We show that high-frequency private payroll microdata can help forecast labor market conditions. Payroll employment is … that complement existing measures. In particular, we develop a set of weekly aggregate employment indexes from 2000 to 2017 …, which allows us to measure employment at a higher frequency than is currently possible. The extensive coverage of the ADP …

rates from employment, and has shown little improvement over the last 40 years. Furthermore, even among those who work … the racial gaps in this involuntary part-time employment are large even after controlling for observable characteristics …