jolts_download: Download data from the Job Opening and Labor Turnover survey...

In davidsovich/blsr: Accessing and manipulating Bureau of Labor Statistics and NAICS data from R.

Description

jolts_download retrieves and downloads data from the Job Opening and Labor Turnover survey (JOLTS) database.

Usage

jolts_download(
  bls_key,
  start_year,
  end_year,
  adjustment,
  industries,
  data_types,
  data_levels,
  states = "00",
  areas = "00000",
  sizes = "00",
  clean = TRUE
)

Arguments

bls_key	BLS API key for the user. See vignette.
start_year	Year to start data download.
end_year	Year to end data download.
adjustment	Character vector. Seasonal adjustment ("S") or not ("U") or both.
industries	Character vector. See vignette. List of available industries given in jolts_codes_list dataset.
data_types	Character vector. Desired output. See series vignette. List of available data_types given in jolts_codes_list dataset.
data_levels	Character vector. Levels ("L") or rates ("R") or both.
states	Option character vector. See vignette. Leave blank for total US. List of states given in jolts_codes_list dataset.
areas	Optional character vector. See vignette. Leave blank for total US. List of areas in jolts_codes_list dataset.
sizes	Optional character vector. See vignette. Leave blank for all. List in jolts_codes_list dataset.
clean	Optional logical. Whether to clean the data into usable format or not. Defaults to TRUE.

Details

This function constructs BLS series IDs for a chosen set of parameters and then downloads the data from the JOLTS database. This function also cleans the data and appends on identifiers for easy panel formatting. Reflects the October 2020 update to JOLTS data series.

Value

Cleaned data frame of JOLTS data.

Examples

Add in from our other exercise.

davidsovich/blsr documentation built on March 23, 2021, 5:31 a.m.