Employment-unemployment: Hearings Before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States ....

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Page 73 - People are classified as unemployed, regardless of their eligibility for unemployment benefits or public assistance, if they meet all of the following criteria: They had no employment during the survey week; they were available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the prior 4 weeks. Also included among the unemployed
Page 197 - Explanatory Note This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics Survey (establishment survey). The household survey provides the information on the labor force, total employment, and unemployment that appears in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample survey of about 60,000 households
Page 171 - example, ihe large number of people entering the labor force each June is likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place since May. making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or declined. However, because the effect of students finishing school in previous years is known,
Page 197 - the school's-out example, the large number of people entering the labor force each June is likely to obscure any other changes thai have taken place since May, making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or declined. However, because the effect of students finishing school in previous
Page 29 - 5, 1983 CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE, Washington, BC The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:30 am, in room SD106, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Roger W. Jepsen (chairman of the committee) presiding. Present: Senators Jepsen and Proxmire; and Representative Hawkins. Also present:
Page 37 - changes in unemployment. Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting the statistics from month to month. These adjustments make nonseasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot. To return to the
Page 176 - Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical Electric and electronic equipment Transportation equipment Miscellaneous manufacturing Food and kindred products Tobacco manufactures Textile mill products • Paper and allied products
Page 171 - and they made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the prior 4 weeks. Also included among the unemployed are persons not looking for work because they were laid off and waiting to be