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The Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics is recognized as an authoritative resource on the U.S. labor force. It continues and enhances the Bureau of Labor Statistics's (BLS) discontinued publication, Labor Statistics. The 17th Edition allows the user to understand recent developments as well as to compare today's economy with past history. The Handbook is a comprehensive reference providing an abundance of data on a variety of topics including: *employment and unemployment *earnings *prices *productivity *consumer expenditures *occupational safety and health *union membership *international labor comparisons *and much more!Features of the publication In addition to over 200 tables that present practical data, the Handbook provides: *introductory material for each chapter that contains highlights of salient data and figures that call attention to noteworthy trends in the data *notes and definitions, which contain concise descriptions of the data sources, concepts, definitions, and methodology from which the data are derived *references to more comprehensive reports which provide additional data and more extensive descriptions of estimation methods, sampling, and reliability measures New in the 17th edition of Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics! *Labor force and employment projections from 2012 to 2022 *More employee benefit tables including: financial benefits, nonproduction bonuses, and unmarried domestic partner benefits *A section on volunteering in the United States can now be found in Chapter 1 *Chapter 10 includes several new tables on international labor comparisons *Figures on topics such as the labor force, household income, eldercare, labor productivity, and employment have been added throughout the book Zusammenfassung The Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics: Employment! Earnings! Prices! Productivity! and Other Labor Data continues and enhances the Bureau of Labor Statistics's (BLS) discontinued publication! Labor Statistics. It brings authoritative data from the BLS and other government agencies together into a convenient! single-volume source of labor data. CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES LIST OF FIGURES PREFACE CHAPTER 1: POPULATION, LABOR FORCE, AND EMPLOYMENT STATUS Population, Labor Force, and Employment Status Unemployment Work Experience Employee Tenure Labor Force and Employment Characteristics of Selected Family Types Labor Force and Employment Characteristics of Foreign-Born Workers Labor Force and Employment Characteristics by Education Persons with a Disability: Labor Force Characteristics Employee Situation of Veterans Volunteering in the United States CHAPTER 2: EMPLOYMENT, HOURS, AND EARNINGS Employment and Hours Earnings Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages Business Employment Dynamics CHAPTER 3: OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES CHAPTER 4: LABOR FORCE AND EMPLOYMENT PROJECTIONS BY INDUSTRY AND OCCUPATION Labor Force and Employment Projections by Industry and Occupation Projected Employment CHAPTER 5: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS CHAPTER 6: COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES Employment Cost Index Employer Costs for Employee Compensation Employee Benefits CHAPTER 7: RECENT TRENDS IN THE LABOR MARKET Mass Layoffs Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey CHAPTER 8: LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS CHAPTER 9: PRICES Producer Price Index Consumer Price Index Export and Import Price Indexes CHAPTER 10: INTERNATIONAL LABOR COMPARSIONS CHAPTER 11: CONSUMER EXPENDITURES CHAPTER 12: AMERICAN TIME USE...
