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17-588: The Monthly Labor Review ( MLR ) is published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Issues often focus on a particular topic. Most articles are by BLS staff. Annually since 1969, the Lawrence R. Klein Award has been awarded to authors of articles appearing in the Monthly Labor Review , generally one to BLS authors and one to non-BLS authors. In 1915, under commissioner Royal Meeker , BLS began publishing

34-755: The Department of Commerce and Labor by the Department of Commerce Act (32 Stat. 827) on February 14, 1903. Finally, it was transferred under the Department of Labor in 1913 where it resides today. The BLS is now headquartered in the Postal Square Building near the United States Capitol and Washington Union Station . Since 1915, the BLS has published the Monthly Labor Review , a journal focused on

51-754: The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland , where she focused on employment and regional issues. After her term as Commissioner of Labor Statistics, Groshen joined the Cornell University ILR School as a Senior Economics Advisor and W.E. Upjohn Institute as a research fellow. She currently serves on the Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine's Committee on National Statistics, and as Chair of

68-611: The Monthly Review , with a circulation of 8,000. The name became Monthly Labor Review in 1918, and circulation rose to 20,000 in June 1920. The journal has published its articles on the web for a decade. In 2008 the journal ceased to publish a bound paper edition, and now publishes only online. This article about a journal on economics is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . See tips for writing articles about academic journals . Further suggestions might be found on

85-602: The University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University . Groshen was nominated for the BLS post in February 2012 and confirmed unanimously by the U.S. Senate in January 2013. Her term ended on January 27, 2017. Previously, Groshen served as a vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York . Groshen's research focuses on jobless recoveries, regional labor markets, wage rigidity and dispersion,

102-413: The 14th Commissioner of Labor Statistics on January 29, 2013, for a term that ended on January 27, 2017. William Wiatrowski, Deputy Commissioner of the BLS, served as Acting Commissioner until the next commissioner, William Beach was sworn in. Beach served until January 2024, at which time he was succeeded by Erika McEntarfer. Commissioners of Labor Statistics (1885 to present): Statistics published by

119-763: The American public, the U.S. Congress , other Federal agencies, State and local governments, business, and labor representatives. The BLS also serves as a statistical resource to the United States Department of Labor, and conducts research measuring the income levels families need to maintain a satisfactory quality of life. BLS data must satisfy a number of criteria, including relevance to current social and economic issues, timeliness in reflecting today's rapidly changing economic conditions, accuracy and consistently high statistical quality, impartiality in both subject matter and presentation, and accessibility to all. To avoid

136-408: The BLS fall into four main categories: Data produced by the BLS is often categorized into groups of states known as Census Regions. There are four Census Regions, which are further categorized by Census Division as follows: Northeast Region South Region Midwest Region West Region Erica Groshen Groshen received a bachelor's of science degree in economics and mathematics from

153-622: The Census Advisory Committee of Professional Associations. She was also a Research Fellow of the IZA Institute of Labor Economics , a private independent economic research institute focused on the analysis of global labor markets and served on the Board of Reviewers for the journal Industrial Relations from 1991 until 2013. From 2006 to 2010, Groshen was the Director of Regional Affairs at

170-751: The New York Census Research Data Center at Baruch College in 2006. In 1999–2000, Groshen visited the Bank for International Settlements in Basel Switzerland. Prior to that, she served as head of domestic research and of international research in the Research Group at the New York Fed. Before joining the New York Fed in 1994, Groshen was a visiting assistant professor of economics at Barnard College at Columbia University and an economist at

187-494: The New York Fed, leading its efforts to connect with the business, education, and policy communities in the 2nd Federal Reserve District. She helped lead initiatives to mitigate the impact of mortgage foreclosures on the region and the Federal Reserve System's Mortgage Outreach and Research Efforts. On behalf of the New York Fed, she initiated the effort to form the consortium of thirteen research institutions that created

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204-410: The U.S. Statistician Carroll D. Wright became the first U.S. Commissioner of Labor in 1885, a position he held until 1905. The Bureau's placement within the federal government structure changed three times in the first 29 years following its formation. It was made an independent (sub-Cabinet) department by the Department of Labor Act (25 Stat. 182) on June 13, 1888. The Bureau was then incorporated into

221-663: The appearance of partiality, the dates of major data releases are scheduled more than a year in advance, in coordination with the Office of Management and Budget . The Bureau of Labor was established within the Department of the Interior on June 27, 1884, to collect information about employment and labor. Its creation under the Bureau of Labor Act (23 Stat. 60) stemmed from the findings of U.S. Senator Henry W. Blair 's "Labor and Capital Hearings", which examined labor issues and working conditions in

238-507: The article's talk page . Bureau of Labor Statistics The Bureau of Labor Statistics ( BLS ) is a unit of the United States Department of Labor . It is the principal fact-finding agency for the U.S. government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics and serves as a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System . The BLS collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical data to

255-486: The data and methodologies of labor statistics. The BLS is headed by a commissioner who serves a four-year term from the date he or she takes office. The most recent Commissioner of Labor Statistics is William W. Beach , who was assumed office on March 28, 2019 Beach was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 13, 2019. Erica Groshen was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on January 2, 2013, and sworn in as

272-411: The male-female wage differential, service-sector employment, and the role of employers in labor market outcomes. She co-authored the book How New is the “New Employment Contract”? from the W.E. Upjohn Institute Press and co-edited Structural Changes in U.S. Labor Markets: Causes and Consequences, from M.E. Sharpe, Inc. She has published numerous papers in academic and Federal Reserve journals and co-led

289-660: The sixteen-country International Wage Flexibility Project. She was a founding editor of the New York Fed's Liberty Street Economics Blog and also an editor of the Current Issues in Economic and Finance and Economic Policy Review publication series. She has served as a member of the BLS Data Users' Advisory Committee and the Census Bureau's 2010 Census Advisory Committee and also as an American Economic Association representative to

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