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Daily Archives: August 26, 2011

Labor Department: Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment, 2010

Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment, 2010: “This bulletin presents 2010 annual averages from the CPS for census regions and divisions; the 50 States and the District of Columbia; and 54 large metropolitan areas, 22 metropolitan divisions, and 41 principal cities. Data from the CPS differ from the official estimates produced by the individual States through the LAUS program. CPS estimates are provided herein because they are a current source of information on the demographic and economic characteristics of the labor force in subnational areas, from the same source as the official labor force data for the United States as a whole.”

Paper – Extracting, Transforming and Archiving Scientific Data

Extracting, Transforming and Archiving Scientific Data – Daniel Lemire1 and Andre Vellino, National Research Council of Canada, August 23, 2011. Fourth Workshop on Very Large Digital Libraries, 2011 “It is becoming common to archive research datasets that are not only large but also numerous. In addition, their corresponding metadata and the software required to analyse… Continue Reading

Charting International Labor Comparisons (2011 Edition)

Charting International Labor Comparisons (2011 Edition) “The BLS 2011 edition of Charting International Labor Comparisons features 2009 data, as well as trends over time, for the main indicators published by ILC: gross domestic product, labor force, manufacturing hourly compensation costs and productivity, and consumer prices. To increase country and indicator coverage, data from other organizations… Continue Reading