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The U.S. economy took a $20 billion hit in response to President Trump’s firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer says a research-based analysis, which was co-written by Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor and former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner. [Syndicated from Moneywise]

In light of a recent Supreme Court decision, Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor and former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, comments on likely changes to employment criteria for leadership at federal agencies, such as Bureau of Labor Statistics, and how that might make those jobs less attractive.

Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor, co-authored a working paper assessing the economic impact of undermining official statistics.

Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor, co-authored a working paper revealing substantial economic damage linked to diminished trust in federal statistics; “when trust in government statistics is eroded, this is the cost of people flying blind,” said Groshen.

Even a temporary loss of trust in official data may be costly, with an economic impact many times the budgets of the agencies that report key indicators, according to Erica Groshen, senior labor market adviser at the ILR School.

Preserving trust in “the integrity and quality of official statistics” generates economic benefits of about $25 for every $1 spent on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says a working paper co-written by Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor and former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner.

Reasons why leveraged buyouts of autism services providers may not be profitable are explained by Rosemary Batt, ILR professor of women and work emerita.

Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor and former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, comments on past instances of pre-release bureau data being shared and on the importance of trust to the bureau’s data collection and processing efforts.

On this audio broadcast, ILR Assistant Professor Alice Lee discusses how including a wide salary range in a job posting tends to affect women’s job seeking and negotiation behavior.

Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor and former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, provides insight on the agency’s challenges and staffing constraints.

In this op-ed, Rosemary Batt, ILR professor emerita, describes the benefits – to patients, nurses and health care systems – that nurses’ unions generally bring about and discusses benefits that could result from the recent unionization of nurses at Cayuga Medical Center. Batt also references data from ILR’s Labor Action Tracker.

ILR Assistant Professor Alice Lee shares research findings that wide salary ranges in job postings can unintentionally perpetuate gender pay gaps.

In this radio interview, Diane Burton, ILR senior associate dean for research, outreach and external relations, explains the founding mission of the ILR School, why the ILR School is distinctly different from a typical business school, and what the ILR School’s outreach programs look like today.

Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor, analyzes the recent U.S. jobs report, noting growth in health care and construction and losses in government. Groshen also points out that changes in the tax structure for investments may influence upcoming jobs reports and comments on interest rates.

Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor and former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, explains how the bureau’s “benchmarking” process adjusts past employment data to improve its accuracy.

Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor and former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, provides expert insight on the bureau’s staffing and leadership challenges and shares a favorable opinion of Brett Matsumoto, who was recently nominated to become the bureau’s commissioner.

Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor, says New York’s effort to track AI-related layoffs is a start, but suggests that employers be required to share richer data on changing skills and occupations so workers and society can more easily navigate transitions.

“If you had a chair who was very politically motivated and the rest of the committee was not, then you might have more turmoil within the committee than we’d normally see,” said Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor, about the chair of the Federal Reserve Board.

Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor and former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, predicts that the bureau will “work very hard to make sure quality is preserved,” despite the current partial government shutdown.

“On the face of it, I’d say he’s quite a reasonable candidate,” said Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor and former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, when asked about the nomination of Brett Matsumoto to be the new commissioner of the bureau.

Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor and former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, supports the nomination of Brett Matsumoto to be the new commissioner of the bureau.

Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor and former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, describes penalties for early disclosure of the bureau’s jobs data and how previous breaches have been handled.

Brian Dunn, director of the Institute for Compensation Studies at ILR, provides analysis on the Delaware Supreme Court’s ruling concerning Elon Musk’s Tesla pay package and the implications for shareholder versus court authority.

“With any program that has revisions, it’s because you’re trying to balance timeliness with accuracy,” said Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor and former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, about the bureau’s approach to gathering and reporting payroll data from employers.

Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor, and Linda Barrington, executive director of ILR’s Institute of Compensation Studies, analyze wage and benefit growth trends alongside rising health insurance costs.

“We happen to have an administration which is less worried about doing things that are disruptive, so this is an opportunity,” said Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor and former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, commenting on a possible opportunity to centralize statistics-related government agencies.

ILR Professor Philipp Kircher offers a perspective on the current state of the labor market amid recent high-profile layoffs.

Erica Groshen, ILR senior labor market advisor and former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, notes potential gaps in the bureau’s data in the aftermath of the government shutdown.