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Worker Displacement in an Expanding Economy.
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Hipple, Steven – Monthly Labor Review, 1997
As the economy grew in the mid-1900s, job loss declined and the rate of reemployment rose. Job losses that did occur were more widely dispersed across industries and occupations than in earlier years. (Author)
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Job Layoff, Labor Market, Tables (Data)
Review of the Recession.
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Gardner, Jennifer M.; And Others – Monthly Labor Review, 1994
Includes "The 1990-91 Recession: How Bad Was the Labor Market?" (Gardner); "Long-Term Unemployment in Recent Recessions" (Ilg); and "Job Losses among Hispanics in the Recent Recession" (Boisjoly, Duncan). (JOW)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Hispanic Americans, Job Layoff, Labor Market
Employment in Durable Goods Anything but Durable in 1979-82.
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Nilsen, Diane M. – Monthly Labor Review, 1984
Examines changes in employment, unemployment, and hours of work in manufacturing, with particular focus on the five major metal-using and producing industries which are particularly sensitive to economic cycles. (SK)
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Employment Patterns, Job Layoff, Manufacturing Industry
Worker Displacement Still Common in the Late 1980s.
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Herz, Diane E. – Monthly Labor Review, 1991
Even during a period of rapid employment growth, over four million people were displaced from their jobs in the 1980s. Workers displaced during the latter half of the decade had a much easier time finding new jobs. (Author)
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Economic Impact, Employment Patterns, Job Layoff
Worker Displacement: A Decade of Change.
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Gardner, Jennifer M. – Monthly Labor Review, 1995
During 1991-92, 2.8 million workers were displaced from long-held jobs. Compared to a similar recessionary period in the early 1980s, there was higher job loss among older workers and those in service and white-collar occupations and more displacement in the Northeast and West. (SK)
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Employment Patterns, Job Layoff, Older Adults
Higher Mathematics.
Vetta, Atam – New Universities Quarterly, 1982
A British report recommending widespread compulsory retirement of mathematics faculty based on current enrollment trends and predictions is analyzed and criticized for both its statistics and its assumptions. It is argued that social influences in enrollment and social considerations in public policy toward education are largely being ignored.…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Applicants, College Faculty, College Mathematics
Turnover Trends.
Thomas, Edward G. – Currents, 1996
A national survey found that job changes among 3,322 college advancement professionals are more frequent than in other college administrative areas, but the rate is declining. Data are reported, with analysis, on turnover by functional area (development, alumni relations, public relations, combination), institution type, size of unit, and by…
Descriptors: Alumni, College Administration, Employment Patterns, Fund Raising
Americans Heading for the Cities, Once Again.
Beale, Calvin L. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1988
Examines increasing rural to urban migration as caused by farming crises, employment cutbacks, slow rural population growth in 1980s, and slow rural recovery from recession. The migration was especially heavy during 1983-1986. Cites indicators showing possible future reversal. Includes charts, graphs, and maps. (Author/TES)
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Demography, Dislocated Workers, Economic Climate