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Roner, Philip L. – Monthly Labor Review, 1983
This study concludes that older workers do not have especially high unemployment rates, but when they become unemployed, they are less likely to find a job and more likely to leave the labor force in discouragement. (Author/SSH)
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Aging (Individuals), Labor Force, Labor Force Nonparticipants
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Morrison, Malcolm H. – Monthly Labor Review, 1983
This article argues that in the upcoming decades, older workers will be competing against the largest cohort of middle-aged workers in our country's history. In the absence of other options, the elderly may feel increased pressure to retire or work part time. (Author/SSH)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Census Figures, Cohort Analysis, Employment Patterns
Shelley, Kristina J.; And Others – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1992
Includes three articles: "More College Graduates May Be Chasing Fewer Jobs" (Shelley); "College Graduates: Do We Have Too Many or Too Few?" (Hecker); and "College Earnings and Why They Vary" (Hecker). (SK)
Descriptors: College Graduates, Employment Projections, Employment Qualifications, High School Graduates
Larkin, Paul – 1982
Industry's needs for students with high technology skills are increasing. Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts project increases between 1980 and 1990 of 58% in the demand for computer professionals, 28% for engineers, and 24% for engineering technicians, compared with an increase of 17% for all workers. Industrial expansion and replacement of…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Employment Patterns, Engineering Education, Engineering Technicians
Bishop, John – 1997
This paper addresses conflicting views on whether there is now or will soon be a surplus of college graduates and other skilled workers by analyzing data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Ten questions (and the answers reached) are addressed: (1) "Do the latest BLS projections of college graduate supply actually predict a bust--a…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Employment Patterns, Higher Education, Labor Market
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Mellor, Earl F. – Monthly Labor Review, 1984
Discusses reasons for the differences in earnings between men and women: (1) differences in the labor market characteristics between men and women, (2) differences in the distribution of men and women among different jobs, and (3) discrimination in the labor market. (JOW)
Descriptors: Females, Labor Force, Labor Market, Males
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Washington, DC. – 1983
The United States is a labor surplus society, one with a persistent shortage of jobs. This labor surplus--manifested in excessively and persistently high unemployment--will continue through the 1980s. The existence of a persistent job shortage, resulting in a labor surplus of four to six million unemployed workers without a constructive economic…
Descriptors: Adults, Black Employment, Economic Factors, Employment Patterns
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Capdevielle, Patricia; And Others – Monthly Labor Review, 1982
Productivity increased in 1981 in the United States, Japan, and European countries studied. Gains ranged from 2 to 4 percent in the US, Japan, France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands, to 6 percent in England and Denmark, and more than 7 percent in Belgium. In Canada and Sweden, productivity remained essentially unchanged. (SSH)
Descriptors: Cost Indexes, Developed Nations, Economic Change, Labor Conditions
Brewer, Carol S. – Nursing and Health Care Perspectives, 1997
Demand for registered nurses is changing in a managed care environment and wages are likely to decrease. These trends will affect nursing school enrollments, and schools will need to monitor market conditions and adjust policies accordingly. (SK)
Descriptors: Employment Projections, Enrollment Trends, Health Maintenance Organizations, Hospitals
Riche, Martha Farnsworth – American Demographics, 1988
Dramatic changes in the labor force mean that businesses will have to become more flexible to compete in the 1990s. Advances in automation, baby boomers, and women entering the labor force are increasing the demand for adult education. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections, Employment Statistics
Ehrenhalt, Samuel M. – USA Today, 1983
Examined are jobs and earnings trends, occupational projections, women and minorities in the professional job market, and population and labor force trends. It is likely that the college graduate of the 1980s will be substantially better off in the labor market than those with less education. (SR)
Descriptors: Career Planning, College Graduates, Employed Women, Employment Opportunities
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Herman, Arthur S. – Monthly Labor Review, 1982
Although productivity growth slowed during 1976-81 for most of the industries surveyed, a majority of significant industries showed advances in output per employee hour in 1981. The growth in industry productivity was consistent with the gain in the nonfarm business sector of the economy, which grew 1.4 percent. (SSH)
Descriptors: Cost Indexes, Economic Change, Labor Economics, Labor Utilization
Kifer, Jodi L. – Career Training, 1990
Studies indicate that the workforce in 2000 will be characterized by a culturally diverse population composed of an increasing number of women and minorities. U.S. businesses are beginning to realize the challenges they face to recruit and manage the trained workforce they will need in the future. (Author/JOW)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Females, Futures (of Society), Labor Force
Stipp, Horst H. – American Demographics, 1988
Any audience of women contains a much higher percentage of those who consider themselves to be working women than the statistics indicate. Marketers who adhere to simplistic definitions of working women risk making mistakes in the placement of their ads and in the images of women in their messages. (JOW)
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Labor Force
Sorrentino, Constance – 1981
This bulletin examines the labor market experience of youth in the United States and eight other industrial countries from the early 1960s to the late 1970s. The analysis focuses upon unemployment, the most visible and measurable form of labor underutilization. The report highlights the size of the youth unemployment problem and discusses some of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Apprenticeships, Career Counseling, Career Guidance
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