The gross job gains and gross job loss statistics from the BLS Business Employment Dynamics (BED) program measure the large gross job flows that underlie the quarterly net change in employment. In the fourth quarter of 2004, employment grew by 869,000 jobs. This growth is the sum of 8.1 million...

In this paper, the authors demonstrate how establishment survey questionnaire design can be improved by utilizing different research methods such as focus groups, document design analysis, pretests, and response analysis surveys. They discuss the lack of research on establishment survey methods...