But many labor economists would be surprised if one job did not pay more than the other.

No one knows yet, but labor economists offer possible explanations.

But labor economists say there is a dark side to the trend.

Many of his graduate students have become prominent labor economists.

However, more recent research by labor economists takes advantage of new, very large data sets and has produced different results.

Many labor economists say at least 200,000 are needed to shrink the unemployment rate from its current 7 percent level.

He became a labor economist because the field is full of anomalies.

As any labor economist will say, this monthly number jumps around a lot.

But for the first time since 1967, the questions are being revised and labor economists familiar with the changes generally welcome them.

But several labor economists in academia have spotted the change taking place.