The First Hundred Years of the Bureau of Labor StatisticsU.S. Department of Labor, 1985 - 321 sider This book describes various aspects of the historical development of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The first chapter, entitled "Origins," sketches the factors leading up to authorization of the BLS in June 1884. A chapter entitled "Carroll Wright: Setting the Course" discusses the views and contributions of the BLS's first commissioner. The next chapter covers the studies for economic and social reform that were undertaken during the administration of the bureau's second commissioner, Charles Neill. The BLS's history during the pre-World War I recession and war years, when Royal Meeker headed the bureau, are examined next. The fifth chapter is devoted to Ethelbert Stewart's term as commissioner of the BLS, which lasted from 1920 to 1932. The BLS's efforts to meet the emergency demands imposed on it first by the Great Depression and then by the New Deal agencies that were created to deal with the Depression are discussed against the framework of Isador Lubin's term as BLS commissioner. Ewan Clague's term as BLS commissioner (from 1946 to 1965) is discussed in terms of the expanding role that economic indicators began to play in the BLS. The eighth chapter summarizes the limited terms of the next three BLS commissioners, Arthur M. Ross, Geoffrey H. Moore, and Julian Shiskin, as well as the term of Janet L. Norwood, who was well into her second term as commissioner when the book was published. A brief discussion of the BLS's continuing mission, an appendix describing BLS publications, source notes for each chapter, and an index conclude the book. (MN) |
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... Index , covering 1890 to 1901 , appeared in 1902 , marking the Bureau's entry into the field of current economic ... number of representative staple articles , selecting them in such a manner as to make them , to a large extent , weight ...
... Index , covering 1890 to 1901 , appeared in 1902 , marking the Bureau's entry into the field of current economic ... number of representative staple articles , selecting them in such a manner as to make them , to a large extent , weight ...
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... index numbers . Later , he upheld the " high character " of the Bureau's index numbers , specifi- cally in contrast to a Census report that showed different trends . Nevertheless , even Mitchell warned of shortcomings . The new tables ...
... index numbers . Later , he upheld the " high character " of the Bureau's index numbers , specifi- cally in contrast to a Census report that showed different trends . Nevertheless , even Mitchell warned of shortcomings . The new tables ...
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... index was not weighted , in the technical sense . Rather , the Bureau simply priced " a large number of representative staple articles , selected in such a manner as to make them to a large extent weight themselves . " The quotations ...
... index was not weighted , in the technical sense . Rather , the Bureau simply priced " a large number of representative staple articles , selected in such a manner as to make them to a large extent weight themselves . " The quotations ...
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... indexes One of Meeker's first projects was revision of the index numbers of retail and wholesale prices . He later commented , " Long before I took charge of the Bureau , I had become very suspicious of the Bureau's index numbers ...
... indexes One of Meeker's first projects was revision of the index numbers of retail and wholesale prices . He later commented , " Long before I took charge of the Bureau , I had become very suspicious of the Bureau's index numbers ...
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... index numbers . " 44 The Bureau expanded retail price coverage in 1914. To obtain a more realistic measure of changes in workers ' living costs , it increased the number of food items priced and added several cloth and clothing items ...
... index numbers . " 44 The Bureau expanded retail price coverage in 1914. To obtain a more realistic measure of changes in workers ' living costs , it increased the number of food items priced and added several cloth and clothing items ...
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Administration Advisory agencies American Annual Report Appropriations Association Board budget Bulletin Bureau of Labor Census changes child labor cities Clague Commerce Commission Commissioner of Labor conducted Conference Congress congressional consumer expenditure survey Consumer Price Index continued cooperation cost of living cost-of-living index Department of Labor Dept developed earnings employees employment statistics Erdman Act established expenditures Federal funds Hearings Hinrichs House improve included increased index numbers industry investigation issued January July June Labor Statistics legislation Lubin measure Meeker ment Monthly Labor Review NARG National National Civic Federation Neill Norwood occupational Office Perkins President problems productivity recommended release Research retail price revision Roosevelt Royal Meeker Schwellenbach Secretary of Labor Senate Sept Service Shiskin social staff standard Stewart tion U.S. Congress union United wholesale price Wholesale Price Index Wilson women workers Wright wrote York