Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics 2009


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The Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics: Employment Earnings, Prices, Productivity and Other Related Data continues and enhances the Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) discontinued publication, Labor Statistics. It brings historical and recent data from the BLS and other government agencies together into a convenient, single-volume source of labor data. The Handbook provides detailed and authoritative data on employment, earnings, prices, productivity, occupational safety and health, foreign labor force statistics, and other related topics. The Handbook provides: recent and historical data on employment earnings prices productivity consumer expenditures employment projections by industry and occupationalternative work arrangements union affiliation occupational safety and health and more Several additions were made to the 12th edition. Most notable is the inclusion of a new chapter titled 'Recent Trends in the Labor Market.' This chapter contains data from Mass Layoffs Statistics (MLS) program and the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS). A new series on the employment situation of veterans and new tables on compensation and wages were also added. In addition, new figures on a variety of topics including consumer expenditures, initial claimants for unemployment insurance, and household income were included. New to the 12th edition This edition maintains the content of previous editions and updates the text with additional and new features including: A new chapter - 'Recent Trends in the Labor Market.' It includes data from the Mass Layoffs Statistics program and the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. It also contains information on mass layoff events, initial claimants for unemployment insurance, movement of work, job openings, hires, and separations A new section on the employment situation of veterans. Data includes employment status by veteran status, industry, occupation, period of service, and more New figures on a variety of topics. Examples include consumer expenditures, initial claimants for unemployment insurance, and household income







Industry Wage Survey


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Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics


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Offers recent and historical data on the U.S. labor force.







Global Capital and Peripheral Labour


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This book presents a historical account of plantations in India in the context of the modern world economy. It brings history up to the present, thereby showing how history can assist in explaining contemporary conditions and trends. The author focuses on labour and economic development problems and uses the World Systems theory so as to demonstrate the practical utility of the theory and its limitations as a guide to historical research. Based on extensive archival research, the book interprets the dynamics of plantation capitalism by focusing on the work, life and struggle of the dalits on plantations in colonial and post-colonial South India as they evolved from the mid-19th century. It argues that these elements of the plantation life-world were fashioned by the specific characteristics of the workers' location within the capitalist world-economy, the then prevailing local social structure and the scheme of disciplining to which the workers were subjected to. Treating the relations among various social forces – the planting communities, the oppressed communities (dalits in India), the regional and national state, and the Imperial regime, this book fills a gap in academic literature on capitalism, economic development, and globalization.




Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics 2017


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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 eighteenth 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 225 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 20th edition of Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics A chapter titled “Volunteering in the United States”. This includes information on who volunteered, when they volunteered, and how often they volunteered. New tables and figures on various topics including occupational safety and health