The influx of baby boomers into the job market exerted considerable upward pressure on the unemployment rate during the 1960s and 1970s; the maturing of this large population group helped lower the rate in the 1980s and should do so again in the 1990s. (Author)

With the aging of the baby-boom generation, the growth of the labor force will slow, but its diversity will increase. (Author)

As baby-boomers begin retiring, the effects on the overall economy and on certain occupations and industries will be substantial, creating a need for younger workers to fill vacated jobs, many of which require relatively high levels of skill. (JOW)

Contradictory to expectations of labor market analysts, young adults born during the "baby bust" (1965-1976) have thus far been less successful, in terms of earnings and other labor market measures, then their "baby boom" counterparts. (Author)