Mass layoff data indicate outsourcing and offshoring work.

The article focuses on the Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). It presents a description of the MLS program and cites the kind of information it collects. It presents the definition of outsourcing and offshoring used by the BLS in examining the movement...

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Published in:Monthly Labor Review Vol. 128; no. 8; pp. 3 - 11
Main Authors: Brown, Sharon P., Slegel, Lewis B.
Format: Article
Published: US Department of Labor Aug2005
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          Brown, Sharon P.
          Slegel, Lewis B.
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          Chief, Division of Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics
          Senior economist, Division of Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics
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        United States
        United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics
        Dismissal of employees
        Statistics on the working class
        Statistics
        Contracting out
        Offshore outsourcing
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          Dismissal of employees
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          United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics
          Administration of General Economic Programs
          Statistics on the working class
          Statistics
          Contracting out
          Offshore outsourcing
      ab: The article focuses on the Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). It presents a description of the MLS program and cites the kind of information it collects. It presents the definition of outsourcing and offshoring used by the BLS in examining the movement of work within and from the U.S. It summarizes and interprets MLS statistics collected since the second quarter of 1995. Finally, it cites the ways through which the BLS continues to collect movement-of-work data.
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