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This spreadsheet calculates the data plotted in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the paper:
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US Hours at Work
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by Simona E. Cociuba, Edward C. Prescott and Alexander Ueberfeldt
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Economics Letters, 169, August 2018
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Data file has been updated in June 2025.
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BLS-CPS: Average Hours Worked
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use Data1, Data2 and Data3 to construct average hours worked
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To Update…
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1. Get BLS Data on persons at work and average hours
See Data1, Columns C and D
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2. Get BLS Data on Civilian Noninstitutional population 16 to 64
See Data2
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3. Get DoD Data on Millitary Personnel
See Data3, Columns L, M, N
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IPUMS-CPS monthly: Average Hours Worked
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data is downloaded from
https://cps.ipums.org/cps/
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sheets "IPUMS-CPS monthly 1" and "IPUMS-CPS monthly 2" contain results from STATA code and calculations
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the STATA code is available upon request from the corresponding author
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To Update…
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download new data from IPUMS-CPS
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IPUMS-CPS ASEC: Average Hours Worked
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data is downloaded from
https://cps.ipums.org/cps/
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sheet "IPUMS-CPS ASEC" contains results from STATA code and calculations
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the STATA code is available upon request from the corresponding author
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To Update…
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download new data from IPUMS-CPS
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