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Phantom jobs and job losses.(American labor market)
AMERICANS are working. But how many of them? The answer to that question can have profound political consequences. Employment was a big issue in the 2004 presidential campaign, as George W. Bush and John Kerry sparred over how many jobs had been created or lost, and how to create more, and better, jobs in the future.
Yet as the contenders traded barbs over outsourcing and tax increases, hardly anyone except for a handful of economists paid much attention to trying to answer the most basic question of all--how many Americans are working right now? It sounds like a simple question, and there are certainly many possible answers floating around in the media, such as ...
- Accuracy of payroll survey questioned.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) August 6, 2004 700+ words
...Washington, D.C., that "there is little indication that the labor market's progress is stalling." On Friday, however, even the...speaks for others who question the data when he says that the payroll survey doesn't count self-employed workers or very small businesses...
- Understanding the employment measures from the CPS and CES survey: the monthly...
- Magazine article from: Monthly Labor Review Bowler, Mary Morisi, Teresa L. February 1, 2006 700+ words
...also known as the establishment or payroll survey. These data are important indicators of the strength of the labor market and provide an early snapshot of...give different pictures of the labor market? There are a number of differences...
- Part-time workers a large part of the growing labor market.
- Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) August 15, 2004 700+ words
...expanding, the growth in the U.S. labor market is coming from part timers...mid-2003, Zandi said. The labor market remains weaker than what economists...for other reasons. A separate payroll survey of businesses by the Labor Department...
- Labor market boom . . . or bust?(COMMENTARY)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times December 12, 2003 700+ words
...reflects the inability of the payroll survey to pick up new small firms except with a lag. Also, the payroll survey counts jobs, not people. So...understated the improvement in the labor market last month is supported by the...
- The U.S. labor market in 2003: signs of improvement by year's end: job losses...
- Magazine article from: Monthly Labor Review Krantz, Rachel Di Natale, Marisa Krolik, Thomas J. March 1, 2004 700+ words
...tourism-related industries. In contrast to an otherwise weak labor market, historically low interest rates were a catalyst to job...employment. Although the 2001 recession had ended, many of the payroll survey's most sensitive cyclical series did not show signs of...
- Measuring labor dynamics: the next generation in labor market information: the...
- Magazine article from: Monthly Labor Review Clayton, Richard L. Mousa, Jay A. May 1, 2004 700+ words
...dynamic qualities of the current labor market. The existing array of Federal...analyzing various aspects of the labor market. Among the agencies that use...Employment Statistics monthly payroll survey, the QCEW is the universe frame...
- The labor market.(EDITORIALS)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times January 9, 2005 700+ words
...December report, now would be a good time to review how the labor market changed during 2004 and over the past four years: * During...year period compare with previous presidential terms? The payroll survey dates to 1939. From 1941 through 2000, no presidential...
- U.S. labor market weakened in 1990: employment declined and unemployment rose...
- Magazine article from: Monthly Labor Review Haugen, Steven E. Meisenhaimer, Joseph R., II February 1, 1991 700+ words
...were particularly acute in construction and manufacturing Labor market conditions deteriorated markedly during 1990, reflecting...nonagricultural job growth, as measured by the establishment or "payroll" survey, appeared to be more robust in the first half of 1990 than...