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March, 2001, Vol. 124, No. 3

Contingent work in the late-1990s

Steven Hipple 
Economist, Division of Labor Force Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Despite the strong labor market, the incidence of contingent work changed little between 1997 and 1999; characteristics of contingent workers are similar to those of earlier surveys

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