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Public Workforce System Dataset (PWSD)

Dataset Summary

Agency	Department of Labor
Sub-Agency	Employment and Training Administration
Category	Labor Force, Employment, and Earnings
Date Released	01/20/2010
Date Updated	12/31/2009
Time Period	1995-2008
Frequency	Quarterly
Description	The PWSD is a dataset that can be used to answer questions about various public workforce system programs and how these programs fit in with the overall public workforce system and the economy. It was designed primarily to be used as a tool to understand what has been occurring in the Wagner-Peyser program and contains data from quarter 1 of 1995 through quarter 4 of 2008. Also, it was designed to understand the relationship and flow of participants as they go through the public workforce system. The PWSD can be used to analyze these programs both individually and in combination. The PWSD contains economic variables, Unemployment Insurance System data, and data on programs funded by the Workforce Investment Act and Employment Service. Economic variables included are labor force, employment, unemployment, unemployment rate, and gross domestic product data. (more)

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Raw Data Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Administrative
Keywords	public workforce system, workforce investment act, WIA, wagner-peyser act, labor exchange, employment service, unemployment insurance, unemployment compensation, unemployment rate, job training partnership act, gross domestic product, State. Quarter, financial, exhaustees
Unique ID	1497

Contributing Agency Information

Citation	http://wdr.doleta.gov/research/keyword.cfm
Agency Program Page	http://www.doleta.gov
Agency Data Series Page	http://wdr.doleta.gov/research/keyword.cfm

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	State
Granularity
Geographic Coverage	All 50 States

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Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation	http://wdr.doleta.gov/research/keyword.cfm
Additional Metadata

OMB Control No. 3090-0284