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relative importance

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BLS publishes what is called a "relative importance" for each commodity and commodity grouping. The relative importance of an item represents its basic value weight, including any imputations, ...

alternative employment arrangements

BLS has collected data for workers in four types of alternative employment arrangements: 1) independent contractors, 2) on-call workers, 3) temporary help agency workers, and 4) workers provided by ...

occupational injury

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Any injury such as a cut, fracture, sprain, amputation, etc. , which results from a work-related event or from a single instantaneous exposure in the work environment.

transaction price

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The market sale price of a good or input shows what has to be given in exchange to obtain a good or service. It is usually denoted in money terms, although payment need not be in a monetary form. The ...

duration of unemployment

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The length of time in weeks (through the current reference week) that persons classified as unemployed had been looking for work. For persons on layoff who are counted as unemployed, duration of ...