Employers have reported more job growth than indicated in the household survey. Dual jobholding and employment of illegal aliens are likely reasons. (Author)

The Dislocated Worker Survey underestimates the number of displaced for 1979-89 by about one-third. The bias results from the fact that respondents' memory of displacement over time, especially among blacks, people without a college education, and people with short tenure with an employer. (SK)

Census data from 1900, 1910, and 1940 show how gendered expectations about families constrained nurses' careers. Divisions in the field regarding profession versus craft are evident in the lack of movement toward long-term employment patterns. (SK)

Occupational Employment Statistics surveys of hospitals, conducted in 1983, 1986, and 1989, show that, after declining in the early 1980s, hospital employment is increasing. Emphasis on cost control and new technologies caused declines in occupations involving direct patient care and increases in those using complex technology. (SK)

During the 1980s, Black workers were more apt to be displaced than Whites because of the industries and occupations in which they were concentrated. They were also less likely to be reemployed and were out of work for longer periods. (JOW)

This document provides tabular data on scientists, engineers, and technicians in manufacturing industries for 1980, as well as in non-manufacturing industries for 1981. The tables are arranged in six sections. The first three sections focus on scientists, engineers, and technicians in manufacturing industries for 1980 by major occupational group…

In support of a November, 1974, Monthly Labor Review article by Carolyn Shaw Bell, the author discusses weighting unemployment rates and provides additional statistical labor force information. (BP)

The arithmetic processes of aggregation and averaging are basic to quantitative investigations of employment, unemployment, and related concepts. In explaining these concepts, this report stresses need for accuracy and consistency in measurements, and describes tools for analyzing alternative measures. (BH)

Statistics concerning employment of scientists were obtained from 59,300 scientists responding to an Engineers Joint Council questionnaire. Findings reported are: (1) the overall unemployment rate was 3 percent for engineers compared to a rate of 5.8 percent for all other workers; (2) considering engineers not having engineering jobs, the…

This collection of data resulted from a survey conducted by the Engineers Joint Council for the National Science Foundation in 1969. The sample consisted of 86,438 names taken from a list of approximately 350,000 names of members of engineering societies. After statistical adjustments, the survey sample of 44,837 qualified respondents represented…

This report presents data on employment, work hours, and earnings by industry for 216 major labor areas in the United States. Employment data exclude farm workers, proprietors, self-employed, domestic workers in private homes, and unpaid family workers. Data are based on information from payroll records submitted voluntarily to State agencies by a…

During the first half of 1978, data on labor force, total employment, and unemployment show the lowest unemployment rate in almost four years, and employment as a proportion of the working-age population at a record high. Other civilian labor force developments are noted. (MF)