Bureau of Labor Statistics - http://www.bls.gov/
Principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. Collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical data to the American public, the U.S. Congress, other Federal agencies, State and local governments, business, and labor. |
Entropy and Inequality - http://poorcity.richcity.org/
A comparison of different measures of income and wealth inequality, with a focus on entropy measures. Shows changes in the global disparity of income using these measures. |
European Association of Labour Economists - http://www.eale.nl/
Newsletter, and membership and conference information. |
How the United States Government Measures Unemployment - http://stats.bls.gov/cps/cps_htgm.htm
Bureau of Labor Statistics report explains methodology, definitions, and seasonal fluctuations. |
Inequality.org - http://www.inequality.org/
News, information and expertise on the divide in income, wealth and health. |
The labour market - interactive Java applet - http://www.fgn.unisg.ch/eurmacro/tutor/labourmarket.html
Features an interactive Java applet with a guided exercise. Designed to familiarize undergraduate students with labor demand, labor supply and unemployment. |
The Low-Wage Labor Market - http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/lwlm99/index.htm#contents
A volume of papers prepared at the Urban Institute in 1999. |
WebEc Labor and Demographics Resources - http://www.helsinki.fi/WebEc/webecj.html
Links of interest to labor economists |
Workers Compensation Research Institute - http://www.wcrinet.org/
An independent, not-for-profit research organization providing objective information about public policy issues involving workers' compensation systems. |