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October 2003, Vol. 126, No.
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Evaluating the BLS 1988�00 employment projections
Andrew Alpert Jill Auyer
Economist, Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
E-mail: auyer.jill@bls.gov.
BLS employment projections for the period from 1988 to 2000 were borne out in most broad occupations; the chief source of error was the projection of changes in staffing patterns, attributable primarily to the conservative nature of the projections.
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