Trends in employment, occupations, output, and input provide evidence that firms increased their use of contract and contingent labor. Further research is needed to explore the causal factors behind the shift toward market-mediated work arrangements. (JOW)

Unemployment among engineers, considered a short-term problem, affects most severely the youngest, oldest, and those with least experience and education. (Editor)

Computations using data from the Current Population Survey show that the separation rate of women is the same as or lower than that of men when wage rates are taken into account. For Blacks, the separation rate is lower than that for Whites, regardless of sex. (Author)

Reports results of an approach using a multiple regression model to determine factors leading to larger male earnings and identifying potential discrimination with these factors, which included differences in the return to investment in human capital, rate of employment, type of employer, and return to experience. (TA)