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Labor month in review 2008: |
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 August 2008:
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The August Review; BLS budget update |
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July 2008:
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The July Review; Redesigned BLS Web site |
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June 2008:
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The June Review; Focus on unemployment; Coal mining safety |
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May 2008:
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The May Review; Issues in Labor Statistics; Department of corrections? |
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April 2008:
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The April Review; Data on minimum wage workers; Another Spotlight |
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March 2008:
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The March Review; Industries at a glance; Career guides; Erratum |
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February 2008:
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The February Review; Skiing employment: East and West |
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January 2008:
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The January Review; BLS budget; CWC Online and The Editor’s Desk; Cell phone expenditures |
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Labor month in review 2007: |
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December
2007:
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The
December
Review; Nonmetropolitan area occupational data now available;
A note to subscribers |
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November
2007:
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The November
Review; New information on labor market churning;
Spotlight on Statistics |
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October
2007:
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The October
Review; Profile of health educators;
Comparing metropolitan area pay by occupation;
Coming soon in MLR |
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September
2007:
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The September
Review; Work fatalities in 2006;
Multifactor productivity; Service-providing productivity;
Taking leave |
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July/August
2007:
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The July/August
Review; Multifactor productivity up again;
The “average day”; Work at home;
Auto industry concentration |
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June
2007:
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The
June Review; Families and employment;
Multifactor productivity; Time use |
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May
2007:
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The
May Review; Private compensation costs;
Manufacturing productivity; 2006 Klein Awards |
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April
2007:
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The
April Review; Essentials spending;
Work experience; State unemployment rates |
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March
2007:
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The March
Review; Fewer idled in 2006;
Productivity growth in 2006; Extended mass layoffs, 2006 |
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February
2007:
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The February
Review; Telemarketing hot spots;
Ask for volunteers; Union membership in 2006;
Compensation costs rise in 2006 |
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January
2007:
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The
January Review; 2007 Julius Shiskin Award;
Multifactor productivity; Women professionals;
Mothers in the workforce |
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Labor month in review
2006: |
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December
2006:
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The
December Review; Consumer expenditure, 2005;
Injuries at work; Automotive quality;
Foreign compensation costs |
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November
2006:
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The November
Review; Workplace violence;
Harmonized price indexes |
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October
2006:
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The October
Review; Job tenure;
Factory productivity;
Relative pay |
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September
2006:
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The
September Review; Work fatalities;
Displaced workers |
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August
2006:
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The
August Review; Injuries and health workers;
Workers at minimum wage; Productivity in information |
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July
2006:
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The July
Review; Working poor;
Health benefit costs; Coming soon in MLR |
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June
2006:
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The June
Review; Veterans and unemployment;
A century well spent; Earnings in big occupations |
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May
2006:
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The May Review;
Work and families; Factory productivity;
2005 Klein Awards |
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April
2006:
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The April
Review; State jobless rates 2005;
Turnover 2001–2005; Multifactor productivity 1995–2004;
Class of 2005 at work; New services productivity measures |
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March
2006:
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The March
Review; Recessions and long-term
unemployment; Fewer in work stoppages;
Revised international productivity data;
Do you use the monthly tables? |
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February
2006:
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The February
Review; Mass layoffs in 2005;
Union membership in 2005; Compensation up 3 percent in 2005;
Price changes in 2005; Absences and occupation |
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January
2006:
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The January
Review; Unemployment and work experience in 2004;
Relative pay in cities; Shiskin Award nominations |
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Labor month in review 2005: |
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December
2005:
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The December
Review; Jobless evacuees;
Productivity compared; Injuries and illnesses, 2004 |
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November
2005:
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The
November Review; Hurricanes and labor markets |
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October
2005:
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The October Review;
Another day at the …; Work at home;
Productivity up overall in retail |
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September
2005:
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The
September Review; Computers at work;
Youths and summer work; Workplace fatalities |
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August
2005:
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The August
Review; Flexible work and working shifts;
Consumer spending in 2003; Contingent workers |
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July
2005:
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2005: the July Review;
1915: the July Review; Mothers in the labor force;
The World According to TED |
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June
2005:
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The June
Review; Women’s data book released;
Foreign-born workers; Highest and lowest pay |
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May
2005:
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The May Review;
Klein Award winners; Work stoppages in 2004;
Working poor in 2003; Student employment, 1997–2003 |
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April
2005:
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The April Review;
State unemployment rates;
Employee compensation; Common work injuries;
The Class of 2004 |
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March
2005:
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The March Review;
Extended mass layoffs in 2004;
Seasonally-adjusted mass layoff statistics;
Fatalities charted |
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February
2005:
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The February
Review; Union membership;
Ad agents profiled; State unemployment trends;
Price trends in 2004; Errata |
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January
2005:
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The
January Review; Experience of unemployment in 2003;
Workplace injuries; Day of injury;
Volunteers in 2004 |
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Labor month in review 2004: |
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December
2004:
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The
December Review; Factory compensation;
Car quality 2005; Clarification |
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2004: |
The November
Review; Occupations and poverty;
Comparing factory productivity and costs;
Women’s earnings |
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2004: |
The
October Review; Fatal work injuries in 2003;
Time-use survey results; Job tenure |
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2004: |
The September
Review; More than 10 jobs before 40;
Summer youth labor force; Veterans’ unemployment in August 2003;
Review chief retires |
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2004: |
The
August
Review; Veterans’ unemployment;
Fatalities among athletes |
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2004: |
The July
Review; Information sector productivity;
Employee benefits |
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2004: |
The June
Review; Going on to college;
Fewer IT layoffs in first quarter 2004;
Productivity growth in first quarter 2004;
Employment dynamics in third quarter 2003 |
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2004: |
The
May Review; Mothers’
labor force participation; Women’s
working hours; Employees’
health insurance payments; International
unit labor costs |
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2004: |
The April
Review; States’ unemployment in 2003;
Fewer strikes, more strikers;
Lost-time injuries in 2002; Factory productivity |
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| March
2004: |
The
March Review; Labor productivity gains in 2002, 2003;
Fewer mass layoffs in 2003; Juggling work and school;
Multifactor productivity in manufacturing, 2001 |
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2004: |
The
February Review; Union membership 2003;
Real weekly earnings flat in 2003;
Productivity in retailing |
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| January
2004: |
The
January Review; One in nine had some unemployment in 2002;
Increase in volunteering; Work injuries and illnesses in 2002 |
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month in review
2003: |
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| November
2003: |
The November-December
Review; Information sector productivity;
Employment dynamics; Fastest growing counties;
Consumer spending in 2002 |
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2003: |
The October
Review; September 11 related to layoffs;
Work fatalities lower in 2002;
Health care benefits; Retirement plans;
International productivity comparison |
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| September
2003: |
The September
Review; Summer jobs more scarce, summer school more common;
Where’s the high-tech? |
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| August
2003: |
The
August Review; Families see more unemployment;
Highest earnings in Middle Atlantic;
Real product per worker |
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| July
2003: |
The
July Review; Location and wages;
The high school class of 2002;
Education and the working poor |
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| June
2003: |
The
June Review; Productivity jumps at nonfinancials in 2002;
Consumer spending in 2001; Trivia answer |
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| May
2003: |
The
May Review; Mass layoff statistics restored;
Drop in multifactor productivity;
Klein Award winners announced |
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| April
2003: |
The
April Review: Fewer work stoppages in 2002;
Time lost to injuries in 2001;
Added value from associate degree |
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2003: |
The March
Review; Students at work;
New service-sector productivity measures;
Union membership rate declines;
International productivity estimates revised |
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2003: |
The February
Review; Substantial changes in CPS;
Volunteer work measured; Payrolls longest in hospitals, schools, factories |
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2003: |
The January
Review; One in four volunteer;
High and low paying jobs in 2001;
Work experience in 2001 |
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month in review
2002: |
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| December
2002: |
The December
Review; Employment by county in 2001;
Annual pay in 2001; Quality changes in cars and light trucks |
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2002: |
The November
Review; Wages overseas fall to two-thirds of U.S.;
Moonlighting in 2001; Fewer teens join labor force;
Using computers for work |
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| October
2002: |
The
October Review; Fatal injuries at work raised by 9/11 attacks;
Tenure gap narrows; Plant closings up in 2001;
Average annual pay up 2.5 percent;
Multifactor
productivity rises again in manufacturing |
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2002: |
The
September Review; Chained CPI;
Ten jobs by age 36 |
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2002: |
The
August Review; Regional trends in 2000;
JOLTS starts; Veterans in the labor force |
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2002: |
The
July Review; Injuries in eating and drinking places;
Average compensation $23.15 an hour ;
Women’s earning and education;
New productivity series |
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2002: |
The
June Review; Katharine Abraham
receives Shiskin Award; Jobless rate 35.9 percent for dropouts;
Elderly budget greatest share on housing |
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2002: |
The
May Review; Joblessness rises among families;
Shift work versus flexible schedules;
Lost-time injuries; Industry productivity in 1990s |
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| April
2002: |
The
April Review; 20 million worked at home;
Few days lost to work stoppages;
Respirators used in 10 percent of workplaces |
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| March
2002: |
The
March Review; States and unemployment;
Productivity and costs; September 11 and layoffs;
Chartbook on-line |
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| February
2002: |
The February Review;
More mass layoffs in 2001;
Union membership rate steady in 2001 |
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2002: |
The January Review;
Working youths; Injury rate fell in 2000;
Consumer spending patterns varied in 2000;
New data tables |
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month in review
2001: |
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| December
2001: |
The December Review;
Full-time, full-year work;
Highest, lowest paying jobs; Post-September 11 layoffs |
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| November
2001: |
The
November Review; Town and country;
Labor’s disaster response |
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| October
2001: |
The
October Review; Productivity comparison;
Annual pay trends; Wages in foreign factories |
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| September
2001: |
The September
Review; Effects of events of September 11;
Women narrow earnings gap by degrees;
Midwesterners most likely to have job |
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2001: |
The
August Review; Women’s employment rate varies by city;
Tenure down for men, up for women;
Ten occupations, 5 million jobs;
More spending on clothes; Wages highest in Middle Atlantic |
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2001: |
The
July Review; Growth, immigration and education;
The single poor; Productivity at full retail |
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| June
2001: |
The
June Review; Industry productivity in 1999;
Contingent workers and alternative work |
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| May
2001: |
The May
Review; Days lost to injury;
Fewer families with unemployment;
Most high school grads in labor force;
Multifactor productivity rose in 1999 |
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| April
2001: |
The
April Review; Working women and poverty;
Small enterprises big employers;
Wages in sports all over the park;
Lost-time injuries |
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| March
2001: |
The March Review;
Strong productivity growth in 2000;
More mass layoffs in 2000; More work stoppages in 2000;
Unemployment down in most States |
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| February
2001: |
The February
Review; Business services in librarians’ future;
Stoppages shorter in 1999; Union men and women;
Mass layoffs in 2000 |
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2001: |
The January
Review; Most students work;
Multifactor productivity gains;
San Jose again tops pay list |
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month in review
2000: |
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| December
2000: |
The
December Review; More experience employment;
Shiskin Award nominations; Raises biggest in Washington, Massachusetts |
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| November
2000: |
The
November Review; Stock options;
Productivity growth fastest in United States;
Occupational earnings |
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| October
2000: |
The October
Review; CPI corrected;
Elders give more; Multifactor productivity up in 1998;
Foreign wages compared |
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| September
2000: |
The
September Review; Displaced workers;
Fatal work injuries; Job tenure |
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| August
2000: |
The
August Review; Wage
of a salesman; Cashier,
cook common jobs for youths; Regional
compensation pattern |
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| July
2000: |
The
July Review; Productive
computer factories; Retirees
spending more on health insurance; Vietnam-era
veterans in the labor force; Longer workweeks at the top? |
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| June
2000: |
The
June Review; Half
of students are in labor force; Productivity
up in most industries; Pay
and benefits |
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| May
2000: |
The
May Review; Lost-time
injuries; College
degrees in industry; Workplace
homicide; Pay
premiums up the ranks |
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| April
2000: |
The
April Review; Unit
labor costs fall; Consumer
expenditure rises modestly in 1998; Job
leavers larger share of jobless; Check
our Web upgrades |
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| March
2000: |
The
March Review; Fewer
mass layoffs; Few
work stoppages; Higher
productivity; Declining
unemployment |
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| February
2000: |
The
February Review; Shiskin
Award nominations; 2000-01
Occupational Outlook Handbook released; Factory
worker compensation compared |
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| January
2000: |
The
January Review; Contingent
workers; Injuries
and illnesses decline; Dental
care benefits |
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Labor month in review 1999: |
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| December
1999: |
The
December Review; Real
wages rise for sixth year; 1999
Shiskin Award |
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| November
1999: |
The
November Review; Less
stress; Six
real raises, all in a row; Second
job entrepreneurs |
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| October
1999: |
The October Review;
Summer jobs; Do you know the pay in San Jose?;
Younger, more vulnerable; Productivity gains compared |
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| September
1999: |
The
September Review; Lawrence R. Klein (1908–1999) |
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1999: |
The August Review;
Most work stoppages short-lived;
Bigger firms, bigger checks; Refuse collection occupation hazardous |
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| July
1999: |
The
July Review; More women go to college;
Pay and benefits; Wages in metropolitan areas |
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| June
1999: |
The
June Review; Lawrence Klein Awards Announced;
BLS reports on women's earnings;
More workers self-employed; Beginning in this issue |
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| May
1999: |
The
May Review; New data on young workers;
Lost workday injuries |
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| April
1999: |
The
April Review; Extended mass layoffs in 1998;
Entertainment spending declined in 1997;
Occupational injuries and illnesses, 1997 |
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| March
1999: |
The
March Review; Most textile workers in Southeast region;
Sources of shifts in productivity growth;
Transportation spending slows |
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| February
1999: |
The
February Review; Work stoppages idle more;
Factory unit labor cost trends differ |
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| January
1999: |
The
January Review; Union membership edges up, but share continues to fall;
Another real raise in 1998; Fewer workers experienced unemployment in 1997 |
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Labor month in review 1998: |
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| December
1998: |
The
December Review; Marking to market more often;
Fewer injuries and illnesses at work |
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| November
1998: |
The
November Review; Pricing pollution control;
New data on jobs and pay in large counties |
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| October
1998: |
The
October Review; Consumers spent more in 1996;
Job tenure edged down in 1998; New media news |
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| September
1998: |
The
September Review; Fewer youths hired this summer;
Psychotherapeutic drug's producer prices rise;
MLR Online archive growing |
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| August
1998: |
The
August Review; Productivity database expanded;
Work fatalities; Fewer workers displaced |
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| July
1998: |
The
July Review; Shiskin
awards to two; FLSA
annual report released; Veterans
in the labor market; Young
workers try several jobs |
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| June
1998: |
The
June Review; Fewer
workers on extended mass layoff; College
enrollment resumes uptrend; Subscriber
survey |
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| May
1998: |
The
May Review; Productivity
edges up in the early 90s; Pay
comparisons published; Weekly
earnings rise in 1997 |
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| April
1998: |
The
April Review; 21
million work at home; Flextime
more common; The Review
online |
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| March
1998: |
The March Review;
Revised
CLS tables; Fewer work stoppages
in 1997; Wages at home and
abroad; Regional range
narrows; Next month |
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| February
1998: |
The
February Review; Union
membership edges down; Career guidance
books; Next month |
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1998: |
The
January Review; Contingent
workers; Injuries and
illnesses; New wage data; CPI base years;
Next
month's review |
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