Improving estimation and benchmarking of State labor force statistics.

This article reports on an estimation procedure introduced into the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to ensure monthly additivity of State and national estimates of economic events in the U.S. The purpose of the approach was to reduce the high variability in monthly Current Population Survey estimat...

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Published in:	Monthly Labor Review Vol. 128; no. 5; pp. 23 - 32
Main Author:	Brown, Sharon P.
Format:	Article
Published:	US Department of Labor May2005
Subjects:	United States Economic forecasting Employment Unemployment Benchmarking (Management) Statistical sampling
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