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Full Employment Action Council, Washington, DC. – 1986
The number of persons working part-time for economic reasons increased 60 percent (by 2.112 million workers) between 1979 and 1985. Although total wage and salary employment is up since 1979, nearly one in five new positions is a part-time job filled by a worker unsuccessful in finding full-time employment. Sixty-two percent of those working…
Descriptors: Demography, Employment Patterns, Employment Problems, Females
Download full textRichards, Peter – 2001
Expanding upon a report presented to the International Labor Organization (ILO), this book documents the current world employment situation, including how it has fallen short, how current economic policies interact with world employment, and how improvements can be made. Chapter one, "The Commitment to Full Employment," describes how the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Careers, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
