Shows how job growth slowed dramatically in 1995, but the unemployment rate remained little changed. Discusses trends in nonfarm payroll employment by industry and changes in employment status of people in various demographic and occupational groups. (Author)

Self-employment rates have become higher in Canada than in the United States for some time. This tendency became more pronounced during the 1990s. Types of self-employment jobs differed in the two countries. (JOW)

From 1992-2000, high employment and wage growth occurred together with low unemployment in a number of U.S. Rust Belt metropolitan areas. Localities with these characteristics had larger and younger companies in environments with high rates of both job creation and job destruction. (Contains 24 references.) (Author)

Entrepreneurial activity, which is higher in the United States than in Europe, is important to job growth but not as important as job expansion in existing firms. However, smaller companies play a much larger role in job growth in services than in manufacturing. (Author/JOW)

Employment in professional and related occupations and service occupations will increase the fastest and add the most jobs from 2000 to 2010. Changes in technology or business operations will cause the largest declines in occupational demand. Occupations requiring a postsecondary award or academic degree will account for 42 percent of total job…

High-technology employment, 14% of total employment, is projected to grow much faster than in the past due to employment gains in high-tech services and among suppliers to computer and electronic components manufacturers. (Author/JOW)

Public education has been a major growth industry in the 1990s, expanding its employment by nearly 24 percent from 1988 to 1998. The 1.8 million jobs added in state and local government education functions placed this sector third among America's growth industries in the sheer magnitude of its employment rise. This report examines the record of…

In 1998, foreign economic crises lowered the demand for U.S. goods and reduced U.S. manufacturing jobs. Hiring increased in construction, finance, and government. Unemployment was low throughout the year. (Author)

One thousand seven hundred ninety three school system superintendents, selected from school districts stratified by pupil enrollment throughout the United States were surveyed, regarding the use of job descriptions in their districts. Usable returns were received from 947 school systems, a 52.8 percent return. Specifically, the survey collected…

The literature on employment growth in the United States and selected industrialized countries and the wage, benefits, and job security characteristics of new and existing jobs were analyzed to determine how job growth and quality in the United States during the 1980s and 1990s compares to that in other industrialized countries. Among the study's…