[lbo-talk] Roubini/labor market stats

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sat Dec 13 11:46:37 PST 2008


On Dec 13, 2008, at 2:37 PM, MICHAEL YATES wrote:


> You can find almost anything labor market related at the BLS site (www.bls.gov
> ) and many good articles
> in Monthly Labor Review (online through the BLS site).

You probably won't find anything about "underemployment" though. I once asked a BLS guy why they didn't collect that sort of data. His answer: say someone who thinks he's a violinist is working as a cab driver. Maybe he's not a very good violinist. Is he underemployed?

Doug



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