Handbook of U.S. labor statistics : employment, earnings, prices, productivity, and other labor data
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Handbook of U.S. labor statistics : employment, earnings, prices, productivity, and other labor data
（Bernan Press U.S. databook series）
Bernan Press, 2015
18th ed
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Description
The Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics is recognized as an authoritative resource on the U.S. labor force. It continues and enhances the Bureau of Labor Statistics's (BLS) discontinued publication, Labor Statistics. The eighteenth edition allows the user to understand recent developments as well as to compare today's economy with past history.
The Handbook is a comprehensive reference providing an abundance of data on a variety of topics including:
*employment and unemployment;
*earnings;
*prices;
*productivity;
*consumer expenditures;
*occupational safety and health;
*union membership;
*international labor comparisons;
*and much more!
Features of the publication
In addition to over 225 tables that present practical data, the Handbook provides:
*introductory material for each chapter that contains highlights of salient data and figures that call attention to noteworthy trends in the data;
*notes and definitions, which contain concise descriptions of the data sources, concepts, definitions, and methodology from which the data are derived;
*references to more comprehensive reports which provide additional data and more extensive descriptions of estimation methods, sampling, and reliability measures.
New in the 18th edition of Handbook of U.S Labor Statistics:
*A section on worker displacement in Chapter 1 as well as a new section on local area unemployment statistics in Chapter 7
*Several new tables on occupational safety and health in Chapter 14 along with new information on employee benefits in Chapter 6
*Figures on a variety of topics including productivity, labor-management relations, prices, and workplace fatalities
Table of Contents
CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES
PREFACE
CHAPTER 1: POPULATION, LABOR FORCE, AND EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population, Labor Force, and Employment Status
Unemployment
Work Experience
Employee Tenure
Labor Force and Employment Characteristics of Selected Family Types
Labor Force and Employment Characteristics of Foreign-Born Workers
Labor Force and Employment Characteristics by Education
Persons with a Disability: Labor Force Characteristics
Employment Situation of Veterans
Worker Displacement
CHAPTER 2: EMPLOYMENT, HOURS, AND EARNINGS
Employment and Hours
Earnings
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Business Employment Dynamics
CHAPTER 3: OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES
CHAPTER 4: LABOR FORCE AND EMPLOYMENT PROJECTIONS BY INDUSTRY AND OCCUPATION
Labor Force and Employment Projections by Industry and Occupation
Projected Employment
CHAPTER 5: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS
CHAPTER 6: COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES
Employment Cost Index
Employer Costs for Employee Compensation
Employee Benefits
CHAPTER 7: RECENT TRENDS IN THE LABOR MARKET
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
Job Openings, Hires, and Separations
CHAPTER 8: LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS
CHAPTER 9: PRICES
Producer Price Index
Consumer Price Index
Export and Import Price Indexes
CHAPTER 10: INTERNATIONAL LABOR COMPARSIONS
CHAPTER 11: CONSUMER EXPENDITURES
CHAPTER 12: AMERICAN TIME USE SURVEY
CHAPTER 13: INCOME IN THE UNITED STATES (CENSUS BUREAU)
CHAPTER 14: OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
INDEX
by "Nielsen BookData"