Analytical Articles

• Horrigan, Michael W., "Employment Projections to 2012: Concepts and Context,"Monthly Labor Review, February 2004, pp. 3-22.
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• "Employment impact of electronic business," Monthly Labor Review, May 2001, pp. 3-16, by Daniel E. Hecker
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• "Gauging the labor force effects of retiring baby-boomers," Monthly Labor Review, July 2000, pp. 17-25, by Arelene Dohm
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• "High-technology employment: a broader view," Monthly Labor Review, June 1999, pp. 18-28, by Daniel Hecker
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• "The early history of the Occupational Outlook Handbook," Monthly Labor Review, May 1999,  pp. 3-7, by Harold Goldstein
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• "Occupational Outlook Handbook: a review of 50 years of change," Monthly Labor Review, May 1999,  pp. 8-26, by Michael J. Pilot
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• Veneri, Carolyn M., "Can occupational labor shortages be identified using available data," Monthly Labor Review, March 1999, pp. 15-21.
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• Hecker, Daniel,"How hours of work affect occupational earnings," Monthly Labor Review, October 1998, pp. 8-18.
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• Fullerton, Howard N, Jr. "Age, cohort and labor force activity in the United States," presented at the Premières Rencontres Sauvy, Âge, génération et activité: vers un nouveau contrat social ? (Age, cohort and activity: a new "social contract"?), Institut national d'études démographiques, October 1998, Paris.
• Gendell, Murray, "Trends in retirement in four countries, 1965-95," Monthly Labor Review, August 1998, pp. 20-30. (This study, not prepared by Bureau staff, uses the Bureau's labor force projection as a factor in estimating U.S. retirement ages.)
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• Thomson, Allison, "Defense-related employment and spending, 1996-2006," Monthly Labor Review, July 1998, pp. 14-33.
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• Boustead, Thomas, "GDP components' contributions to U.S. economic growth," Monthly Labor Review, June 1998, pp. 22-27.
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• Hecker, Daniel E., "Earnings of college graduates,"" Monthly Labor Review, March 1998, pp. 62-71.
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• Schrammel, Kurt, "Labor market success of young adults from two generations" Monthly Labor Review, February 1998, pp. 3-9.
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• Mittelhauser, Mark, "Employment trends in textiles and apparel, 1973-2005," Monthly Labor Review, August 1997, pp. 24-35.
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• Amirault, Thomas, "Characteristics of multiple jobholders," Monthly Labor Review, March 1997, pp. 9-15.
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• Berman, Jay, and Janet Pfleeger, "Which industries are sensitive to business cycles?" Monthly Labor Review, February 1997, pp. 19-25.
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Availability

Issues of the Monthly Labor Review from 1982 to the present are available online. Earlier issues are out of print but should be available at a Federal Depository Library. This quarter's and last quarter's issues of the Occupational Outlook Quarterly are available from the Government Printing Office Bookstore Earlier issues are out of print but may be available at a through the Occupational Outlook Quarterly Staff or at a Federal Depository Library. An archive of Occupational Outlook Quarterly articles is available online, beginning with the Spring 1999 issue.

Last Modified Date: August 18, 2008