Annual measures of gross job gains and gross job losses (ABSTRACT), Monthly Labor Review Online, November 2004

Annual measures of gross job gains and gross job losses

Joshua C. Pinkston
Research Economist, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
E-mail: Pinkston.Josh@bls.gov

James R. Spletzer
Senior Research Economist, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
E-mail: Spletzer.Jim@bls.gov

As a complement to the quarterly gross job flow statistics, annual gross job gains and losses statistics reveal the tremendous amount of churning that underlies the net growth of employment.

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