Labor Statistics Measurement Issues

Author : John Haltiwanger,Marilyn E. Manser,Robert H. Topel
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780226314594

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Labor Statistics Measurement Issues by John Haltiwanger,Marilyn E. Manser,Robert H. Topel Pdf

Rapidly changing technology, the globalization of markets, and the declining role of unions are just some of the factors that have led to dramatic changes in working conditions in the United States. Little attention has been paid to the difficult measurement problems underlying analysis of the labor market. Labor Statistics Measurement Issues helps to fill this gap by exploring key theoretical and practical issues in the measurement of employment, wages, and workplace practices. Some of the chapters in this volume explore the conceptual issues of what is needed, what is known, or what can be learned from existing data, and what needs have not been met by available data sources. Others make innovative uses of existing data to analyze these topics. Also included are papers examining how answers to important questions are affected by alternative measures used and how these can be reconciled. This important and useful book will find a large audience among labor economists and consumers of labor statistics.

Author : Julius Shiskin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Labor
ISBN : UIUC:30112101929500

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Unemployment by Julius Shiskin Pdf

Author : Robert E. Hall,United States. National Commission on Employment and Unemployment Statistics,David M. Lilien
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Labor supply
ISBN : UOM:39015025038814

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The Measurement and Significance of Labor Turnover by Robert E. Hall,United States. National Commission on Employment and Unemployment Statistics,David M. Lilien Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2000-07-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780309070928

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Time-Use Measurement and Research by National Research Council,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics Pdf

One of the most substantial policy changes in the past decade was the elimination of the main social welfare program for poor families, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, ending the entitlement to cash benefits and replacing it with a policy emphasizing work. A question relevant for understanding the consequences of this policy change is how the time allocation among work and family care activities of poor families has changed. President Clinton's proposed budget for fiscal 2001 includes funds for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to develop a survey to measure how Americans spend their time (U.S. Department of Labor, 2000). BLS has already explored the feasibility of such a survey. In 1997, a pilot study that collected time-use data for a sample of Americans was conducted, and the results of that study were presented at a 1997 conference sponsored by BLS and the MacArthur Network on the Family and the Economy. Using knowledge gained from the pilot study and the conference, BLS published a report on the feasibility of a national time-use survey and developed a proposal to conduct the survey. Time-Use Measurement and Research is a summary of a workshop convened to consider data and methodological issues in measuring time use. This report discusses why time-use data are needed, highlighting many of policy and behavioral applications of time-use data. It also summarizes conceptual issues covered during the workshop, discusses a framework for how individuals and households allocate their time, and comments on some conceptual issues in measuring time use.

Author : United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UIUC:30112104107641

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How the Government Measures Unemployment by United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics Pdf

Author : United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Employment forecasting
ISBN : IND:30000089076727

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Occupational Outlook Handbook by United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics Pdf

Author : Amela Karabegović,Jason Clemens,Niels Veldhuis
Publisher : The Fraser Institute
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Canada
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Measuring Labour Markets in Canada and the United States by Amela Karabegović,Jason Clemens,Niels Veldhuis Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Labor
ISBN : NYPL:33433104985407

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Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics by Anonim Pdf

Author : Katharine G. Abraham,James R. Spletzer,Michael Harper
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780226001463

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Labor in the New Economy by Katharine G. Abraham,James R. Spletzer,Michael Harper Pdf

As the structure of the economy has changed over the past few decades, researchers and policy makers have been increasingly concerned with how these changes affect workers. In this book, leading economists examine a variety of important trends in the new economy, including inequality of earnings and other forms of compensation, job security, employer reliance on temporary and contract workers, hours of work, and workplace safety and health. In order to better understand these vital issues, scholars must be able to accurately measure labor market activity. Thus, Labor in the New Economy also addresses a host of measurement issues: from the treatment of outliers, imputation methods, and weighting in the context of specific surveys to evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of data from different sources. At a time when employment is a central concern for individuals, businesses, and the government, this volume provides important insight into the recent past and will be a useful tool for researchers in the future.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Subcommittee on Human Resources
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Consumer price indexes
ISBN : PURD:32754068118763

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Bureau of Labor Statistics Oversight by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Subcommittee on Human Resources Pdf

Author : United States. Dept. of Commerce. Special Advisory Committee on Employment Statistics
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Labor supply
ISBN : UVA:X030348861

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The Measurement of Employment and Unemployment by the Bureau of the Census in Its Current Population Survey by United States. Dept. of Commerce. Special Advisory Committee on Employment Statistics Pdf

Author : Ali Dogramaci
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789401568678

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Measurement Issues and Behavior of Productivity Variables by Ali Dogramaci Pdf

This book presents a set of papers from the leading edge of current research on productivity analysis. The focus is on alternative forms of measurement, methods, and their implications. The book begins with a chapter by V. Corbo and J. de Melo comparing the effects of using different production frontier models for measuring technical efficiency when using census data. The second chapter (by H. Pesaran and R. Tarling) is a detailed analysi·s of measurement of labor and its variations over time. The next two chapters concern the measurement of capital. The first of these is written by M. F. Mohr; the second is by B. M. Fraumeni and D. W. Jorgenson. The final chapter is by I. B. Kravis, A. W. Heston, and R. Summers and concerns the behavior of productivity and service prices. Decisions for improving productivity rely upon explicit as well as implicit assumptions on how productivity is related to a variety of factors. Determining the right relationships hinges on how these factors are measured and how the models are set. This is why better understanding of measurement issues and behavior of variables related to productivity can lead more effective policies. We plan to continue in this series to present the current research of major different schools of thought in the field.

Author : United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Industrial efficiency
ISBN : MINN:31951D03400652W

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Productivity Measurement by United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Labor
ISBN : UCD:31175027852303

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Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Department of Commerce. Special Advisory Committee on Employment Statistics
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Labor supply
ISBN : PSU:000070963137

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The Measurement of Employment and Unemployment by the Bureau of the Census in Its Current Population Survey by United States. Department of Commerce. Special Advisory Committee on Employment Statistics Pdf