"International comparisons of labor market and competitiveness indicators, as well as Gross Domestic Product (GDP), provide a shapshot in time of the world economy. The first three sections of this visual essay include charts covering 12 selected countries in North America, Europe, and Asia, although not all countries appear on all of the charts due to data availability...In the final section of this essay three charts are presented for five large emerging economies--Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, and the Russian Federation. The United States is included in these charts as a reference point.
For the field of labor studies, this is metasite for statistics. Employment and unemployment, demographics, occupations, wages and earnings, inflation and consumer spending are some of the topics covered. Some international data is contained
Here find County to County Worker Flow Files and Journey to Work from the 2000 Census, as well as other tables and time series relevant to travel to work
"The Current Population Survey (CPS) is a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, and persons not in the labor force.
"Find the official monthly measurements of the labor force released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics...Find data on employment and unemployment in specific industries and occupations, including data for EEO purposes.
" In this revised and updated version of its online, interactive database Paycheck to Paycheck, the Center for Housing Policy presents wage information for more than 60 occupations and home prices and rents for nearly 200 metropolitan areas. Paycheck to Paycheck utilizes consistent measures of wages and housing costs ..."
Tables available include quarterly and annual income estimates, as well as local area annual estimates
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