4 Terms
Contributors in Labor statistics
Labor statistics
export
Labor; Labor statistics
A domestic good or service that is sold to a foreign resident from a U. S. Resident. Exports include government and nongovernment goods and services; however they exclude goods and services sold to ...
cost-of-living index
Labor; Labor statistics
A cost-of-living index measures differences in the price of goods and services, and allows for substitutions to other items as prices change. A consumer price index measures a price change for a ...
consumer unit
Labor; Labor statistics
A consumer unit is defined as either (1) all members of a particular household who are related by blood, marriage, adoption, or other legal arrangements; (2) a person living alone or sharing a ...
labor management dispute
Labor; Labor statistics
A conflict between employees, typically represented by a union, and management or the employer. This general term covers all types of conflicts from a grievance to a strike or a lockout. Labor ...
Cohort
Labor; Labor statistics
A cohort in the BLS National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) program is a group of people, defined by year of birth, that make up a particular study. For example, the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth ...
contingent workers
Labor; Labor statistics
Workers who do not have an implicit or explicit contract for long-term employment. BLS uses three alternative measures of contingent workers that vary in scope.
most significant source of postsecondary training
Labor; Labor statistics
An occupation is classified into 1 of 11 categories that best describes the postsecondary education or training needed by most workers to become fully qualified in the occupation. The categories are ...
