The labor force is the number of people aged 16 or older who are either working or looking for work. It does not include active-duty military personnel or institutionalized people, such as prison inmates. Quantifying this total supply of labor is a way of determining how big the economy can get. Labor force participation rates vary significantly…

Presents information on the labor force status, occupations of employed graduates, and graduate school status of graduates who received bachelor's degrees between July 1976 and June 1977. Data is analyzed for all graduates and for each of 19 major fields of study. (CT)

Looks at the structure of the United States economy in the year 2005. Focuses on employment change over the 1994-2005 period and includes background information on the nature of the occupational changes projected. Sections include growth and changes in the labor force, changes in economic demand, changes in industry employment, and changes in…

The improved job market for college graduates over the 1984-1995 period will result from a narrowing of the gap between the number of job openings and the number of graduates entering the job market. This article discusses sources of job openings and sources of college graduates. (CT)

These employment projections provide information about trends to aid decision makers in such areas as career counseling, planning for training and education, and policymaking. Charts show total employment, employment projections by occupation and industry, projected changes in gross domestic product, and growth and composition of the labor force.…

Presents a graphic summary of employment and other economic projections for the year 2000. Topics include (1) the labor force and projected changes in its composition, (2) economic growth, (3) expected changes in the industrial structure of the economy, (4) occupational employment, and (5) the education-work relationship. (CH)

This issue is devoted to employment projections covering 1990-2005. Sections include (1) an overview showing the relationship of the growth of the labor force, employment, and economy as measured by the gross national product; (2) the changing demography of the labor force; (3) links between industries and the occupations they contain; and (4)…

Presents the latest economic predictions from the Bureau of Labor Statistics including the labor force, gross national product, industrial employment, occupational employment, and issues and implications. (JOW)

In next 15 years, economy will grow more slowly than it did in 1980s because of slow growth in labor force. Service industry will provide most of new jobs, and higher educational attainment will be needed to enable people to compete in an increasingly diverse labor force. (Includes projections and expected competition for about 250 occupations.)…