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Download full textLevitan, Sar A. – 1977
United States economic courses of action--and inaction--are increasingly being based on the employment and unemployment figures put out monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Yet, the basic statistical concepts that are still used were fashioned during the Great Depression and do not take into account the very different conditions we…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics, Labor Force Nonparticipants
