Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics 2013: Employment, Earnings, Prices, Productivity, and Other Labor Data - Hardcover

9781598886108: Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics 2013: Employment, Earnings, Prices, Productivity, and Other Labor Data

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 159888610X ISBN 13: 9781598886108

Publisher: Bernan Press, 2013

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 16th 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

The 16th edition includes several new features including:

A new chapter titled Green Jobs, Technologies, and Practices. This chapter includes data on companies that use environmentally friendly practices and on establishments that produce green goods and services.

Chapter 1 includes a section on the employment situation of veterans for the first time since the 2009 edition. In addition, more tables on employee tenure have been added.

Tables on eldercare have been added in Chapter 12: American Time Use Survey.

Chapter 6 includes a table on workplaces that provide “quality of life” benefits including childcare, subsidized commuting, and flexible workplaces.

New figures on a variety of topics including the labor force, employee compensation, consumer expenditures, and international labor comparisons have been added throughout the book.

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About the Author:

Mary Meghan Ryan is a senior research editor for Bernan Press. She has also served as the editor for State Profiles: The Population and Economy of Each U.S. State; Employment, Hours, and Earnings: States and Areas; and Vital Statistics of the United States: Births, Life Expectancy, Deaths, and Selected Health Data. In addition, she serves as the associate editor for Business Statistics of the United States: Patterns of Economic Change.

Review:

This 16th edition is timely and useful, with updated chapter topics and new material on topics such as elder care and green jobs, technologies, and practices. Employment and labor statistics derive from both the government and the private sector. The historical publication data and some tables on unemployment go back to the 1940s, highlighting data culled from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau websites. This ready-reference volume includes over 225 tables and figures with trend analysis, organized by subject in 15 chapters. Each chapter starts with an overview of highlights, notes, and definitions from the Census Bureau or the BLS site; data tables are followed by additional source information, with websites for sampling and estimating methods. Although the featured material is not unique to this handbook, this print version allows readers to easily thumb through the table of contents to locate information as a starting point; searching the BLS and Census Bureau websites requires considerable patience and the knowledge necessary to navigate mounds of data. The availability of accurate data compiled by the BLS is one thing; accessing and navigating the statistics is another. Academic audiences should find this handbook most useful, though general readers could benefit as well. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Especially business, economics, or labor collections; lower-division undergraduates and higher. (CHOICE, October 2013)

This volume presents data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in approximately 225 tables.
Topics addressed include unemployment, wages and productivity, price indexes, consumer income and expenditures, occupational safety and health, “green” jobs, and more. Tables and figures are displayed in user-friendly formats, with supporting text and bulleted lists of highlights for each general heading. Although the raw statistical data is available directly from the Bureau of Labor Statistics website, this print version is convenient and easy-to-use, and there is value added by the supporting text and general index.
(Booklist, September 2013)

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