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 | | The NLRA was amended by the Labor Management Relations (Taft-Hartley) Act in 1947 and the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure (Landrum-Griffen) Act in 1959. | | | The goal of labor laws is to equalize the bargaining power between employers and employees. | | | In 1935, the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) was enacted by Congress, under its power to regulate interstate commerce, to govern the employer/employee bargaining and union relationship on a national level. |
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http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/labor.html
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| | Bureau of Labor Statistics Report on Economics Degree |
| | The Departments of Labor, Agriculture, and Commerce are the largest Federal employers of economists. | | | The majority of government economists work in the area of agriculture, labor, or quantitative analysis; some economists work in almost every area of government. | | | They use their understanding of economic relationships to advise businesses and other organizations, including insurance companies, banks, securities firms, industry and trade associations, labor unions, and government agencies. |
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http://www.econ.utoledo.edu/brag/bls.htm
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| | Internet Public Library: Statistics |
| | Statistics include number of establishments, payroll (annual and 1st quarter), number of employees, and number of establishments by size class for 2 digit SIC industry groupings. | | | The mission of BEA is to produce and disseminate accurate, timely, relevant, and cost-effective economic accounts statistics that provide government, businesses, households, and individuals with a comprehensive, up-to-date picture of economic activity. | | | Most helpful are the current interest rate statistics, some of which are released almost daily, others monthly or quarterly. |
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| | LLRX.com - Labor and Employment Law Resources on the Internet 2002 |
| | At the ABA's Section of Labor and Employment Law page, you can download the latest issue of Labor and Employment Law News and track the meetings and publications of the Section's committees. | | | The Government Agencies section provides a list of U.S. government agencies that would be relevant to the labor law researcher. | | | While many labor and employment law materials are available over the Internet for a fee, this guide does not cover fee-based resources. |
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http://www.llrx.com/features/laborlaw.htm
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| | Pay up, jobs down / Bay Area wages among nation's highest, but employment in the region still lags |
| | The Bureau of Labor Statistics compared employment and payroll data in September 2003 with the same month in the previous year in the largest 316 counties in the United States. | | | The bureau's quarterly census of wages and payroll showed that San Francisco lost fewer jobs, in percentage terms, than the two counties to the south. | | | Tapan Munroe, chief economist for Capital Corp. of the West, a bank holding company in Merced, said the bureau's data help explain why housing prices in the region have continued to rise through the downturn. |
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http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/04/07/BUGLL61JMS1.DTL
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| | Monthly Labor Review: Employers' Welfare Work: a 1913 BLS report. (Bu... @ HighBeam Research |
| | The tax subsidy for benefits that is so prominent today also was absent in the period covered by the 1913 report. | | | And the employee-paid death benefits reported in table 1, while common, were often limited burial insurance amounts in the range of $50 to $150, perhaps I to 3 months' pay. | | | A model suggesting that extra compensation of employees could be part of a reciprocal exchange of benefits for productivity can be found in George A. Akerlof, "Labor Contracts as Partial Gift Exchange," Quarterly Journal of Economics, November 1982, pp. |
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http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:12063085&refid=holomed_1
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| | U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, Washington, DC |
| | The most relevant qualifications for an applicant are general labor economics, supplemented by strong econometric skills and the ability to analyze large microdata files. | | | These activities involve a range of BLS data, such as the Current Population Survey, the Current Employment Statistics monthly payroll survey of establishments, the Longitudinal Establishment Database, and other establishment data. | | | These surveys collect extensive data from firms on worker pay, the costs and provisions of employee benefits, and workplace safety and health. |
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| | Bureau of Labor Statistics News - Inbox Robot |
| | According to a plan by AOL and Yahoo, companies would be charged for guaranteed delivery of e-mails to the inboxes of their subscribers. | | | Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao Unveils Budget for FY 2007; Announces JobTraining Innovations and More Resources for Work... | | | effect on the nation's economy, including consumers, financial markets and government benefit programs, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must ensure that its data is accurate and up-to-date. |
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http://www.inboxrobot.com/newsletter.php?brief_id=5180
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| | Bureau of Labor Statistics - KS-Cyclopedia - 1912 |
| | Two of the most important of these laws are the child labor law and the law providing for the report of all accidents due to defects and faults in the operations of machinery, or other industrial equipment. | | | At each session of the legislature, labor has received increased recognition, until today there are more than forty labor laws, most of which were enacted as a result of suggestions from the bureau. | | | As the result of this agitation, the legislature of 1885 passed an act creating a "bureau of labor and industrial statistics." By this act the governor was authorized to appoint a commissioner to be known as the "Commissioner of Labor Statistics," for a term of two years, whose salary was fixed at $1,000. |
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http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1912/b/bureau_of_labor_statistics.html
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| | What Happened to the American Dream? - Center for American Progress |
| | Today, young people entering the workforce are faced with a virtually unregulated labor market as Congress has essentially abdicated its responsibility to provide a decent floor for workers. | | | When baby boomers were growing up, the government took responsibility for ensuring decent labor standards. | | | A prime example is the minimum wage, which has not been increased since 1997. |
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http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=497151
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| | National Institute for Literacy - Workforce Education |
| | A number of national and state organizations in the U.S., including the National Governor's Association, have identified Level 3 proficiency as a minimum standard for success in today's labor market. | | | The education and training requirements of the 2000-2010 projected total job openings, due to growth and net replacement are: | | | 32 states used funds from other state agencies (these include state departments of labor, vocational education, economic development, commerce, and human resources); and |
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http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/facts/workforce.html
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| | REVIEW: BLS Career Information: U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| | The USDOL Educational Resources page provides information about the Department of Labor, Labor Day, safety and health, and reference materials. | | | The BLS Career Information site addresses the career planning aspects of the National Career Development Association’s Guidelines for the Use of the Internet for Provision of Career Information and Planning Services by providing appropriate occupational information directed to elementary school students. | | | Consider joining the CPAD Network and receiving all of the benefits that come from becoming a member. |
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http://www.careertrainer.com/Request.jsp?lView=ViewArticle&Article=OID:33271&Page=OID:33272
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| | ECB Surf Report: Careers |
| | Career Voyages from the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Education is designed to provide information on high-growth, high-demand occupations, and outline the skills and education needed to attain those jobs. | | | The Web version is searchable by keyword, and each entry describes an occupation, qualifications, salary information, and future outlook for the profession. | | | Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Career Center The Career Center offers a wide variety of services including information on careers, job skills and assessments. |
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http://www.ecb.org/surf/careers.htm
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| | Bureau of Labor Statistics - BLS |
| | This arm of the U.S. Department of Labor researches and publishes a range of data from inflation and consumer spending to employment, productivity and wages, and other economic measures. | | | A government agency that produces economic data reflecting the state of the U.S. economy, the most well-known being the Consumer Price Index, Unemployment Rate, and the Producer Price Index. | | | Bureau of Labor Statistics - Homepage of the principal fact-finding agency for the federal government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. |
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http://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/bls.asp
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| | Feminist Daily News 8/11/2005: Bureau of Labor Stops Collecting Women's Payroll Statistics |
| | Bureau of Labor Stops Collecting Women's Payroll Statistics | | | Feminist Daily News 8/11/2005: Bureau of Labor Stops Collecting Women's Payroll Statistics | | | Media Resources: US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics; The Bureau of National Affairs Daily Labor 10/9/05; Feminist Daily News Wire 1/12/05; Institute for Women’s Policy Research 12/7/04; Women’s E-News 4/28/05 |
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http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=9214
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| | Labor Market Information - Statistics - New Mexico Department of Labor |
| | Labor Market Report monthly publication with current economic information. | | | States can fulfill mandates of providing high quality local labor market information to their customers. | | | Due to the Bureau of Labor Statistics current opinion that the large employer documents might be a breach of confidentiality, they will nolonger be updated. |
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http://www.dol.state.nm.us/dol_lmif.html
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| | The United States Department of Labor Home Page, Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao |
| | WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 — U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao outlined the President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 Labor Department budget, which provides added resources for enforcement and compliance assistance to protect workers' health, safety, pay and benefits; and for updating key economic data. | | | The budget also proposes new job training reforms to make federal-state training programs more flexible and effective, and calls for passage of several legislative initiatives related to the department's agencies and programs. | | | The United States Department of Labor Home Page, Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao |
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| | FedStats: Labor Statistics |
| | (BLS) produces statistics on employment and unemployment; consumer expenditures; prices and living conditions; wages and employee benefits; industrial relations activities; productivity and technological changes in U.S. industries; projections of economic growth, the labor force, and employment by industry and occupation; and occupational injuries and illnesses. | | | (ETA) support the collection and dissemination of local, state, and national occupational, wage, and other labor market information, for administration of employment and training programs, as well as the production of Unemployment Insurance (UI) information for administration of UI programs. | | | (OASP) advises and assists the Secretary of Labor in, economic policy issues, economic research, and regulatory policies and procedures bearing on the welfare of all American workers. |
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http://www.fedstats.gov/programs/labor.html
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| | Historical Civilian Labor Force Estimates |
| | Civilian Labor Force Estimates include employment and unemployment figures, as well as unemployment rates. | | | Notes: Current Labor Force Estimates offers additional preliminary information for the most recent month available. | | | Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), estimates are by place of residence and revised to 2004 benchmarks. |
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http://lmi.state.oh.us/ASP/LAUS/vbLaus.htm
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| | Labor Market Information New Hampshire |
| | State employment security agencies and the U.S. Census Bureau also use surveys of employers and of households to gather sample data about LMI components such as employment, earnings and hours, occupations by industry, and labor force status. | | | New Hampshire Employment Security's Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau (ELMIB) and like units in state employment security agencies nationwide gather data on employment and wages in their states from employers covered by unemployment compensation. | | | This menu is a convenience, not necessary to navigate site. |
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http://www.nhes.state.nh.us/elmi/index.html
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| | ABC News: Strong Jobs Gains in July |
| | 5, 2005 — A report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the nation's companies added 207,000 new employees to their payrolls during July. | | | The same report shows an upward revision to May and June's report, adding an additional 42,000 jobs during the prior periods. |
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http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=1011640
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| | Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| | The site is very comprehensive and has data on virtually all aspects of labor markets. | | | How can a company use the information provided by the BLS to help with HR planning efforts? | | | Site Description: The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is the principal fact-finding agency for labor economics and statistics for the U.S. Federal Government. |
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http://www.cob.ohio-state.edu/mhr/hrix/hrab004.htm
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| | Boyes/Melvin Internet Exercise |
| | In this Chapter, we began our examination of the labor market. | | | What would happen in the labor market if the real wage rate was declining? | | | Use the internet to explore labor markets in more detail. |
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http://college.hmco.com/economics/boyes_melvin/micro/ietext/student/15.html
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| | Arizona Workforce Informer, home, HOME |
| | These and many other resources are available to assist students, job seekers, developers, planners, law makers and economists in making informed decisions. | | | Press release from Arizona Department of Economic Security, Research Administration. | | | You will find in these pages, current and historic labor market data and statistics, along with the most current population data and analysis. |
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http://www.workforce.az.gov
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| | International Trade and Business Bookstore: Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| | The BLS is an independent national statistical agency that collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical data to the American public, the U.S. Congress, other federal agencies, state and local governments, business, and labor. | | | The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-finding agency for the federal government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. | | | The BLS also serves as a statistical resource to the Department of Labor. |
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| | Bureau of Labor Statistics Issues Projections |
| | White, non-Hispanics accounted for 74 percent of the labor force in 1998, and their share of the labor force in 2008 will decrease to 71 percent. | | | The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has issued its projections for job growth in the United States between 1998 and 2008. | | | The Asian and Hispanic labor forces are projected by the BLS to increase faster than other groups between 1998 and 2008, in part due to high net immigration. |
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http://www.aapa.org/bls.html
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| | BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS Employment Cost Trends includiing the Employment Cost Index, Employer Cost for Employee Compensation, and employer/employee expenditures for health care plans. | | | BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS Employee Benefit Survey--a most excellent source! | | | A private bulletin board for employee benefits and compensation. |
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http://www.mtsu.edu/~rlhannah/employee_benefits.html
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| | Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Bureau of Labor Statistics Reports |
| | Though cost estimates vary greatly, it is believed that medical and workers' compensation costs of these disorders are estimated to exceed $100 billion annually. | | | According to the U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), repetitive strain injuries are the nations most common and costly occupational health problem, affecting hundreds of thousands of American workers, and costing more than $20 billion a year in workers compensation. | | | Approximately 260,000 carpal tunnel release operations are performed each year, with 47% of the cases considered to be work related.-National Center for Health Statistics. |
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http://www.warecomedical.com/stats.htm
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| | The Bureau of Labor Statistics: Fixing the Consumer Price Index |
| | The subcommittee performs a valuable service by focussing attention on issues that are at once technically difficult even for professional economists and of vital concern for users of the index, including those in both public and private sectors. | | | The Bureau of Labor Statistics: Fixing the Consumer Price Index | | | I have worked on CPI measurement issues as a researcher, and in my former capacities as Chief of the Price Index Research Division and Associate Commissioner for Research and Evaluation, both in the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and as Chief Economist in the Bureau of Economic Analysis. |
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http://www.brook.edu/views/testimony/triplett/19980429.htm
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| | Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| | Another useful area is the Economy at a Glance page, which provides on-line graphs and 10 major labor indices on a monthly basis during the last year. | | | The Bureau of Labor Statistics web page is a great source of U.S. labor-related economic data. | | | Selective Access is a form-based query application which allows you to obtain BLS timeseries data based on a query you formulate and execute. |
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http://www.hbs.edu/units/bgie/internet/bls.html
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| | Search the Occupational Outlook Handbook |
| | The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. | | | When you search the Occupational Outlook Handbook, published by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, you'll find a plethora of information about a large number of occupations, such as: the nature of the work, working conditions, training and educational requirements, career advancement, job outlook, earnings potential, and more. |
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http://www.quintcareers.com/occupational_outlook_handbook.html
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| | Demographic, Economic, and Agricultural Data |
| | A national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the U.S. By providing policymakers and citizens with benchmarks of child well-being. | | | Statistical Abstract of the United States - 1878-current | | | Bureau of Economic Analysis - State and Local Area Data |
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http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/isl/sdc/sdcdata.html
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| | Bureau of Labor Statistics’ IT unit redoubles site protection security |
| | Three incidents triggered a Labor Department Office of Inspector General’s examination of OTSP. | | | Bureau of Labor Statistics’ IT unit redoubles site protection security | | | Bureau of Labor Statistics’ IT unit redoubles site protection, security |
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http://www.gcn.com/vol18_no32/news/696-1.html
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| | Course Technology--InfoWeb: BLS: Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| | If you want to know the current status of the economy in general and of labor in particular, this is the site for you. | | | The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics provides projections for computer industry employment at stats.bls.gov/news.release/ecopro.table6.htm, and stats.bls.gov/news.release/ecopro.table7.htm. | | | The Bureau of Labor Statistics The BLS might be the home of the Occupational Handbook, but its Web site contains much more information than that. |
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| | Stats Indiana - Workforce Region 11 Profile |
| | Source: US Census Bureau (Greene County totals are not included as it does not currently issue building permits.) Note: Detail cost may not sum to total due to rounding. | | | Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics; Indiana Department of Workforce Development | | | Sources: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis; US Census Bureau; Indiana Family Social Services Administration; |
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| | Crystal Report Viewer |
| | Of the Total Number of Final Agency Actions rendered, issue | | | Act requires agencies to post certain statistical information on their public websites |
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| | FF.htm |
| | Job Stress is estimated to cost American industry 200 to 300 billion dollars annually as assessed by absenteeism, diminished productivity, employee turnover, accidents, direct medical, legal, and insurance fees, workman's compensation awards, etc. | | | In 1993 over 25 days were lost on average by each person suffering job stress. | | | Bureau of Labor Statistics -"neurotic reaction to stress" is the 4th disabling workplace injury. |
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| | MSN Money - Extra!: Where the jobs -- and the paychecks -- are |
| | Placer benefited from a wide range of opportunities in the jumping services sector, said Ed Graves, Placer County economic development director. | | | The Bureau of Labor Statistics just produced a county-by-county look at employment and wage trends in the nation's 315 largest counties, and the lands of greatest job opportunity are likely to surprise you. | | | Follow the links below for the complete list of growth in jobs and paychecks in the nation's 315 largest counties as compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
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http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/invest/extra/P66747.asp
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| | Inflation conversion factors for dollars 1665-estimated 2015 to dollars of 2005 and other years |
| | To ease understanding of the value of dollar figures over time, the materials on this page “re-base” the official CPI from its current 1982-84 average base (= 1.000) to dollars of more recent years (for example, 2005 = 1.000). | | | Data prior to 1913 are estimates; data for 1913 to the present involve data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, though the specific methods of data collection have changed during that period. | | | A complete list of monthly CPI-U data with semi-annual and annual changes from 1913 to the present is available at this Bureau of Labor Statistics web site |
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http://www.orst.edu/dept/pol_sci/fac/sahr/sahr.htm
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| | Economic Policy Institute |
| | In federal budgeting, what is said and what is done can be very different. How do Bush Administration policies affect the deficit in comparison to other potential policy prescriptions? | | | Both wages and compensation for the average worker are lagging inflation, according to today’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. | | | The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today that the nations’ unemployment rate fell to 4.7%, the lowest rate since July 2001. |
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| | STAT-USA/Internet * the State of the Nation |
| | It provides a wealth of data to help you identify trends that could affect your business. | | | The Statistical Abstract is one of the most widely used reference tools in the United States. | | | The report, U.S. Goods Trade for the Gulf Region, was first issued with September 2005 statistics and the last report will cover February 2006 statistics. |
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http://www.stat-usa.gov/econtest.nsf
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| | Please indicate one of the choices below and you will be linked to the appropriate site: | | | Sources and methods for labour statistics in various countries (meta-data): | | | External websites with relevant labour statistics and a selection of population censuses and/or survey data. |
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http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/stat/portal/index.htm
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| | Salary and Wage Surveys |
| | America's Career Infonet...sponsored by US Department of Labor | | | Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Outlook Handbook...US Department of Labor | | | Occupational Outlook Handbook...US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics |
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http://www.willyancey.com/salary.htm
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| | JobWatch |
| | But does that mean the labor market is getting back to normal? | | | President Bush has noted that 2 million jobs were created over the course of 2005 and that we have added 4.6 million jobs since the decline in jobs ended in May 2003. | | | Unfortunately, no. Recent job gains lag far behind historical norms. |
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