This article reviews data from the 1979 Staines-Quinn study of job satisfaction levels and contrasts them with data from similar surveys of the same era. The Staines-Quinn study's conclusions differ from conclusions of other studies and the authors examine the possible reasons for this. (CT)

A proposed new age-adjusted measure for calculating labor force participation rate eliminates the effect of changes in the age distribution. According to the new criterion, increases in women's labor force participation from 1960-2000 would have been even greater of shifts in the age distribution had not occurred. (Contains 12 references.) (JOW)

An analysis of the California Work and Health Survey indicates that people with disabilities have lower employment rates and less secure kinds of employment than those without disabilities. Once on the job, the two groups do not differ fundamentally in their working conditions. (Contains 19 notes and references.) (Author/JOW)

Although improving economic conditions have reduced the number of poor in the last few years, those who fell below the poverty level in any given year in the 1980s have not come closer to their poverty threshold. (Author)

As the economy grew in the mid-1900s, job loss declined and the rate of reemployment rose. Job losses that did occur were more widely dispersed across industries and occupations than in earlier years. (Author)

The service-producing sector continues to lead projected employment growth. The 10 industries with the largest projected job growth are all service producers and account for 60% of the net increase in nonfarm wage and salary employment. (Author)

Looks at spending patterns for families who are near retirement and compares them with patterns of those who have already retired. Provides information about the impact of retirement on consumer spending. Includes appendices on the results of regression analysis and regression techniques. (Author/JOW)

Discusses the relationship between occupational tenure (cumulative number of years a person has worked at an occupation) and employer tenure (the continuous number of years that a person has worked for the same employer). Looks at factors such as age, employment trends, education and training, compensation and benefits, and sex, race, and…

Employment rose substantially, and unemployment declined in 1993. However, parts of the workforce suffered from the adverse effects of the recent economic contraction. Unemployment resulting from permanent job loss and long-term unemployment continued at high levels. (JOW)

As the baby-boom generation ages, the median age of the work force will rise to a new record in 2006. The Hispanic labor force could exceed that of blacks. (Author)

During the early 1990s, there was no growth in women's labor force participation rates. Since 1994, however, the rate has edged upward with mothers accounting for most of the rise. (Author)

Based on data from the supplement to the February 1995 Current Population Survey, contingent workers were more likely to be female, black, young, enrolled in school, and employed in services and construction industries than were noncontingent workers. More than 10% were teachers. (Author)

An analysis of the 1994-2005 Bureau of Labor Statistics employment projections can be used to identify industries that are projected to move differently with business cycles in the future than with those of the past, and can be used to identify the industries and occupations that are most prone to business cycle swings. (Author)

From 1960 to 2000, U.S. unemployment rates improved from relatively high to the lowest among the G7 countries. Canada and the United States were leaders in job creation whereas Japan and Europe had much weaker employment gains. (Contains 35 references.) (Author/JOW)

More than one-fifth of employed persons with disabilities work late or rotating shifts, about the same as nondisabled workers. Day workers with disabilities receive lower hourly wages than nondisabled workers. Except for men, nonday workers with disabilities receive wages similar to their nondisabled counterparts. (Contains 27 references.)…