: Employment in the Gulf Coast Area (PDF)

2006

• Telemarketing: Five Industry Centers (PDF)
• Women Still Underrepresented Among Highest Earners (PDF)
• Comparing Characteristics and Expenditures of Consumer Units in Selected Income Ranges (PDF)
• A Glance at Long-term Unemployment in Recent Recessions (PDF)

2005

• Spending by Asian Families (PDF)

2003

• Labor Force Participation During Recent Labor Market Downturns (PDF)

2002

• Twenty-first Century Moonlighters (PDF)
• Declining Teen Labor Force Participation (PDF)
• Consumer Spending Patterns Differ by Region (PDF)
• Housing Expenditures (PDF)
• Certification Can Count: The Case of Aircraft Mechanics (PDF)

2001

• New and Emerging Occupations (PDF)
• Who Was Affected as the Economy Started to Slow? (PDF)
• Characteristics and Spending Patterns of Consumer Units in the Lowest 10 Percent of the Expenditure Distribution (PDF)

2000

• Unemployed Job Leavers: A Meaningful Gauge of Confidence in the Job Market? (PDF)
• Spending Patterns By Age (PDF)
• When One Job is Not Enough (PDF)
• A Comparison of the Characteristics and Spending Patterns of Food Stamp Recipients and Nonrecipients (PDF)
• Labor Supply in a Tight Labor Market (PDF)
• Are Managers and Professionals Really Working More? (PDF)

1999

• Occupational Stress (PDF)
• Expenditures on Public Transportation (PDF)
• Consumer Spending on Traveling for Pleasure (PDF)
• What the Nation Spends on Health Care: A Regional Comparison (PDF)
• What Women Earned in 1998 (PDF)
• Computer Ownership Up Sharply in the 1990s (PDF)
• The Southeast is Maintaining its Share of Textile Plant Employment (PDF)
• Auto Dealers are Fewer, Bigger, and Employ More Workers (PDF)

1998

• Labor-Market Outcomes for City Dwellers and Suburbanites (PDF)
• Spending Patterns of High-income Households (PDF)
• New Occupations Emerging Across Industry Lines (PDF)
• Employer-sponsored Childcare Benefits (PDF)
• Women Experience Fewer Job-related Injuries and Deaths than Men (PDF)
• Employment Growth Among Sectors in the United States, Japan, and Europe Based Upon Educational Attainment (PDF)
• Persons Overboard/Sunk Vessels: Fishing Jobs Continue to Take Deadly Toll (PDF)
• Are Workers More Secure? (PDF)
• Who's Not Working (PDF)
• Employee Medical Care Contributions on the Rise (PDF)

1997

• Looking for a Job while Employed (PDF)
• Serious Injuries Befall Workers Struck by Objects (PDF)
• Health Expenditures and the Aging Population (PDF)
• Electricity-related Injuries at Work (PDF)
• Warm Areas Continue Hottest Job Growth (PDF)
• Injuries to Caregivers Working in Patients' Homes (PDF)
• Workers Are on the Job More Hours Over the Course of a Year (PDF)
• How Long is the Workweek? (PDF)

1996

• Deadly Highway Accidents Outnumber Other Fatal Work Incidents (PDF)
• A Different Look at Part-time Employment (PDF)
• Older Workers' Injuries Entail Lengthy Absences from Work (PDF)

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