Featured Article
November 2018
Occupational injuries and illnesses among registered nurses
This article examines the types and severity of workplace injuries and illnesses among registered nurses.
Read full article »Book Reviews
Economic policy and national wealth
This book compares the effects of two distinct economic policy approaches on national wealth.
View all Book Reviews »Beyond BLS
Doing away with tax havens—good or bad?
An economist examines the negative economic impacts of eliminating corporate tax havens.
It doesn’t pay (as much) to enter the labor market during a recession
A look at how entering the labor market during a recession affects wages.
A letter that transforms: a look at the Pell Letter initiative
Data shows unemployment insurance recipients who received information about the federal Pell Grant program were more likely to enroll in a postsecondary training program.
View all Beyond BLS articles »recent Articles
Measuring labor market activity today: are the words work and job too limiting for surveys?
How did employment fare a decade after its 2008 peak?
Job openings reach a new high in 2017, hires and quits also increase
Electronically mediated work: new questions in the Contingent Worker Supplement
Why are employer-sponsored health insurance premiums higher in the public sector than in the private sector?
Productivity in transit: a new measure of labor productivity for urban transit systems
Flashback
Nonprofit jobs are more gratifying according to an MLR article from April 1983.
Read more »
