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August 2018
Productivity in transit: a new measure of labor productivity for urban transit systems
A new measure of labor productivity for urban transit systems.
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Compromise at work: processes, policies, and outcomes that shape U.S. labor relations
This textbook introduces readers to U.S. labor relations by examining the forces affecting collective bargaining, the functioning of the bargaining system, and the outcomes produced by that system.
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The fall of employment in the manufacturing sector
A look at factors that have contributed to the decline of the manufacturing sector since 1980.
What happened to the employers surveyed by the BLS Mass Layoff Statistics Program?
Detailing outcomes for employers with mass layoffs.
Labor force participation and employment rates declining for prime-age men and women
This article examines data showing declines in labor force participation rates and employment-to-population ratios of prime age men and women, and some possible reasons for the declines.
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Shale gas production and labor market trends in the U.S. Marcellus–Utica region over the last decade
Multifactor productivity slowdown in U.S. manufacturing
Cross-validation of quality-adjustment methods for price indexes
Healthcare jobs and the Great Recession
Producer prices, 2017: inflation accelerates across the stages of production
Consumer Expenditure Surveys Methods Symposium and Microdata Users’ Workshop, July 18–21, 2017
Flashback
To look at high school students’ use of time from 2003–07, check out November 2008 MLR Visual Essay.
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