Download BED dataset directly from the BLS website

Source: R/get_bed_data.R

Download BED dataset directly from the BLS website

get_bed_detail(seasonaladj = "S", msa = "00000", state = "00",
  county = "000", industry = "000000", unitanalysis = 1,
  dataelement = 2, sizeclass = "00", dataclass = "07", ratelevel = "L",
  periodicity = "Q", ownership = 5, download = F, read = F,
  path_data = "./")

Arguments

seasonaladj

seasonality adjustment of the data; S (default) or U
msa

msa code; 00000 (default) for national
state

state code; 00 (default) for national
county

county code; 000 (default) for national
industry

industry code; 000000 (default) for total private. See docs for industry classifications
unitanalysis

unit of observation; 1 (default) for establishment
dataelement

which type of date; 2 (default) number of establishments, 1 employment
sizeclass

firm size class; 00 (default) for all
dataclass

for type of information; 07 (default) for Establishment Births, 01 Gross Job Gains, 02 Expansions, 03 Openings, 04 Gross Job Losses, 05 Contractions, 06 Closings, 07 Establishment Births, 08 Establishment Deaths
ratelevel

for type of statistics; L (default) for level, R for rate
periodicity

for sampling frequency; Q (default) for quarterly, A for annual
ownership

for type of ownership; 5 (default) for private sector
download

requires download confirmation
read

FALSE is default, read RDS files if available (faster than downloading 200Mb file)
path_data

where does the download happen: default current directory

Value

dt_final

Examples

# NOT RUN {
  dt_bed <- get_bed_detail(download = T);

# }