Number: RL32642
Title: Employment Statistics: Differences and Similarities in Job-based and Person-based Employment and Unemployment Estimates
Authors: Julie M. Whittaker, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: This report explains the data sources used to calculate payroll employment and individual employment and unemployment estimates. The report also examines several somewhat counter-intuitive situations, explaining how there may be aggregate job loss with decreased unemployment rates and how increased payroll numbers do not necessarily imply decreased numbers of unemployed persons.
Pages: 11
Date: October 19, 2004