INFO 4470/ILRLE 4470Social and Economic Data
IntroductionJohn M. Abowd and Lars Vilhuber
January 24, 2011
Unemployment
Important economic indicator Based on survey (CPS) data Monthly official releases Several definitions, but one core definition Boring data....
News releases
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
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Unemployment rate varies widely by Demographic groups (men, women, young, old) Industry, Occupation (in last job) Geography → Local Area Unemployment Statistics
LAUShttp://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm
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GeoFRED
http://geofred.stlouisfed.org/
GeoFRED
http://geofred.stlouisfed.org/
GeoFRED or... make a movie
FRED
Online database of economic indicators maintained by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Defined API for web services See http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/