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Download full textHelwig, Andrew A. – 1984
The need for a national policy for the development and use of human resources is evident. One part of the human resource development issue centers around the needs of adult workers who are unemployed or threatended with unemployment because of structural changes in the labor market. The issue of retraining adult workers was examined in detail in…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Economic Development, Employment Patterns, Entrepreneurship
Sicker, Martin – 2002
The prospective place of the aging worker in the employment environment of the 21st century is examined. The following are among the specific topics discussed: (1) the real world of work and retirement; (2) the changing employment environment; (3) the restructuring of business in the United States; (4) globalization and the economy; (5) downsizing…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Aging (Individuals), Corporations, Economic Change
Morrison, Malcolm; Rappaport, Anna – 1984
Analysis of the costs of employing older workers indicates that some types of employment costs do vary by age and that overall compensation costs increase with age, largely because of increasing employee benefit costs. There is, however, no statistical evidence that direct salary costs increase by age on an economy-wide basis. The belief that…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Age, Aging (Individuals), Cost Effectiveness
Robinson, Chris – 2000
This report presents evidence regarding skill shortages in the electrotechnology trades in Australia that was gathered by an industry-led working group. The report provides data concerning the following aspects of the problem: (1) the demand for skills in the electrotechnology trades (employment levels, growth, and prospects); (2) the supply of…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Continuing Education, Demand Occupations, Educational Needs
Department of Trade and Industry, London (England). – 2000
The Foresight Ageing Population Panel, which included representatives of business, government, the science base, and other experts from the United Kingdom, was charged with examining trends in the United Kingdom's population and the other drivers of change that will operate in the next 20-30 years. The panel discussed the likely impacts of the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Learning, Aging (Individuals), Change Strategies
Haveman, Robert H.; Bershadker, Andrew; Schwabish, Jonathan A. – 2003
This book provides an introduction to earnings capacity (EC), a measurement of human capital, and its application to a research study of potential earned annual income over a 25-year period. Focus is on qualitative aspects of EC such as race, age, gender and education and its utilization. Chapter 1 is an introduction. Chapter 2 reviews existing…
Descriptors: Capital, Definitions, Demography, Economic Development
