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This report shows how the geography of manufacturing has changed from 1940 to 2016 and provides data at the state and county levels for 18 states in which manufacturing was the largest employer at the beginning of the 21st century.

Examines emerging Internet technologies that collect and analyze advertised job openings and have the potential to provide community colleges with an array of real-time intelligence about the occupational and skill demands in their local labor...

This report discusses several ongoing trends in the labor market and their potential effects on the nature of work over the next 10 to 15 years for low-income populations. The trends are used to highlight potential questions to inform research and...

The Guide to Real-Time LMI and Other Indicators links to tools and dashboards that provide real-time LMI along with other real-time indicators. The guide also provides guidance on how to use these tools.  Additional resources offer guidance and...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS) is an employment-based, random-sample survey of U.S. crop workers that collects demographic, employment, and health data in face-to-face interviews. The primary purposes of...

For several years, the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) has supported research on the use of Real-Time Labor Market Information (RT LMI) along with traditional LMI.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS) is an employment-based, random-sample survey of U.S. crop workers that collects demographic, employment, and health data in face-to-face interviews. The primary purposes of...

This Compendium of Administrative Data Sources for Self-Sufficiency Research is an effort to describe promising administrative data sources for evaluations of economic and social interventions.

Reviews the products and services, cost, and methodological approach and data-quality procedures of six vendors of real-time labor market data in order to increase transparency for users regarding the data’s provenance, strengths and limitations,...

This study has developed novel information on workers’ actual economic advancement prospects and pathways. The information is intended to support training programs’ design decisions aiming to promote participants’ advancement over the course of...