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Labor Dynamics Institute
Fixing the US statistical infrastructure
Science
In this editorial, Erica Groshen writes that a bold effort is needed to modernize and coordinate the U.S. federal statistical system.
Trump wants to create manufacturing jobs. His tech allies invest in robots to do the work.
ABC News
“Automation is something we’ve seen for a long time,” said Philipp Kircher. “Whether it’s the companies that currently support the U.S. president or not, somebody would be doing this innovation, maybe slightly slower.”
Cooking the books? Fears Trump could target statisticians if data disappoints
The Guardian
“There are a number of changes to the civil service that make it much easier for the administration to try to interfere with the activities of the statistical agencies and that worries me,” says Erica Groshen, senior labor market advisor at ILR.
Erica Groshen joins EconoFact Chats to discuss the history and the role of the BLS, the importance of good data for decision-making by government, businesses, and families, and her concerns about political interference degrading the integrity of government statistics.
Professors Emeritus John M. Abowd, Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Tove Helland Hammer, Robert Hutchens and William J. Sonnenstuhl were lauded at a retirement celebration Monday.
Census Bureau's use of 'synthetic data' worries researchers
AP News
Lars Vilhuber, senior research associate at the ILR Labor Dynamics Institute, says that the use of synthetic data allows researchers to get details about people at really small geographic levels, such as neighborhood blocks, because the data protects privacy.
