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Sorrentino, Constance – Monthly Labor Review, 1981
Examines the comparative labor market experience of youth in the United States and eight other developed countries from 1960-1979, focusing upon unemployment levels and rates. Finds that the situation worsened in industrialized nations after the 1974-75 recession and that Japanese and German youth continue to have the most favorable job prospects.…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Developed Nations, Employment Opportunities, Job Training
Ontario Dept. of Labour, Toronto. Research Branch. – 1975
A survey was undertaken to obtain information on a number of working conditions including straight-time hourly earnings, weekly hours of work, and initial overtime provisions for nonsupervisory employees in selected Ontario industries. The purpose of the survey was to obtain data that would permit an assessment of the direct impact of proposed…
Descriptors: Clerical Workers, Data Analysis, Employment Statistics, Geographic Distribution
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