Office of Publications & Special Studies

BLS UPDATE

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This is a list of recent BLS publications and research papers. Where electronic versions are available, links are provided.

News Releases (Week of September 1 - 5, 2008)

• The Employment Situation: August 2008. USDL 08-1252 (HTML) (PDF)
• Commissioner's Statement on the Employment Situation. (HTML) (PDF)
• Productivity and Costs, Second Quarter 2008, Revised. USDL 08-1251 (HTML) (PDF)

Periodicals

• Monthly Labor Review: August 2008
  • Addressing misconceptions about the Consumer Price Index
  • Examining evidence on whether BLS undercounts workplace injuries and illnesses
  • Who goes to college? Evidence from the NLSY97

MLR:  The Editor's Desk

• Manufacturing productivity in second quarter of 2008
• Working poor and education in 2006
• Summer 2008 labor force participation of youth
• Multifactor productivity in detailed manufacturing industries, 1987-2006

 

Last Modified Date: September 5, 2008