Public Use Data Lake (PUDL)

The Chief Evaluation Office’s (CEO) Public Use Data Lake (PUDL) provides information about available datasets on a range of labor-related topics. PUDL provides access to public use datasets that conform to federal policy guidelines and are checked for disclosure risk prior to release. These datasets are available through federally funded research projects and are free for researchers to use. You can find and download public data by category, along with data documentation, such as codebooks. Select a category below to begin.

Restricted use data is available through the U.S. Department of Labor’s Secure Transfer, Restricted-Use Data Lake (STRUDL). Please visit STRUDL for more information on how to access to these data.

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Data by Topic

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Employment and Training

Career Pathways Descriptive and Analytical Study Data

DOL Partner Agency: None | Study Populations: Adult Workers | Research Method: Secondary Data Analysis | Release Date: September 8, 2022

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How Are Women Served by the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs?

DOL Partner Agency: Employment and Training Administration | Study Populations: Dislocated Workers, Women | Research Method: Secondary Data Analysis | Release Date: April 5, 2013

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Unmeasured Effects? Assessing the Impact of Full-day Kindergarten on Maternal Employment

Study Populations: Women | Research Method: Quasi-Experimental Design | Release Date: October 15, 2014

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Young Parents Demonstration (YPD) Evaluation

DOL Partner Agency: Employment and Training Administration | Study Populations: Women, Children and Youth | Research Method: Randomized Controlled Trial | Release Date: July 1, 2019

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Re-Entry

Unemployment Insurance

Worker Leave

Worker Protection, Labor Standards, and Workplace-Related Benefits

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Adult Workers

Career Pathways Descriptive and Analytical Study Data

DOL Partner Agency: None | Study Populations: Adult Workers | Research Method: Secondary Data Analysis | Release Date: September 8, 2022

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Early Effects of the 2010 Affordable Care Act on Labor Market Outcomes

Study Populations: Adult Workers | Research Method: Quasi-Experimental Design | Release Date: January 2015

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Effects of Unionization on Worker and Workplace Safety

Study Populations: Adult Workers | Research Method: Quasi-Experimental Design | Release Date: 2015

Metadata (csv; .04 MB)
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2018 Family and Medical Leave Act Surveys

DOL Partner Agency: Wage and Hour Division | Study Populations: Adult Workers | Research Method: Survey | Release Date: 2020

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2012 Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Surveys

DOL Partner Agency: Wage and Hour Division | Study Populations: Adult Workers | Research Method: Survey | Release Date: September 2012

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2000 Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Surveys

DOL Partner Agency: Wage and Hour Division | Study Populations: Adult Workers | Research Method: Survey | Release Date: November 2013

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1995 Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Surveys

DOL Partner Agency: Wage and Hour Division | Study Populations: Adult Workers | Research Method: Survey | Release Date: April 30, 1996

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Worker Classification Knowledge Survey

DOL Partner Agency: Women's Bureau | Study Populations: Adult Workers | Research Method: Survey | Release Date: November 16, 2016

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Children and Youth

Dislocated Workers

Federal Contractors

Federal Employees

Miners

Unemployed

Women

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Data by Partner Agency

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Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)

Evaluation of the ARRA COBRA Subsidy

DOL Partner Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration | Study Populations: Unemployed | Research Method: Impact Evaluation | Release Date: April 2015

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Employment and Training Administration (ETA)

Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)

Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP)

Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)

Wage and Hour Division (WHD)

Women's Bureau (WB)

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Data by Geography

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National

Addressing Return-to-Work Issues in the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) with Administrative

DOL Partner Agency: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs | Study Populations: Federal Employees | Research Method: Outcome Evaluation | Release Date: April 2013

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Career Pathways Descriptive and Analytical Study Data

Study Populations: Adult Workers | Research Method: Secondary Data Analysis | Release Date: September 8, 2022

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Early Effects of the 2010 Affordable Care Act on Labor Market Outcomes

Study Populations: Adult Workers | Research Method: Quasi-Experimental Design | Release Date: January 2015

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Effects of Unionization on Worker and Workplace Safety

Study Populations: Adult Workers | Research Method: Quasi-Experimental Design | Release Date: 2015

Metadata (csv; .04 MB)
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2018 Family and Medical Leave Act Surveys

DOL Partner Agency: Wage and Hour Division | Study Populations: Adult Workers | Research Method: Survey | Release Date: 2020

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2012 Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Surveys

DOL Partner Agency: Wage and Hour Division | Study Populations: Adult Workers | Research Method: Survey | Release Date: September 2012

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2000 Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Surveys

DOL Partner Agency: Wage and Hour Division | Study Populations: Adult Workers | Research Method: Survey | Release Date: November 2013

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1995 Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Surveys

DOL Partner Agency: Wage and Hour Division | Study Populations: Adult Workers | Research Method: Survey | Release Date: April 30, 1996

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How Are Women Served by the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs?

DOL Partner Agency: Employment and Training Administration | Study Populations: Dislocated Workers, Women | Research Method: Secondary Data Analysis | Release Date: April 5, 2013

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Using Administrative Data to Address Federal Contractor Violations of Equal Employment Opportunity Laws

DOL Partner Agency: Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs | Study Populations: Federal Contractors | Research Method: Secondary Data Analysis | Release Date: July 2013

Metadata (csv; .30 MB)
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Worker Classification Knowledge Survey

DOL Partner Agency: Women's Bureau | Study Populations: Adult Workers | Research Method: Survey | Release Date: November 16, 2016

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Young Parents Demonstration (YPD) Evaluation

DOL Partner Agency: Employment and Training Administration | Study Populations: Women, Children and Youth | Research Method: Randomized Controlled Trial | Release Date: July 1, 2019

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Regional

State

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Addressing Return-to-Work Issues in the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) with Administrative

DOL Partner Agency: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs | Study Populations: Federal Employees | Research Method: Outcome Evaluation | Release Date: April 2013

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Career Pathways Descriptive and Analytical Study Data

DOL Partner Agency: None | Study Populations: Adult Workers | Research Method: Secondary Data Analysis | Release Date: September 8, 2022

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Early Effects of the 2010 Affordable Care Act on Labor Market Outcomes

Study Populations: Adult Workers | Research Method: Quasi-Experimental Design | Release Date: January 2015

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Effects of Relaxing the Job Search Requirement on Job Match Quality

Study Populations: Unemployed | Research Method: Randomized Controlled Trial | Release Date: January 2015

Metadata (csv; .05 MB)
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Effects of Unionization on Worker and Workplace Safety

Study Populations: Adult Workers | Research Method: Quasi-Experimental Design | Release Date: 2015

Metadata (csv; .04 MB)
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Evaluation of the ARRA COBRA Subsidy

DOL Partner Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration | Study Populations: Unemployed | Research Method: Impact Evaluation | Release Date: April 2015

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2018 Family and Medical Leave Act Surveys

DOL Partner Agency: Wage and Hour Division | Study Populations: Adult Workers | Research Method: Survey | Release Date: 2020

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2012 Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Surveys

DOL Partner Agency: Wage and Hour Division | Study Populations: Adult Workers | Research Method: Survey | Release Date: September 2012

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2000 Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Surveys

DOL Partner Agency: Wage and Hour Division | Study Populations: Adult Workers | Research Method: Survey | Release Date: November 2013

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1995 Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Surveys

DOL Partner Agency: Wage and Hour Division | Study Populations: Adult Workers | Research Method: Survey | Release Date: April 30, 1996

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How Are Women Served by the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs?

DOL Partner Agency: Employment and Training Administration | Study Populations: Dislocated Workers, Women | Research Method: Secondary Data Analysis | Release Date: April 5, 2013

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Unmeasured Effects? Assessing the Impact of Full-day Kindergarten on Maternal Employment

Study Populations: Women | Research Method: Quasi-Experimental Design | Release Date: October 15, 2014

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Using Administrative Data to Address Federal Contractor Violations of Equal Employment Opportunity Laws

DOL Partner Agency: Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs | Study Populations: Federal Contractors | Research Method: Secondary Data Analysis | Release Date: July 2013

Metadata (csv; .30 MB)
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Worker Classification Knowledge Survey

DOL Partner Agency: Women's Bureau | Study Populations: Adult Workers | Research Method: Survey | Release Date: November 16, 2016

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Workers' Rights - Access, Assertion, and Knowledge. Survey of Public Opinion of the U.S. Working Population on Worker Rights

DOL Partner Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration | Study Populations: Miners | Research Method: Survey | Release Date: November 2013

Metadata (csv; .12 MB)
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Young Parents Demonstration (YPD) Evaluation

DOL Partner Agency: Employment and Training Administration | Study Populations: Women, Children and Youth | Research Method: Randomized Controlled Trial | Release Date: July 1, 2019

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