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Peer reviewedBishop, John H.; Carter, Shani – Monthly Labor Review, 1991
Assessment of Bureau of Labor Statistics' projections found that those published in the early 1970s were based on extrapolating past rates of change and were remarkably accurate. Changed methodology in the 1980s has resulted in significant underprojections of the rapid growth in higher skilled professional and managerial jobs and overprojection of…
Descriptors: Employment Projections, Employment Statistics, Professional Occupations, Research Methodology
Download full textBishop, John H.; Carter, Shani – 1990
The accuracy of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projections of occupational employment growth was investigated for the period 1972-1989. BLS was found to have consistently underpredicted the growth of skilled occupations and overpredicted the growth of occupations requiring low or moderate skills. A regression-based forecast was indicated as…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demand Occupations, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections
