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February 2019
Collecting union status for the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries: a Massachusetts case study
This article explores indicators of union membership in administrative records and other source documents collected for fatal occupational injuries.
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State institutions and economic prosperity
Two prominent academic economists argue that a country’s institutions matter more than anything else in determining economic prosperity.
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Should the Phillips curve consider new variables in this economy?
Does the Phillips curve adequately account for the rise of gig work and online shopping?
Understanding slavery through cliometrics
How cliometrics has affected our understanding of slavery.
Adjusted for demographics, U.S. labor market not overly tight
Using the labor input utilization rate to measure slack in the U.S. labor market.
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Balancing college and kids: estimating time allocation differences for college students with and without children
Racial and ethnic disparities in access to and use of paid family and medical leave: evidence from four nationally representative datasets
Declining labor turnover in the United States: evidence and implications from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics
A new approach for quality-adjusting PPI microprocessors
Leaving a job during the Great Recession: evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979
Occupational injuries and illnesses among registered nurses
Flashback
In December 1983, an MLR article looks at the economic effects of retirement on the family.
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