Based at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, the Center for Human Capital Studies "intends to enhance the understanding of human capital development and labor market issues." On its page, visitors can learn about the center’s annual reports, its Jobs Calculator, and various events and symposia. The Jobs Calculator calculates the net employment change needed to achieve a target unemployment rate...

Containing information provided by the Current Population Survey (CPS) and the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), this annual report highlights data on the labor force, employment, and unemployment in states and sub-state areas. Viewable in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format, this report is equipped with 28 tables displaying labor force estimates for census regions and divisions, along with...

According to January 2000 Mass Layoffs Report from the BLS, there were "1,936 mass layoff actions by employers as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits" during the first month of the year 2000. Thirty-eight percent all mass layoff events were in manufacturing industries, as were 44 percent of all claims filed.

The June 2000 Regional and State Employment and Unemployment from the BLS show virtually no change from May 2000. Forty-five states registered employment shifts less than 0.3 percent. The national jobless rate remained at 4.0 percent.

A monthly US Bureau of Labor Statistics publication, the Employment Situation presents current employment, unemployment, and labor force data from the two major government surveys, the Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics Survey (establishment survey). Specific information on the employment status of the civilian population, duration of unemployment,...

This division of Science Resource Studies of the US National Science Foundation Report discusses the "factors affecting unemployment among individuals with U.S. doctoral degrees in science and engineering in 1993." It looks at who is most likely to be unemployed, the predictability of unemployment rates, and factors affecting unemployment over time. The report studies trends from 1973-1993.

Thirty-three million workers were displaced from jobs they had held for at least three years, from January 1997 through December 1999. This number is roughly equivalent to the level of job losses covered in a survey that measured worker displacement from January 1995 through December 1997.