BLS Occupational Employment Projections to 2008.(Bureau of Labor Statistics methodology)

From: Business Economics | Date: April 1, 2000| Author: Grove, C. Brian; Parker, Robert P. | Copyright information

It is important for business economists to know the strengths and limitations of the data that they use in their work. This note describes the methods used by BLS to make long-run projections of employment by occupation.

This article is based on material provided by Richard M. Devens, Jr., and Chester Levine of the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Last November, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released new projections of the American economy, labor force...

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