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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 textGordon, Henry A.; And Others – 1982
Blacks, Hispanics, and women are more likely to be unemployed or underemployed than white males, regardless of economic conditions. This conclusion was drawn from an analysis of data gathered from the March Current Population Survey for the years 1971 through 1980, the Dictionary of Occupational Titles, and state and local unemployment rates…
Descriptors: Adults, Affirmative Action, Blacks, Employment Problems
Hernandez Medina, Alberto – Trends 2000, 1979
Problems in employment and education in Mexico will remain in spite of the rapid economic growth expected from the expanding petroleum industry. The structural problems of the job market and education are analyzed with particular reference to higher education. Commentary by Michael Olivas accompanies this article. (JMF)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Economic Factors, Educational Demand
National Committee for Full Employment, Washington, DC. – 1986
Although youth between the ages of 16 and 19 account for only 6.7 percent of the nation's labor force, they constitute 17.9 percent of the officially unemployed. Unemployment among youth is rising. More than 46 percent of the nation's black youth and nearly 39 percent of Hispanic children currently live below the poverty level. Moreover, real…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Employment, Black Youth, Demography
Upjohn (W.E.) Inst. for Employment Research, Kalamazoo, MI. – 1982
Social statistics may exaggerate the degree of hardship caused by labor market problems. Yet, in many ways social statistics underestimate the degree of hardship caused by extended unemployment, underemployment, and low wages. Therefore, new measures are needed to reassess long-term and cyclical labor market developments, the changing status of…
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Data Analysis, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Patterns
Endriss, J. R.; Froomkin, Joseph – 1980
This report summarizes data from the 1976 Survey of Income and Education, concerning the labor force participation, work experience, earnings, and unemployment of 32.8 million youth aged 14 to 21. Special attention is paid in the report to the experience of the poor, minorities, and women. Following an initial narrative summary of survey findings…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Demography, Economically Disadvantaged
