Measuring labor market concentration using the QCEW
Using data from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, this article explores a new measure of labor market concentration as well…
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Measuring total-premium inflation for health insurance in the Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for health insurance measures the price of health insurance services directly provided by insurance companies, but it…
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Nonprofit earnings and sectoral employment in the United States since 1994
In this article, we present and analyze data on employment and sectoral employment shares for nonprofit, public, and for-profit wage and salary…
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Nonprofits: a look at national trends in establishment size and employment
This article explores trends and highlights of 501(c)(3) organizations at the national level. An examination of total private employment and industry-level employment…
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Patterns of marriage and divorce from ages 15 to 55: Evidence from the NLSY79
This article uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) to examine marriage and divorce patterns for a cohort…
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Introducing Producer Price Index research series based on a geometric-mean formula
This article introduces Producer Price Index (PPI) research series calculated with a geometric-mean (geomean) formula and explains the formula’s methodological advantages. The…
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Reconstruction of CES time series: implementing the NAICS 2022 redefinitions
With the release of January 2023 data on March 13, 2023, the Current Employment Statistics program revised the basis for industry classification…
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Seasonality in the Employment Cost Index
This article examines the effect of seasonal adjustment on Employment Cost Index (ECI) quarterly estimates, which capture 3-month percent changes in employee…
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Two hours to the office, two minutes to the kitchen table: trends in local public-transportation expenditures from 2018 to 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic altered consumer spending on public transportation, including both intracity (mass transit, taxi, and limousine) and intercity (air, ship, bus…
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Unemployment rate inches up during 2023, labor force participation rises
The U.S. labor market continued to expand in 2023. Although there was an uptick in unemployment in the second half of the…
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Why did labor force nonparticipation increase from 1999 to 2022?
People who are neither working nor looking for work are counted as “not in the labor force” by the U.S. Bureau of…
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A comparison of hours of work at home estimates between the Current Population Survey and the American Time Use Survey
This article analyzes the accuracy of estimates of telework hours in the Current Population Survey (CPS) by comparing them with estimates based…
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Breaking it down: a decomposition of the 2024 gain in private-sector average hourly earnings by major industry sector
Higher annual gains in private-sector average hourly earnings occurred in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect across the economy, hitting $1.37…
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Analyzing wage gaps between male and female workers in Peru: a novel decomposition methodology and case study
Wage gaps between male and female workers remain a persistent challenge in labor markets worldwide, often stemming from structural inequalities and unmeasured…
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Describing the U.S. oil and gas extraction workforce with public data
This article serves as a primer for researchers interested in estimating the size, characteristics, dynamics, and distribution of the oil and gas…
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Developing intercensal statewide population controls for labor force estimates
In March 2025, the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program introduced novel intercensal estimates of the civilian noninstitutional population (CNP), which are…
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Early educators and public school teachers: a comparison of labor market outcomes
In this article, we focus on the childcare sector from the worker’s perspective, analyzing prepandemic (2014–18) Current Population Survey data to compare…
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Impacts of COVID-19 on collection and missing data in the CPI
This article presents novel measures of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Consumer Price Index. One measure estimates the difference…
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Incorporating AI impacts in BLS employment projections: occupational case studies
In the last few years, artificial intelligence (AI) has advanced rapidly, finding growing applications across industries and occupations. This development has generated…
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Industry growth patterns: a closer look at output, productivity, and hours worked from 1990 to 2024
This article examines three patterns of output growth—productivity-driven, hours-driven, and balanced growth in productivity and hours worked—in a sample of fast-growing industries.…
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Labor market risks of a magnitude 7.2 earthquake in the San Francisco Bay area: an update and extension
Using predicted shaking intensity data from the U.S. Geological Survey and establishment location data from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages…
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Nonprofit organizations: state and regional employment trends
This article explores employment trends and highlights of 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations at the state and regional levels. The article also examines the…
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Recent trends in employment, earnings, and time use among college-educated married mothers
We use data from the Current Population Survey and the American Time Use Survey to analyze trends in employment, real hourly earnings…
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Sales versus margins: alternative measures of output and productivity for retail trade
In this article, we introduce new margin-based measures of output—and, hence, productivity—for the retail trade sector, complementing existing sales-based measures and identifying…