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Download full textWomen's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1991
This short profile of the trends in the employment of women in skilled trades and other manual occupations during the 5-year period between 1983 and 1988 shows that the number of women in these occupations rose only modestly. Three tables chart the total numbers of persons employed in the trades by sex for the years 1983 and 1988; persons employed…
Descriptors: Adults, Apprenticeships, Blacks, Demography
de Leeuw, Frank – 1985
Many of the arguments behind efforts to reform this nations's immigration laws allege that immigrants, especially illegal immigrants, take jobs away from native workers, depress wages, and receive public services valued in excess of their tax contributions. To provide a basis for appraising these economic arguments, this paper presents a model for…
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Business Cycles, Compensation (Remuneration), Demography
